International accounting standards are rarely a subject to set the pulse racing, but a couple of recent moves are worthy of note for media firms.
Sky channels boss Dawn Airey has warned rival broadcasters they need to start building their digital empires with adventurous new programming and find fresh advertising revenue streams or face oblivion.
Dave Jenkins, director/owner, Wave Advertising
We’ve now, finally, got the findings of the three independent reports on new BBC services – online, digital television and digital radio – ordered by the Department of Media, Culture & Sport after huge clamour from commercial multimedia rivals.
Marc Mendoza, CEO, Media Planning Group - One of his ancestors was a boxer, he admits to being a bit of an Arthur Daley character and he has recently come out, all guns blazing, over Northcliffe’s agency commission cutbacks. Clare Goff spends a morning with part-time bookie Marc Mendoza
I can picture him, at his desk, puffing meditatively on his pipe as he dictates this book.
Media types and City folk are not often thought of as likely bedfellows. But the City was not too surprised when Greg Dyke was appointed to Apax’s board. Apax, a venture capital and private equity investor, is one of the oldest VC’s around and has a distinguished track record of investing in the media...
Clear Channel has signed a £10m deal with the UK’s largest owner of shopping centres in a bid to close the gap between it and Maiden Outdoor in the burgeoning point-of-sale market.
The commercial radio stations may be tussling with each other, but the real threat may be from the BBC, the latest Rajar figures suggest.
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