Thursday sees Reed Elsevier announce interim results. Pre-tax profits are expected to be up around 4% to £433m with earnings per share up 2% to 14.8p. Cable company Telewest will also be announcing interims on Thursday.Top-line RAJAR Q2 data is released on Friday afternoon. This will be available on MediaTel along with accompanying Newsline items.
Revenue Agency estimates put the combined ITV/C4 revenue for June at £184.2m, which is down 3% year on year, while Channel 5 brought in £9.7m which is an unwelcome fall from May’s figure of £11m. ITV’s revenue was put at £140.2m, down 4.8%, while C4’s was £44m, up 3.1%. The revenue ratio between ITV/C4 was… Continue reading TV Round-Up – June
Pearson this morning announced interim financial results which show that pre-tax profits had risen 167% to £81m, while sales had increased slightly from £940m to £958m. The results were boosted by the absence of several one-off items, such as restructuring charges and non-recurring costs from Mindscape.Both Penguin books and the Financial Times put in strong… Continue reading Pearson Reports Massive Growth In Profit
The latest ITC complaint report has been published and complaints have been upheld against Lucozade NRG, the People newspaper and the Volkswagen Polo.64 viewers complained about the recent advert for Lucozade NRG, with many saying that they felt the advert set a bad example for younger viewers and objected to the violent nature of the… Continue reading ITC Complaints Bulletin
Rule changes to advertising breaks have been announced which will allow cable, satellite and digital stations to carry more teleshopping advertising. The changes will also open up the possibility of licensing for self-promotional channels and will come into effect immediately. The rules are as follows:TeleshoppingThe Television Without Frontiers (TWF) EU directive has been changed to… Continue reading ITC Rule Changes
Haymarket magazine, Planning , is to mark the 50th anniversary of the Town and Country Planning act by making its debut on the World Wide Web on Wednesday August 6 with Planning Online. The web site has been designed and is hosted by web MediaTel Interactive, the web consultancy division of MediaTel.Reflecting the weekly publication,… Continue reading Planning Magazine Goes Online
Reuters has today announced the launch of an Internet service which will provide information about the commodities and energy markets.The site provides free quotations from all the major future exchanges as well as news stories from each of the core sectors. In addition, registered users will be able to retrieve weather data, view charts and… Continue reading Reuters Launches Commodities Internet Service
The EP Committee on women’s rights has adopted the Lenz draft report on women and advertising, together with various amendments that refer to the need to reject and act against inappropriate portrayals of women in advertising. The Lenz Report will be voted at the September Plenary session of the EP (15-19 September).aa net
The EC has approved a proposal for a Directive on the legal protection of services and paid-for information. The Directive would prevent MS from restricting the free movement of services and decoders within the EU; it also aims to ban and to impose penalties on all commercial activities linked to unauthorised access to an encrypted… Continue reading EU: EC proposes Encryption Directive
A ministerial “Summit” in early July has concluded that, while a number of new measures should be enacted, the advertising of ‘alcopops’ was not at issue. A stricter code of conduct for drinks manufacturers has also been approved by the Portman Group.A note circulated by John Hooper CBE, Director-General of ISBA, points out that the… Continue reading UK: Alcopops Ministerial agreement
