US television network Viacom has been given a temporary reprieve from the audience reach limit of 35%, as it waits for its case to be decided in the Court of Appeals. The group recently pulled out of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) over its support for the limit, which is set by the Federal… Continue reading Viacom Given Temporary Audience Limit Reprieve As Courts Reassess Rules

Over one third of the top advertisers in terms of spending significantly cut their investments during last year, including the top spender, Proctor & Gamble, which spent £123m promoting brands such as Pringles, Fairy and Lenor, 24% less than in the previous year. Total adspend for the top 50 biggest spenders was £2,070,795, up just… Continue reading One Third Of Top Ten Advertising Spenders Cut Investment Last Year

Granada Media has abandoned the plans it had to form a production company with Australian broadcaster the Seven Network. Red Heart was formed 18 months ago, but has failed to achieve the goals set. It will now be retained as a vehicle for co-production between the companies. It is thought that the opportunity for Granada… Continue reading Granada Abandons Australian Production Joint Venture

GWR Group plc’s 63% owned subsidiary, Digital One, announcement today that they are to enter into a strategic agreement with Imagination Technologies plc to jointly develop, fund and market a low power, low cost digital Base-Band chip and the reference design for a digital radio receiver module. The agreement will result in smaller, lighter, portable… Continue reading Cost Of Digital Radio Set To Fall

GWR Group plc’s 63% owned subsidiary, Digital One, announcement today that they are to enter into a strategic agreement with Imagination Technologies plc to jointly develop, fund and market a low power, low cost digital Base-Band chip and the reference design for a digital radio receiver module. The agreement will result in smaller, lighter, portable… Continue reading Cost Of Digital Radio Set To Fall

According to a new report by The Media Audit internet radio is slowly taking off in the US and is attracting “significant local market audiences” According to the report, 23 radio websites are attracting over 2% of all adults in their immediate markets and this figure would double if considered as a percentage of only… Continue reading Web Radio Slowly Takes Off In US

Pearson is to cut around 40 jobs from its online division, which includes FT.com, in order to steer its businesses towards profitability by the end of 2002. The job losses will occur across the FT internet businesses, including FT.com, FT Careerpoint and FT Your Money. The reduction in staff is said to result from the… Continue reading 40 Jobs To Be Cut At Online FT

In his statement at today’s annual general meeting, SMG chairman Don Cruickshank told shareholders that first quarter trading at the core television division is down around 9% on last year and stated that the higher licence payments for its ITV franchises would also be a burden In television, trading is down approximately 9% on the… Continue reading SMG Issue AGM Statement

According to a report in the Financial Times News Corporation and Vivendi Universal are in talks about merging their Italian pay-TV businesses, Stream and Telepiu. Talks are said to be at an early stage and similar discussions are understood to have fallen through in the past. The main obstacles to such a merger, says ABN… Continue reading News Corp And Vivendi May Merge Italian Pay-TV Businesses, Says FT

It is understood that Granada has acquired the rights to the ITV.com domain name, paving the way for a genuinely-united ITV internet presence. The previous owners of the domain, registered in 1994, were unrelated to the TV Network and are understood to have sold the address to Granada for £100,000. So far, each ITV franchise… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Acquisition Of ITV.com Could See Stronger Web Presence From The Network