Emap On Air and Kiss 100 FM have today announced that energy drink Indigo is to sponsor the national dance show Friday Night Kiss in a deal worth £500,000.The sponsorship will include a package of credits throughout the show, as well as promotional trails on all of Emap’s FM stations across the week. It will… Continue reading Emap On Air Signs Indigo As Sponsor
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is currently running an investigation into claims that a documentary broadcast by Carlton Television about a Colombian drugs cartel contained faked footage and interviews.Following an eighteen month investigation, Guardian journalists ‘exposed’ the programme, The Connection, as an alleged fake earlier this week. The ITC now has to determine to what… Continue reading ITC To Investigate Allegations Of Faked Carlton Documentary
The 1997 IPA Census shows there were 12,700 people employed at 206 IPA member agencies in 1997, compared to 12,800 at 220 IPA member agencies the previous year.A number of advertising agency mergers and acquisitions is reflected in a slightly reduced IPA membership base, but the figures also reveal that ad agencies are becoming larger… Continue reading Agency Employment Figures Fall
The Guardian is to launch a new brand on the internet called The Guardian Unlimited. It is planned that new service will expand on the current site at www.guardian.co.uk and develop individual sites as separate specialist products under the Unlimited brand.Six sites are planned for launch this summer, including a film site, Film Unlimited, and… Continue reading Guardian To Launch New Web Presence
Capital Radio has announced that it has acquired from EMAP Radio the entire issued share capital of Cardiff-based Red Dragon FM for £18.25 million. This is Capital’s second buyout in under a week, following hot on the heels of a takeover bid for London’s Xfm (see Capital’s Xfm Move Dependent On Watchdogs).Trading under the name… Continue reading Capital Radio Acquires Red Dragon Radio
Telewest today announced quarter 1 financial results which showed a 22.2% year on year increase in revenue to £110 million while losses on ordinary activities before tax grew slightly to £70.225m.Cable TV customers grew 14% to over 617,000 while penetration slipped 0.1% points to 22.1%. There was also a disappointing increase in churn, which grew… Continue reading Revenue Grows At Telewest
The success of Titanic helped increase News Corporation’s revenue by 11% to US$3.2 billion for the quarter ended 31 March. After tax profits before abnormal items rose 10% to US$291m.The company also reported that its News International division experienced advertising and circulation growth for its Times and Sunday Times, though the Sun‘s circulation fell from… Continue reading News Corp Posts Strong Financial Results
Publishers of FHM, EMAP Metro, have confirmed the launch of a bi-annual men’s fashion magazine called FHM Collections.EMAP claims that research into the FHM brand revealed it to be the magazine most widely associated with ‘quality fashion’ and that no existing fashion title was “servicing the requirements of the large numbers of modern men interested… Continue reading EMAP Metro Launches FHM Collections
IPC has said that it will be closing its Vox and GMTV Magazine titles and suspending publication of Goal . These magazines will cease publication after their June issues.IPC told Newsline that it is in talks with other parties regarding the sale of Goal and an announcement is expected soon.Sales of the GMTV title, which… Continue reading IPC To Close Two Titles
Overall it was a bad NRS period for the national newspaper market, with all but three titles showing year on year falls.The Daily Star led the way with a fall in readership of 15.4% year on year while the Daily Telegraph experienced a drop of almost 10% to 2.566 million. It was only the Times,… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – March
