Publishing group, United Business Media, has sold its UK automotive titles to Newsquest Media Group, for a cash sum of £50.l2 million. The move comes just three months after the company announced plans to sell Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange, claiming the publications would be more valuable to other organisations and a sale would… Continue reading UBM Sells Automotive Titles To Newsquest
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The latest Entertainment and Media Outlook from PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts steady growth for the sector over the next four years with new technology and the internet forecast to impact on this lucrative industry. Looking at the different sections of the entertainment industry, PwC discusses the television arena with reference to the possible effects that personal video… Continue reading Entertainment Industry Continues To Enjoy Strong Performance
August saw a number of issues concerning the future of the television market, with predictions for the impact of new technologies within the arena and the effect that the expanding digital market place will have on advertisers. A report published at the beginning of the month by Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com, found that… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – August 2005
Television viewing figures have continued to fall for the third quarter in a row, with average daily hours of viewing across all TV down to 3.45 hours, compared to 3.50 hours compared to the same quarter in 2004, according to the latest IPA Trends in TV report. The IPA showed that the second quarter of… Continue reading TV Viewing Figures Continue To Slide
The Newspaper Society (NS) has called for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to reconsider its opinion on the current system of magazine distribution claiming that losing sales restrictions would pose a threat to smaller retailers.According to the NS, the loss of passive sales restrictions would result in a dismantling of the system in its… Continue reading Newspaper Society Pushes OFT On Magazine Distribution
The BBC has revealed plans to launch enhanced radio content on its Digital Terrestrial (DTT) service, allowing listeners tuning into its national digital radio service to browse genre and programme-related content.Listeners will be able to view and browse interactive content while they listen to BBC digital radio networks, integrating the news, sport and weather headlines… Continue reading BBC Unveils New Radio Content On DTT
The Daily Telegraph has continued its recruitment drive, hiring one of Britain’s best known and most influential business commentators Jeff Randall as its new editor-at-large, contributing two weekly columns to the paper.Randall will leave the BBC, where he has been business editor for the last four years, to take up his new post, leaving behind… Continue reading Telegraph Poaches BBC’s Randall For Business Role
Johnston Press has announced the acquisition of two regional newspaper businesses in Northern Ireland, adding Local Press Limited and Leinster Leader Limited to its publishing portfolio. The two companies bring a combined total of 18 publications into the fold, with Local Press bought for £65 million and Leinster Leader for £138.6 million. In a statement… Continue reading Johnston Extends Reach In Northern Ireland
Chrysalis has announced plans to dispose of its loss making and none-core books division for £12.5 million, allowing the management to concentrate on the group’s core music radio and music businesses. The company’s books business will be sold to a new company to be formed by Robin Wood, chief executive of Chrysalis Books and other… Continue reading Chrysalis To Sell Books Division
Freeview penetration is predicted to overtake BSkyB as the UK’s leading digital television platform by 2010, with research from media consultancy Spectrum Strategy forecasting the platform to enjoy a healthy performance over the coming years. The latest figures for digital adoption in the UK, published by Ofcom yesterday, reveal that 63% of UK households have… Continue reading Freeview To Overtake Sky By 2010