Flextech’s executive vice president of commercial, David Cuff, is stepping down after two and a half years at the company to pursue new challenges.Cuff joined Flextech as commercial director in 2000 and moved into his current role last year. He will leave the company, whose portfolio of TV channels includes Trouble, Bravo and Living TV,… Continue reading Cuff Leaves Flextech Behind To Pursue New Challenges
A recent poll from Horowitz Associates has found that one quarter of urban TV homes in the US get digital cable and there is potential for significant growth despite the competition in the multichannel market.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…US Interactive Adspend To Hit $8.6bn By 2005, Says GartnerG2GartnerG2 says that whilst agencies have so far… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Urban TV Audiences Willing To Go Digital
The underlying rate of UK inflation rose to 2.9% in July, up by 0.1% on the previous month, according to the latest figures from the Office Of National Statistics (ONS).The headline rate of inflation, which includes mortgage interest payments, rose by 0.2% to 3.1% during July and remained well above the Government’s target of 2.5%.According… Continue reading Surprise Surge In UK Inflation During July
Week on week analysis of the media sector reveals a strong performance from radio station operator and production company, UBC, which saw shares rise by 7.58% after announcing it had managed to boost commercial airtime revenues in June and July (see UBC Sees Radio Revenue Turnaround After Weak Start).BSkyB was also in focus, rising by… Continue reading Sharewatch: UBC Rises After Boost In Airtime Revenue
Almost 40% of companies are planning to increase their marketing and sales operations as business confidence returns to Britain, according to new research from the Chartered Institute Of Marketing (CIM).The latest Marketing Trends Survey suggests the economy has enjoyed a powerful boost since the end of the war in Iraq, with businesses predicting that a… Continue reading Survey Shows Business Confidence Is Returning To Britain
The Outdoor Advertising Association has today launched its biggest ever advertising campaign to promote the medium.The Proving Outdoor Works campaign, which has three executions all carrying the line ‘For Impact Posters Are Invincible’, has been created by AMV BBDO to demonstrate the power and effectiveness of outdoor advertising.The six-figure campaign is supported by the largest… Continue reading New Campaign Uses Pop Art To Promote Outdoor
ITV came out on top on Saturday night in the battle of the reality TV talent shows, as Pop Idol peaked with more than 2 million more viewers than its rival Fame Academy on BBC1.Audiences for the first instalment of the new series of Pop Idol, which saw the latest batch of hopefuls attempt to… Continue reading Pop Idol Comes Out Top Of Reality TV Talent Shows
The latest NRS figures for the six months to June 2003 reveal a less than impressive period for the Daily Mirror, which saw readership decline year on year to just below the 5 million mark.Trinity Mirror recently announced a raft of job cuts across the Daily Mirror‘s editorial division and closed its M and Look… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – June 2003
Trinity Mirror has rejected a fresh approach from Candover Investments, the private equity house, for its national newspapers, according to weekend press reports.The Observer claims that Candover, which made an informal offer for the titles late last year, has returned with a new proposal since the appointment of Sly Bailey as Trinity Mirror chief executive.However,… Continue reading Candover Rebuffed In Latest Bid For Trinity Titles
BSkyB’s £1.02 billion deal to broadcast live Premiership football for a further three years could be investigated by the European Commission following concerns it breaches competition laws.The Premier League had structured the deal in accordance with the EC’s desire that the media rights be split into four separate packages to promote competition and encourage competitive… Continue reading BSkyB’s Football Rights Deal Could Face Investigation
