First quarter underlying revenues at GWR Group were up by 0.4% year on year, driven by a good performance at the Local Radio Group (LRG).Strong national spend helped push LRG’s Q1 revenues up by 8%. At Classic FM, however, advertising has remained volatile, with a 16% dive in Q1 revenues, largely as a result of… Continue reading Local Radio Group Helps GWR Stay Positive
Chrysalis Group has confirmed the sale of its television assets to a group of former ITV executives, following a preliminary agreement announced in April (see Chrysalis To Sell Television Group To Former ITV Heads).Steve Morrison, former Granada chief executive, Jules Burns, former managing director of operations at Granada and David Liddiment, former director of channels… Continue reading Chrysalis Makes £45m TV Sale To Former ITV Heads
Forrester Research forecasts that the US ecommerce sector will be worth $230 billion by 2008. Whilst growth has slowed since the boom period of 1997-2002, more and more people are connecting to the web and retailers are improving their services each year, ensuring that online retail will continue to rise for some time yet.Also On… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: US Ecommerce On The Up
The radio sector was in focus yesterday as analysts made forecasts over the release of today’s RAJAR radio audience figures for the second quarter of 2003.Capital Radio was seen under pressure after Bridgewell Securities cut profits and earning forecasts for the group ahead of the release of today’s RAJAR results. The stock was seen down… Continue reading Sharewatch: Radio Groups Falter Ahead Of RAJAR Release
The UK TV market has shown no sign of increased advertising revenues, but audiences to commercial TV have risen in the first half, according to communications consultancy Media Audits.This has resulted in a decline in costs per thousand (CPT) of between 2% and 5%, depending on the audience demographic.Viewing figures from BARB show that average… Continue reading Media Audits Sees No Ad Recovery In UK TV
Regional newspapers are becoming increasingly popular and are now read by almost 85% of the UK’s population, according to new research from the Target Group Index and the Newspaper Society.The study reveals that almost 40 million UK adults now read local newspapers, an increase of 1.8% on this time last year. A further 81% of… Continue reading Study Shows Increasing Popularity Of Regional Newspapers
Trinity Mirror has announced plans to dispose of its Northern Ireland newspaper division, confirming rumours that emerged last month that the business would be sold as part of a broader structural review of the company.The division comprises the Derry Journal and Century Press & Publishing businesses which produce six titles in Northern Ireland and three… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Sheds Northern Irish Titles
RAJAR listening figures for the second quarter of 2003 reveal a rather lacklustre period Capital 95.8 FM, which saw its weekly reach decline by 4.9% year on year, despite a high profile ad campaign and a re-vamp of its flagship breakfast show (see Capital Lures New Listeners With Major Ad Campaign)The station has also suffered… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q2 2003: Capital’s Dominance Dips As London Competition Grows
Year on year analysis of listening for national radio services during the second quarter of 2003 reveals a rather lacklustre performance for sports-based stations, which were unable to match the success afforded them by last summer’s World Cup.BBC Radio Five Live was the worst hit, with its weekly reach declining by almost 13% year on… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q2 2003: BBC Radio Five Live Takes A Dive
Analysis of the latest RAJAR listening figures for the second quarter of 2003 reveals a positive performance for All Commercial Radio, which saw its share of listening increase by 0.4% points period on period. Meanwhile, the lead enjoyed by All BBC was narrowed by a 0.5% points decline.All National Commercial also performed well during the… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q2 2003: Strong Performance For National Commercial Radio
