The Telegraph Group has signed an advertising deal with Jacob’s Creek that will see the drinks brand sponsor special supplements in the Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph Magazine.The deal, which is designed to support Jacobs Creek’s sponsorship of the Wimbledon tennis championships, will see an eight-page broadsheet supplement appear in the Sunday Telegraph on 23… Continue reading Telegraph Signs Wimbledon Ad Deal With Jacobs Creek
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell today all but dismissed the idea that the licence fee system of funding the BBC will be scrapped in the near future.Speaking at the Social Market Foundation Seminar on Public Service Broadcasting, she confirmed that a review of the Corporation’s charter would begin in 2004 and that a decision must be… Continue reading Jowell Says Licence Fee Will Stay
Nearly three quarters of online media buyers expect their marketing spend to increase over the next two years, with two thirds predicting an increase of up to 30%, according to research from UK web portal MSN.The research, which predicts that online marketing spend will “soar” in the next six months, also shows that 63% of… Continue reading Online Media Buyers Set To Increase Marketing Spend
England’s progress in the World Cup finals has given ITV’s advertising revenues for June and July an unexpected boost.According to internal ITV forecasts, June’s ad income is expected to be up 10% year on year, ahead of the previously anticipated 6% rise. The network is also predicting that July’s revenue will be around 6% higher… Continue reading England’s World Cup Progress Boosts ITV Ad Revenue
Paul Kurzeja, formerly group art director of Future Network, has been poached by IPC to be the creative director of Wallpaper*.Kurzeja is said to enjoy a reputation in the magazine industry as the “designer’s designer” and has previously won four PPA and Total Publishing awards for art direction and design. He has also chaired seminars… Continue reading New Creative Director For Wallpaper
Dawn Airey is to take over from John Willis as chair of the executive committee of the GEITF from September this year. The Channel 5 chief executive is taking on Willis’ role as he is leaving to work at WGBH in Boston, USA.Airey, who last year delivered the Richard Dunn Memorial Lecture at the Festival… Continue reading Airey To Chair GEITF Executive Committee
The worst performance in yesterday’s media market came from troubled cable operator Telewest, which was shares fall 23.08% to close at 2˝p after a group of its bondholders rejected an offer for 20% of the company’s bonds.Regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press, which announced earlier in the week that advertising revenues rose by 2% in the… Continue reading Sharewatch
The latest release of ABC figures for national newspapers showed that once again the circulation of tabloid newspapers slipped 2% year on year overall for the December-May period. Dwarfed in circulation by the Sun and the Mirror, but nevertheless bucking the trend, is Northern & Shell’s Daily Star. It might not make any claims to… Continue reading Feature: Star Shines As Tabloid Circulations Fall
Regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press, which has announced that advertising revenues rose by 2% in the first five months of the year (see Local Ad Revenues Aid Johnston Press Figures), saw shares rise 1.14% yesterday to close at £3.99˝, an increase of 4˝p on the day before.Carlton and Granada, which last week acquired ITN’s 65%… Continue reading Sharewatch
BT has unveiled its latest initiative to increase broadband uptake in the UK and has launched a scheme that will allow consumers to influence where its ADSL service will be introduced next.The scheme, which is intended to help BT reach its target of 1 million broadband connections by next summer, will allow consumers and businesses… Continue reading BT Brings Consumers Into The Broadband Equation
