BSkyB has secured 88.18% of telecoms firm EasyNet, bringing the deal to acquire the firm a step closer to completion. EasyNet’s shareholders have broadly welcomed the deal, with 65% agreeing to the deal, worth £211 million. Sky has also purchased 23.9% of the company’s issued share capital lifting its acquired percentage to 88.l8%. The deal… Continue reading Sky Close To Completing EasyNet Deal

Magazine publisher Highbury House Communications has requested that trading in its shares be suspended following the termination of talks to secure refinancing of its existing debts with investors. The company said that continuing discussions were taking place, and that the vast majority of lenders “continue to be supportive.” However, in a statement to the City… Continue reading Highbury House Shares Suspended As Restructuring Talks Continue

New figures from the Advertising Association (AA) show ad expenditure in the UK to have totaled £3,779 million in the third quarter of 2005, representing a marginal increase of 0.1% year on year. The figures, published today in the AA’s Quarterly Survey of Advertising Expenditure, show a 2.3% decline in real terms, after adjusting for… Continue reading Q3 Ad Revenues See Marginal Increase

Internet advertising spend will represent 10% of total American ad dollars by 2010, doubling from 5% last year to grow at an annual rate of 14% over the next five years, according to a new report from Parks Associates. The report, entitled “The Changing Face of Advertising in the Digital Age,” cites data from the… Continue reading Research Shows Online Ads To Double In Five Years

New figures from media watchdog Ofcom have revealed 65.9% of UK households watching digital television, up from 63.0% in the previous quarter. According to Ofcom’s figures, the total number of households viewing digital television grew by more than 760,000 year on year to almost 16.5 million. In total there are now more than 6.3 million… Continue reading Ofcom Estimates Show 65.9% Of Britain With Digital TV

Satellite giant BSkyB has no plans to enter the mobile market, the company’s chief financial officer has revealed, with the company seemingly untroubled by cable rival NTL’s ambitions for ‘quadruple play’ services of TV, phone, internet and mobile.Speaking at a conference in New York, Jeremy Darroch, chief financial officer at BSkyB, claimed: “We don’t feel… Continue reading BSkyB Untroubled By NTL’s Mobile Ambitions

New figures from media watchdog Ofcom have revealed 65.9% of UK households watching digital television, up from 63.0% in the previous quarter.According to Ofcom’s figures, the total number of households viewing digital television grew by more than 760,000 year on year to almost 16.5 million. In total there are now more than 6.3 million free-to-view… Continue reading Ofcom Estimates Show 65.9% Of Britain With Digital TV

Internet advertising spend will represent 10% of total American ad dollars by 2010, doubling from 5% last year to grow at an annual rate of 14% over the next five years, according to a new report from Parks Associates.The report, entitled “The Changing Face of Advertising in the Digital Age,” cites data from the firm’s… Continue reading Research Shows Online Ads To Double In Five Years

Telecoms giant BT has announced the first content deals for its forthcoming IPTV service, signing up BBC Worldwide, Paramount and Warner Music Group to provide customers with films and TV programmes via their broadband connections.The agreements precede the service’s launch next Autumn, allowing BT customers access to a range of on-demand film, music and television… Continue reading BT Signs First Content Deals For IPTV Service

Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has tabled a bid for online content firm Fastcrop, seeking to widen its online portfolio with the company’s primelocation.com residential property website.Primelocation is one of the UK’s leading websites for estate agents wishing to advertise properties online, as well as for listings of properties located abroad.DMGT’s bid totals £48… Continue reading DMGT Widens Portfolio With Property Bid