A healthy day’s trading amongst media stocks yesterday saw few companies lose value on their share price. Independent maintained a steady performance, sticking at 158žp as the company unveiled plans for new research into compact newspapers in collaboration with The Times.The new initiative is designed to boost the advertising revenues of both newspapers’ compact editions… Continue reading Sharewatch: Indy Steady As Tabloid Research Begins
As reported this morning, The Times has confirmed that it is to drop its broadsheet edition from Monday, publishing in tabloid only format from Monday to Saturday.The move leaves only the Sunday Times in broadsheet format, completing the newspaper’s gradual transition to tabloid only publication which has seen its large-format being phased out in Scotland,… Continue reading Times Confirms Tabloid Only Publication From Monday
Lord Conrad Black, former chief executive of Hollinger Inc, has told the company’s board that he plans to turn the Toronto-listed company private. According to a report by the Guardian, Lord Black said last night, he had broken the news of the $40 million funding proposal he received from the Black family’s investment vehicle, Ravelston,… Continue reading Black Plans To Turn Hollinger Private
Channel 4 has secured Pizza hut as the sponsor of The Simpsons, which makes its long-awaited debut on the channel next Friday.The Simpsons will form a key part of Channel 4’s autumn schedule and the sponsorship is thought to be one of the broadcaster’s biggest as it seeks to recoup the £700,000 per episode that… Continue reading Channel 4 Calls In Pizza Hut To Sponsor The Simpsons
Radio listeners in Caradon Hill, Cornwall will be able to enjoy local services in crystal clarity from today, as NTL’s Broadcast division switches on its 250th digital transmitter.The new transmitter marks the culmination of an intensive roll-out of multiplexing and transmission systems for both national and local stations by NTL lasting four years. The Caradon… Continue reading NTL Boosts Digital Radio With 250th Transmitter
Telewest has launched a cut-price broadband package to entice its last remaining dial-up customers to switch to high-speed connections, with broadband pricing to match that of its dial-up offering.The new package gives customers little choice but to upgrade their connection, offering Telewest’s 256k blueyonder internet service for £14.99 per month, the same price as unlimited… Continue reading Telewest Offers Budget Broadband To Dialup Die Hards
Associated Newspapers is believed to be considering plans to launch a free lunchtime version of the Evening Standard in a bid to strengthen its position in London ahead of the arrival of Richard Desmond’s new title.Reports suggest that the so-called Standard Lite will launch in November with fewer pages than the paid-for edition in an… Continue reading Standard Considers Launching Afternoon Free-Sheet
Telecoms giant, British Telecom (BT), is in advanced talks with a number of broadcasters, including BSkyB, ITV and the BBC to discuss the possibility of delivering popular television programmes over high-speed internet connections. According to a report from Ovum analyst, John Delaney, BT has plans to break in to the pay-per-view television market with the… Continue reading BT In Talks To Offer Advanced Freeview
The Audit Bureau of Circulations has today launched an online facility to enable its members and subscribers to access historical certificates for its portfolio of audited newspapers, magazines and exhibitions.The data is available by logging on to the ABC website, where users can access the most recent certificates, as well as those reaching back to… Continue reading ABC Launches Historical Circulation Data
US based group Akimbo, has launched the first ever internet-to-television video-on-demand service and has struck a lucrative deal with Amazon, who will sell the Akimbo Player. The new set-top box allows access to thousands of programmes via broadband internet, which consumers can download to their Akimbo player and view on-demand on their television set. The… Continue reading Akimbo Launches Broadband VoD Service
