Emap has secured control of Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) for £391 million, seizing control of the company’s 22 radio stations and selling its newspaper interests off to Johnston Press for £155 million.The SRH board accepted Emap’s deal, which values the company at £391 million, with the company receiving 1,088 pence per share, after rejecting an… Continue reading Emap Snaps Up SRH For £391 Million

Celebrity Love Island delivered a parting blow to Big Brother last night, ending its five week run with a peak audience of 5.9 million at 10pm, trouncing Channel 4’s rival reality show, which peaked at 4.2 million despite over-running ITV by half an hour.Love Island averaged 5 million viewers across its hour and a half… Continue reading Love Island Bows Out With 5.9 Million

Virgin radio has poached GCap Media’s head of agency sales, Nick Hewat as its new sales director, ahead of Fru Hazlitt’s instatement as the station’s new chief executive this summer.Hewat, who will end a five year career with GCap, formerly Capital Radio Group, will take over as Virgin’s sales director following Lee Roberts’ departure from… Continue reading Virgin Scoops GCap Boss For Sales Role

Declining readership continued to hit Britain’s daily national newspapers throughout March, with the market as a whole losing 1.5% of readers year on year during the month.There were glimmers of hope, however, as several titles managed to increase their readership in the face of wide-ranging declines. The Guardian performed particularly well, adding 10.8% to its… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: March 2005

BSkyB has announced plans to allow movie and sports content via the internet, moving the company into direct competition with London-based HomeChoice and the fledgling on-demand services of the nation’s cable companies.A spokesman for the satellite superpower confirmed newspaper reports of the new service, which will mark the company’s first steps towards offering truly on-demand… Continue reading Sky To Provide Content Via Internet Downloads

Outdoor specialists Poster Publicity and Portland end months of speculation today with the official launch of their combined entity, Kinetic.The launch represents the first stage in the company’s drive to become the world’s “foremost agency at communicating with people on the move”, creating a worldwide network which will focus on advertisers’ needs in the changing… Continue reading Kinetic Goes Public As Portland Joins Poster Publicity

Arena Leisure, operator of horse racing channel At The Races, has announced a better than expected performance by the beleaguered broadcaster following its relaunch last year.The channel, run jointly with BSkyB, was relaunched after its predecessor, Attheraces, collapsed (see At The Races Sets Date For Channel Relaunch). The channel’s demise led to High Court proceedings… Continue reading At The Races Bounces Back To Exceed Expectations

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s national newspapers continued to see wide-ranging circulation decline throughout May, with the market as a whole shedding 3.54% of sales year on year.The newspaper industry was not completely downbeat, however, with compact titles the Times and Independent seeing an upturn in their fortunes. The Times performed particularly well, adding 5% to its… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – May 2005

The nation’s newspapers continued their circulation decline throughout May, with the latest figures from ABC showing a downturn across the board in all but the quality market.Compact titles, the Times and Independent both managed to stave off circulation decrease, with the Times performing particularly well, adding 4.97% year on year in the face of heavy… Continue reading Compacts Buck National Newspaper Trend For Decline

Telewest has secured agreements with several broadcasters ahead of the launch of its TV-on-demand service, paving the way for a fully-fledged IPTV roll-out by the end of next month.The cable provider has signed BBC Worldwide, Discovery Networks Europe and the National Geographic Channel Europe to supply programming for its imminent on-demand service, rolling out across… Continue reading Telewest Signs Content Providers To On Demand Service