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Broadband and TV firm HomeChoice is to be sold off by operator Video Networks Limited, according to newspaper reports over the weekend, with BSkyB rumoured to have shown interest in the firm.The report by the Sunday Express does not name its source, but claimed BSkyB had tabled an initial bid for the company, believed to… Continue reading HomeChoice Under The Hammer As Sky Takes An Interest

Sir Victor Blank, chairman of Trinity Mirror has announced that he will be retiring from the Board at the company’s annual general meeting in May.The outgoing chairman took up the position at the Mirror Group in July 1998, overseeing the merger between Trinity and the Mirror in 1999.Commenting on his departure, Sly Bailey, chief executive… Continue reading Trinity Chairman To Step Down

French media mogul and Havas chairman, Vincent Bollore, has continued his drive to acquire shares in UK marketing firm, Aegis, snapping up a further 2.9 million shares to push his stake in the company to 25.47%.Bollore’s latest acquisition builds on his long-running spending spree last year, which seemed to have halted as the entrepreneur reached… Continue reading Bollore Continues Aegis Share Purchase

Publishing group, Pearson, has acquired US professional testing business, Promissor, from Houghton Mifflin for £42 million, bringing with it educational contracts for the UK’s largest educational vocational awarding body, City and Guilds. Pearson will combine Promissor with its existing professional testing company, Pearson VUE, expecting the purchase to be earnings enhancing from 2007. Commenting on… Continue reading Pearson Buys US Testing Business

UK advertising expenditure is forecast to rise by 3.7% in 2006, with new forecasts from Initiative Media predicting online to be the fastest growing medium fuelled by the increasing uptake of broadband. Initiative expect 2006 to be another slow year for the UK media market, albeit a better one than 2005, with the projected 3.7%… Continue reading UK Adspend To Rise By 3.7% In 2006

French entrepreneur and Havas chairman, Vincent Bollore, has continued to acquire shares in UK marketing firm, Aegis, purchasing a further 2.9 million shares pushing his stake in the company to 25.47%. Bollore has steadily been increasing his share in Aegis, fuelling industry speculation of a possible merger between the UK media company and Havas, of… Continue reading Bollore Pushes Aegis Stake To 25.47%

Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan yesterday lifted the lid on the broadcaster’s long-awaited plans to enter the digital radio sector, outlining designs for a raft of Channel 4 branded stations to offer more competition to the BBC as a public service broadcaster.The TV boss revealed that Channel 4 would make a “serious bid” for… Continue reading Channel 4 Announces Plans For Digital Radio

ITV has confirmed its senior commissioning and scheduling line up, strengthening the network’s team of controllers, with the creation of several new roles at director level helping to consolidate the genre teams.The management restructure will see Clive Jones assuming the role of chief executive for ITV News and Regions, while David Bergg will take up… Continue reading ITV Confirms Senior Commissioning and Scheduling Line Up

Internet shopping in the UK rose by a almost 50% during the ten week run-up to Christmas 2005, with shoppers spending £5 billion online, compared with £3.33 billion during the same period in 2004. According to new figures from the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG), sales peaked during the week commencing 5 December, with… Continue reading UK Online Shopping Up By 50% Over Christmas

French entrepreneur, Vincent Bollore has bought a further 2.9 million shares in media and communications company, Aegis, taking Group Bollore’s total interest in the business to 25.47%. According to a report in this mornings Times, Bollore also acquired an extra 0.35% in French advertising group, Havas. Since September Bollore has steadily been increasing his share… Continue reading Bollore Increases Aegis And Havas Stake