Capital Radio saw its share price rise yesterday, adding 0.44% to close at 404p. The company’s announcement that it will merge the programming content of its two Choice FM stations has been welcomed by investors, as the broadcaster seeks to present a stronger offering to advertisers.The move will create a single programming schedule to be… Continue reading Sharewatch: Capital Rises As Choice Formats Merged
Viacom Outdoor has appointed Tim Bleakley as its new joint managing director, replacing Clive Punter, who has been promoted to the role of chief operating officer of sales and marketing working across Europe.Bleakley joins from Emap Advertising where he has spent the last three years as broadcast sales director with responsibility for radio stations such… Continue reading Viacom Appoints Bleakley As Joint Managing Director
Channel 4 has reacted to recent criticism of its public service broadcasting content with a massive investment in its flagship peak-time politics and current affairs show, Dispatches.The seven-figure financial boost will more than double the number of Dispatches programmes in Channel 4’s 2005 schedule, increasing its run from 12 programmes a year to 28. Twenty… Continue reading Channel 4 Boosts PSB Output With Dispatches Investment
Sky has become the latest broadcaster to sign a deal with Zip TV in a move that brings together two of the biggest players in interactive advertising.The deal will allow viewers of Sky’s range of digital television channels to access interactive advertising campaigns using technology and bandwidth from Zip TV consortium, which includes Honda, COI,… Continue reading Sky Media Zips Up Interactive Advertising Deal
Over half of UK households can now access the internet from home, says the latest report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).From April to June 2004, over 52% (12.8 million) of households in the UK could access the internet at home, compared to just over 9% (2.2 million) in the same quarter of 1998.According… Continue reading Research Shows 52% of UK Households Now Online
IPC Country & Leisure has announced a major revamp for its Web User magazine, comprising a new look, increased pagination and more content debuting in its 14 October issue.As part of the change the magazine will include a printed copy of its digital brand, Downloaded. The addition will appear in a new centre section, giving… Continue reading IPC Reloads Web User With More Content
The Daily Telegraph is to abandon its five year-old media section as part of a change of emphasis that will see it focus more on its key strengths and less on specialist sections.Today’s media section will be the paper’s last and instead there will be an increased focus on foreign reporting and City coverage, both… Continue reading Telegraph Calls Time On Weekly Media Section
MegaPoster has launched a unique package of giant banner sites designed to provide advertisers with maximum exposure in the all-important pre-Christmas period.The eight-site Christmas Retail Pack, which is thought to be the first of its kind, groups together a number of high-profile retail banner locations in the centres of key cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester,… Continue reading MegaPoster Launches Christmas Retail Pack
ITV Sales has appointed Mark Trinder, former head of marketing communications at Woolworths, as its new head of advertiser relationships, replacing Mark Butterfield, who stepped down earlier this year.Trinder will take up the new role in January next year with responsibility for developing longterm relationship with advertisers and showing how the ITV portfolio of channels… Continue reading ITV Sales Appoints Trinder As Advertising Boss
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB saw its share price slide by 0.89% yesterday as it announced plans for an ambitious share buyback scheme. The move has yet to be given the all clear by investors, but would enable The News Corporation, parent company of The Times, to increase its stake in the company from 35.3% to 37.2%.The… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Dips As Share Buyback Plan Unveiled
