The UK market ended its most lacklustre year for two decades on a relatively positive note, with the FTSE 100 showing signs of improvement towards the close of trade.Trinity Mirror, which recently announced that IPC chief executive, Sly Bailey, is to replace Philip Graf as chief executive (see Bailey Leaves IPC To Replace Graf At… Continue reading Sharewatch
More than two thirds of the population have never visited any of the Government’s 3,000 websites, according to new research from IT consultancy firm, Hedra.The study shows that fewer than 3% of UK adults regularly use Government websites to access public services, despite the fact that nearly two thirds of the population now have internet… Continue reading Government Websites Fail To Captivate
JanuaryThe BBC began the year by claiming victory over ITV in the annual ratings war, with BARB figures for 2001 showing that across all hours more people watched BBC1 than ITV1 (see BBC Claims Ratings Victory Over ITV). Over at ITV things were less than rosy, as the channel announced it would no longer publish… Continue reading End Of Year News Round-Up: Television
The media sector remained under pressure as a US led military attack against Iraq looks more and more likely. Volumes are expected to be thin as the market will close at 12pm today.On the corporate news-front, SMG was in focus on news that it will not be selling its newspaper business to the Barclay Brothers… Continue reading Sharewatch
JanuaryOutdoor got off to a shaky start in 2002 with the latest figures from Blade showing that revenue for the sector was down by 2.5% in 2001. However, it was predicted that the outdoor industry would rise out of the downturn with 4% growth in 2002 (see Outdoor Revenue Falls But Outlook Is Positive). Maiden… Continue reading End Of Year News Round-Up: Outdoor
The NewsLine team would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.NewsLine will be taking a break over the festive season, but will return on 2 January with the latest media news and comment. Early in the New Year we will bring you the final figures for 2002 from… Continue reading Merry Christmas From NewsLine
The year began with good news for the cinema industry as the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) revealed that 2001 was a record year for both admissions and box office takings. The CAA estimated that the number of cinema screens in the UK, at 3,248, was the highest total since 1959.The sector also saw advertising revenue… Continue reading End Of Year News Round-Up: Cinema
JanuaryJanuary began with research from AC Nielsen and Condé Nast, which suggested that magazines are undervalued in the media mix, despite the sector’s share of adspend increasing by 1.2% year on year in the 12 months to September 2001 (see Mags May Be Undervalued In Media MixThe publication of the new ABC consumer magazine circulation… Continue reading End Of Year News Round Up: Magazines
Ulster Television (UTV) has acquired the entire issued share capital of City Broadcasting, the operator of Lite FM, a radio station based in Dublin, the group announced this morning. UTV will pay €14.0 million (£9.0 million) for the business and will also assume liability for Lite FM’s €1.3 million debt.Lite FM is the most listened… Continue reading Ulster TV Acquires Dublin’s Lite FM
Mobile internet services attracted an average of 12 million page impression per day during November, according to the latest collective WAP figures released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA) and the UK’s four GSM operators.This brings the total figure for November to 366 million page impressions, which represents a 5% growth per month in the… Continue reading WAP Services Continue To Show Growth
