BSkyB was seen in focus yesterday rising by 1.17% to close at 776p as investors welcomed a significant rise in interim net profits and plans to resume dividend payments for the first time in five years (see BSkyB’s Good Run Continues With First Half Results).WPP was also in the spotlight, recovering early loses to climb… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Buoyed By Rise In Interim Net Profits
Today’s consumer magazine ABCs for the six months to December 2003 are expected to show the huge growth sector of recent times – celebrity weeklies – began to slow down in the last half of the year.Volumes across the sector – which includes stalwart Hello and Northern & Shell’s upstart New – are expected to… Continue reading ABCs Expected To Show Slowdown For Celebrity Titles
After 12pm today the concurrent release of ABC’s consumer magazine figures for the period July to December 2003 will be available to subscribers in MediaTel’s Press database. During Thursday 12 and Friday 13 February NewsLine will feature a series of sector reports based on these figures. The following notes refer to the criteria used to… Continue reading Important Notes: ABC July – December 2003
Dennis Publishing has announced the launch of a new men’s lifestyle magazine dedicated entirely to gambling.The first issue of Inside Edge goes on sale on 11 March with an initial print run of 55,000. It targets an upmarket audience of 28 to 55 year-old men with high disposable incomes and an interest in gambling as… Continue reading Dennis Launches Monthly Gambling Magazine For Men
The pay-TV sector in Western Europe was worth almost €20 billion in 2003 and is expected to grow by 23% to €24 billion by 2006, according to a report from Screen Digest.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…European Digital TV Market Recovery Underway, Says IMSThe proportion of Western European households receiving digital television (DTV) is expected to… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Western European Pay-TV Revenue To Rise
Difficult market conditions for European outdoor advertising were revealed in JCDecaux’s financials this morning, as full-year revenues dipped by 2.2%.The Paris-based global outdoor contractor said that street furniture revenues were down 0.4%, whilst revenue from billboard and transport advertising fell by 3.4% and 5.3% respectively. However, the overall 2.2% fall was better than the company… Continue reading JCDecaux Revenues Dip In 2003, But Beat Expectations
Profit takers left their mark on the media sector yesterday as they moved in on a key stocks. WPP, the global advertising and marketing network, was amongst the worst hit with shares dipping 2.56% to close at 590p. The newly merged ITV was seen down by 2.16% to finish at 136p.Traders also moved on Reuters,… Continue reading Sharewatch: Profit Takers Swoop On Key Media Stocks
Richard Desmond’s Express Newspaper Group has submitted a substantial £500 million cash bid for the Telegraph titles as the battle for control of the Hollinger-owned assets intensifies.The newspaper baron’s privately owned Northern & Shell company has also moved to take full control of the joint venture printing plant it controls with Lord Conrad Black’s Telegraph… Continue reading Desmond Mounts Two Pronged Attack On Telegraph Titles
The BBC is calling on the television industry to work with communications regulator Ofcom to develop a method of overcoming the current obsession with viewing figures.BBC controller, Jane Root, claims that ratings do not paint a complete picture and is urging broadcast regulators to devise a new measurement system capable of challenging the dominance of… Continue reading BBC Urges Industry To Overcome Obsession With Ratings
A number of industry bodies have come together to develop new contracts to help simplify the agreements between advertisers and agencies when designing and maintaining websites.The new model contract has been drawn up by ISBA, the IPA and New Media Knowledge, which represents web developers. It is intended to allow advertisers and their agencies develop… Continue reading Industry Comes Together To Simplify Web Contracts
