The Internal Market Council on 18 May 1998, chaired by the UK trade minister Lord Simon of Highbury, looks set to approve draft conclusions welcoming the Commission’s proposed actions set out in its Follow-up Communication on the Green Paper on Commercial Communications.In addition, Lord Simon has in particular welcomed the Communication. In a detailed article… Continue reading EU: Draft Council Conclusions
It is fair to say, I think, that the main concern sparked by Capital’s takeover bid for Xfm (see Capital’s Xfm Move Dependent On Watchdogs) is that the indie station will be amalgamated into the same commercial format which can be heard on any local commercial radio station throughout the country. In a recent article… Continue reading Interview – Richard Park, Group Director Of Programmes, Capital Radio
The 1997 industry census of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) shows that there were 12,700 people at 206 IPA member agencies at the end of 1997, a small decrease compared to the previous year. The survey also showed that 82% of all agency staff are under the age of 40.
Monday Cable & Wireless Communications releases final year financial results.Tuesday A Newsline interview with Richard Park, director of programming at Capital Radio, will be available. We will be looking at his thoughts on the acquisition of Xfm plus the performance of Capital’s London stations in the last set of RAJAR figures.The last issue of Sporting… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The British public are more likely to actively avoid TV advertising in the digital age, according to Futurescope research conducted by Western International Media.The survey reveals that the ad avoidance habit is increasing across all main media (up 4% on 1996 for newspapers, up 5% for radio, up 7% for TV, up 11% for magazines,… Continue reading Viewers Likely To Dodge Ads In Digital TV Future, Survey Finds
CIA Group PLC is proposing to change the name of its holding company and Stock Exchange quote to Tempus Group PLC. This is aimed at avoiding confusion between it and the group’s core operational brand CIA Medianetwork, as the Group continues its global expansion.Commenting on the strategy behind the proposed name change, which will be… Continue reading CIA Group To Rebrand As Tempus
Cable & Wireless today demonstrated the benefits of consolidation within the cable industry when it posted pre-tax profits of £151 million for the year ended 31 March 1998, up 110% year on year. Total revenue increased by 12% to £2.283 billion.Referring to the merger (see Cable Companies Merge) between Cable & Wireless, Nynex Cablecomms, Mercury… Continue reading Pre-Tax Profits Rise 110% At C&W
John Mulholland, currently media editor of the Guardian, has been appointed editor of the Sporting Life , the Mirror Group has announced.The 139-year old title, which publishes its final edition as a racing paper tomorrow, will be redesigned and relaunched as an all-sports daily, reappearing at the beginning of October. Its horse racing identity is… Continue reading New Editor For Sporting Life
Advertising revenue for commercial radio in quarter 1 1998 reached £88.811 million, up 14.8% year on year, according to the Radio Advertising Bureau. Of this figure, local revenue came in at £37.089m while national reached £51.722m.Advertisers using radio for the first time in Q1 included Marmite and certain divisions of BT.Newsline reports on Q1 RAJAR… Continue reading Q1 Radio Revenue Reaches £88.811m
NRS has announced that the release date for Quarter 1 1998 on-line data has been postponed until Wednesday 13 May. This is in order for the data bureaux to “thoroughly check the data.”NRS apologises for any inconvenience this may cause.NRS: 0171 379 0344
