BSkyB has announced today that its pre-tax profits for the six months ended 31 December 1998 fell by 58.6% year on year to £53.2 million following the launch of digital satellite television, Sky Digital, in October last year (see Digital Launch Update). Turnover at Sky stood at £753 million (£691.8 million last year), 65% of… Continue reading BSkyB Profits Fall Following Sky Digital Launch, But Targets Are Met
Bad taste seems to be a theme running through this month’s report from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). Numerous complaints were received by the Authority about offensive and distasteful advertising.The campaign for Help The Aged, which ran in the national press, received complaints that it was offensive and frightening. The ad featured a photo showing… Continue reading Advertisers Disciplined For Their Poor Taste
RevenueAlthough official Advertising Association (AA) revenue figures have not yet been released, the industry’s revenue is expected to be up by 10% on last year to £97 million, according to Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) estimates. This compares to a 1998 growth for the UK ad industry as a whole of about 5% – official Advertising… Continue reading Cinema Annual Round-Up 1998
Talk Radio’s marketing director, Jane O’Hara, left the station yesterday afternoon. According to Talk, O’Hara handed in her resignation in order to ‘explore other avenues’.Tim Bleakley, Talk’s sales director, told Newsline this afternoon that she left with the full consent and best wishes of Kelvin MacKenzie and Talk Radio, and that her departure was perfectly… Continue reading Marketing Director Leaves Talk Radio
Dialog’s shares suffered a loss of 7.4% at its close yesterday, an actual fall of 6.5p. The group announced some restructuring last week and was beginning to see a general rise in its share value (see Sharewatch). At its close yesterday it had fallen from 88p to 81.5p, and at the last trade today stood… Continue reading Sharewatch
Talk Radio has announced that it has set up a regional sales office in Manchester as part of a strategy to take control of its own sales effort ahead of the launch of its Scottish Macro service in April.Julia Upton takes the role of regional sales controller at the new unit, which began operating from… Continue reading Talk Radio Opens Manchester Sales Office
Martina King, managing director of Capital Radio, is rumoured to be leaving the station after six years, to take up the post of MD at sales house TSMS. King was unavailable for comment when Capital was contacted by Newsline today. IPC Magazines has appointed a new editor at Off Road & 4 Wheel Drive in… Continue reading Appointment Brief
According to reports circulating this week, News International, publisher of The News Of The World and The Times, is planning to revive its closed title Today. Rumours which begun last year that the publisher intends to launch a free daily title to rival The Evening Standard and Associated Newspapers’ planned giveaway title Metro (see Newsline),… Continue reading News International May Revive Today Newspaper
The Box Music Channel has announced a new programming, marketing and production structure in an attempt to build the channel brand. A new programme unit will be led by Stephanie Price, with a team of four behind her.The music channel is also creating a new production unit, which will build and promote The Box brand… Continue reading The Box Restructures To Build Channel Brand
