Sky Sites, the world’s largest airport advertising contractor, has appointed Don Sperring as its UK managing director. Sperring joins the company with immediate effect after working in a consultative role since May this year.Sperring is to implement a strategic overhaul for Sky Sites and he will unveil a raft of new initiatives to agencies, advertisers… Continue reading Sky Sites Appoints UK MD To Drive New Initiatives For Advertisers
The provision of free set-top boxes by satellite broadcaster BSkyB (see Digital TV War Intensifies) has put a dent in the profits of its 40% stakeholder and parent company, News Corporation.News Corp said in its annual financial results, released this afternoon, that the introduction of digital set-top boxes cost A$358 million (£144 million) in the… Continue reading Digital Set-Top Boxes Dent News Corp Profits
Talk Radio has this week signed three sponsorship deals focusing on the station’s new emphasis on business news and sports coverage. Tetley is to sponsor Talk’s coverage of the Rugby World Cup with its Tetley Bitter brand and NEC Mobile Phones is also to be associated with the rugby competition coverage. Talk Radio is to… Continue reading Talk Radio Clinches Three Sponsorship Deals
Emap shares fell again in what is predicted to be a volatile time for the media company. After disappointing results in the latest ABC Circulation Audit caused losses earlier in the week, its current drop reflects a cut in its earning forecasts by Deutsche Bank in the light of its plans to expand investment in… Continue reading Sharewatch
Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) is to pave the way in the children’s internet market by becoming the first UK ISP to monitor web pages for child-friendly sites.Planet Kids, which will launch on 23 August and is aimed at 5-11 year olds, will charge subscribers £2.95 per month to provide access to approximately 50,000 vetted… Continue reading CWC Offers Kids’ Net Vet
IPC Magazines confirmed today that over the next two years it plans to invest up to £25 million in IPC Electric, a new company set up to develop its own internet ventures.Funded entirely by new equity provided by the company’s existing shareholders led by Cinven, the team intends to expand on the nine magazine websites… Continue reading IPC To Invest £55m In Internet Ventures
British Sky Broadcasting, which is still denying reports that it is in negotiations with football clubs Chelsea and Leeds, took a 2% tumble in its share prices yesterday finishing 12p down at 575p.Meanwhile information bureau Reuters rose by 36p to 905p after receiving positive notes from brokers.Shares in media company Emap continued to fall after… Continue reading Sharewatch
Magazine group Paragon Publishing is set to add to its list of titles for the video games market with the launch of Dreamcast Solutions. Described as the ‘perfect partner’ to reviews-based Dreamcast Magazine it will feature tried and tested strategies for the new games consoles.The Sega console which is due to launch in the UK… Continue reading Paragon Launches Dreamcast Consumer Mag
The undoubted highlight, from the latest Film & Cinema ABCs, is the continued rise of IPC’s Uncut magazine. For the second successive period (see Newsline) it has recorded a rise of over 20% in total average net sales. Uncut‘s latest figure (Jan-Jun ’99) represents a 23.4% increase year-on-year. Market leader, Empire retains an authoritative hold… Continue reading Uncut Records Second Successive Period Of Growth Over 20%
According to figures released by the Office of National Statistics this morning, the headline rate of inflation stood at 1.3% for July 1999. The headline rate has remained static at 1.3% since May this year. Underlying inflation for July stood at 2.2%, below the Government’s current target of 2.5% and also unchanged from June 1999.A… Continue reading Headline Inflation At 1.3%
