The Daily Mail & General Trust has failed to overturn a ruling by the Office of Fair Trading that one of its Scottish newspaper divisions was guilty of predatory pricing against a rival. The OFT ruled last September that Aberdeen Journals, owned by DMGT subsidiary Northcliffe Newspapers, had been guilty of anti-competitive conduct (see Northcliffe… Continue reading DMGT Fails In Predatory Pricing Appeal
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RTL, the pan-European broadcaster, plans to retain its stake in UK terrestrial station, Five, despite the Government’s plans to clear the way for non-EU investors to acquire the business. The relaxation of the media ownership regulations has prompted fierce speculation that RTL may decide to sell its 65% stake in the channel to Rupert Murdoch’s… Continue reading RTL Not Interested In Selling Five Stake
The rate of growth of the number of women online in Europe is so slow that if current patterns continue, it will be 2010 before there are as many women as men using the internet. According to new research from Nielsen//NetRatings, 42% of European internet users were women as of May 2003; this represents a… Continue reading Gender Parity Of Online Europeans Will Take 7 Years
The belief that movie downloading is doing significant harm to the film industry is wide of the mark, if a new report from The Yankee Group is to be believed. Unlicensed downloading is one of the reasons cited by recording companies for the current demise in music sales (see Fall In US Music Sales Blamed… Continue reading Downloading Poses Little Threat To Movie Business
One in five digital households in the UK takes free-to-air services, according to the latest figures from the Independent Television Commission (ITC). Over the last six months, the uptake of free-to-air (FTA) digital services – including FTA satellite – has accounted for 60% of the growth of the UK’s digital TV (DTV) market, according to… Continue reading One In Five UK Digital Homes Receives Free-To-Air Services
Trinity Mirror has refused to comment on speculation that it is planning to sell its titles in Northern Ireland as part of a shake-up at the UK publisher. According to a report in the Financial Times, senior executives from Trinity Mirror have approached regional publishing groups Gannett and Johnston Press to sound out the possibility… Continue reading Trinity May Sell Irish Titles
UBC Media, the UK radio station operator and programme producer, broke into operating profit in its last financial year, the group announced this morning. Before development costs, operating profit was £73,000 for the year ended 31 March 2003, up from a loss of £210,000 the year before. The group moved into the black during the… Continue reading UBC Moves Into Profit In 2003, Airtime Outlook Mixed
French media and telecommunications giant Vivendi Universal, will this week assess the bids received for its US entertainment assets, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. The Vivendi Universal Entertainment (VUE) division comprises a music company, film studios, theme parks and cable channels. It has received interest from the likes of Liberty Media, General… Continue reading Vivendi To Assess US Entertainment Bids
Online advertising has strengthened its position in the marketing mix, but still lags someway behind more traditional types of marketing such as local press and direct mail, according to a new study from Continental Research. The 2003 E-Commerce Report shows that 24% of UK companies regularly use online advertising, helping it to see expenditure increase… Continue reading Online Advertising Lags Behind Traditional Marketing
Up to half a million digital radio sets could be in use by the end of this year, following 170% growth in sales in 2002, according to new figures from the Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB). Only 175,000 DAB radios had been sold by the end of May this year, but the DRDB predicts that… Continue reading Digital Radio Sales Could Hit 1 Million By 2004, Says DRDB