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Trinity Mirror is on track to achieve its objective of £25 million of annualised savings by 2005, following a spate of cutbacks throughout the company, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. The broker asserts that Sly Bailey’s appointment as chief executive (see Bailey Leaves IPC To Replace Graf At Trinity Mirror) has stimulated activity at… Continue reading Trinity To Reap Rewards Of Cost-Cutting, Says Merrill Lynch

Consumers are catching on to the benefits of digital radio and new research from Dixons suggests the revolution is rapidly gathering pace with digital radios now accounting for half the sales of all portable radio sets.The electronics retailer, which made around 50% of its radio set revenues from digital devices, claims the increasing range and… Continue reading Consumers Catch On To Digital Radio As Sales Increase

Radio station operator and production company, UBC Media, said that it has managed to boost commercial airtime revenues in June and July, after taking ‘remedial action’ earlier in the year. In June, UBC said that airtime sales for the first two months of its financial year were below expectations (see UBC Moves Into Profit In… Continue reading UBC Sees Radio Revenue Turnaround After Weak Start

Strategy Analytics questioned 525 US broadband households on which kinds of services they would be interested in and whether they would be willing to subscribe to them. The response was that a significant majority of people are still unwilling to pay for online content.Also On MediaTel Insight Today… Demand For Integrated Digital TV Sets To… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Broadband Users Want Premium Content

ITV’s Pop Idol is expanding its interactive applications to enable viewers to vote for contestants via their remote controls for the first time.Fans of the reality-TV talent show will be able to access a range of interactive content and a number of games created by Littlewoods Game On. The new services will be available on… Continue reading Pop Idol Expands Interactive Applications

BSkyB was seen in the spotlight ahead of today’s expected decision over the Premier League’s football rights package. It is understood that the satellite broadcaster is offering a lump sum for the bulk of rights, which is thought to include separate offers for individual packages and a substantial bid for the entire bundle based on… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Falls Ahead Of Football Rights Decision

Another survey of broadband internet users has found that whilst they want more compelling, premium content, very few are actually willing to pay for it. Strategy Analytics questioned 525 US broadband households on which kinds of services they would be interested in and whether they would be willing to subscribe to them. The response was… Continue reading Broadband Users Want Premium Content, Few Willing To Pay

Radio station operator and production company, UBC Media, said that it has managed to boost commercial airtime revenues in June and July, after taking ‘remedial action’ earlier in the year.In June, UBC said that airtime sales for the first two months of its financial year were below expectations. The group then took ‘swift remedial action’… Continue reading UBC Sees Radio Revenue Turnaround After Weak Start

Newspaper executives are to get an insight into how lucrative mobile services can be on a two-day study trip organised by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The trip to Oslo on 1 and 2 September will feature case studies of profitable news and information services from around the world, an explanation of how newspapers… Continue reading Press Bosses To See Benefits Of Mobile Services

ITV partners, Carlton and Granada, were in focus again yesterday after a note from leading brokers, Morgan Stanley, reiterated an underweight rating for the two groups.According to analysts, there are likely to be incremental costs if Carlton and Granada’s sales houses are spun off to enable their merger to go through. These are expected to… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners Fall On Negative Guidance