Shares in Carlton jumped after a deeper than expected round of cost cutting enabled the group to report annual results ahead of expectations (see Carlton Sees Improving Ad Trading As Loss Hits £156m). In a separate development, Paul Murray, the finance director of the company, admitted ITV overpaid for Premier League highlights. The stock was… Continue reading Sharewatch
Granada has announced the appointment of James Crosby, chief executive of respected bank HBOS, as a non-executive director. Crosby, who is also a non-executive director at St James’s Place Capital, has had a long and distinguished career in the financial services sector and it is believed that he is being brought to the board to… Continue reading Granada Hopes To Woo City With New Appointment
BT has announced a partnership with MSN, which will see the two groups co-market internet access via BT broadband and Microsoft’s new internet service MSN 8.The deal makes BT Microsoft’s first major European distributor for MSN 8, the new multimedia email product, which has been developed to challenge AOL’s dominance in the market. MSN 8… Continue reading BT and MSN Announce Marketing Partnership
Granada today announced full-year losses of £164 million but the commercial broadcaster was encouraged by results in the second half and remains confident about the future of ITV. The company announced that pre-tax profits for the year to late-September came in at £176 million, 10% less than in 2001, but ahead of many analysts forecasts… Continue reading Granada Unbowed Despite Fall In Profits
UK television is currently undergoing fundamental change as it is forced to react to the advance of technology and twenty-first century viewing habits. Predicting the future is no easy task but a new report has outlined some of the challenges faced by the industry and speculates on how the broadcasting landscape will look in the… Continue reading Insight Analysis: TV Industry Looks To The Future
Pace, the UK set-top box manufacturer, has today issued its fifth profits warning of the year and is not optimistic that sales will pick up in the near future. The company said that the slow take-up of digital television in Europe and the US meant that targets were being missed and second half losses are… Continue reading Pace Issues New Profits Warning
BBC Worldwide has secured a deal with NTL, which will see it producing a weekly special edition of the Radio Times especially tailored for cable customers.The magazine will be delivered weekly to NTL subscribers from next January and replaces the monthly NTL Guide which will fold in December. The new edition will include the usual… Continue reading New Radio Times Format For NTL Customers
AOL has launched a range of interactive service on Sky Active, including instant messaging, email, headline news, sport and weather.Sky viewers will be able to access AOL’s service via remote control while watching Sky TV programmes. AOL voiced its interest in entering the digital television market, along with Lycos earlier this year (see UK Internet… Continue reading AOL Launches Interactive TV Service On Sky Digital
Granada today announced full-year losses of £164 million but the commercial broadcaster was encouraged by results in the second half and remains confident about the future of ITV.The company announced that pre-tax profits for the year to late-September came in at £176 million, 10% less than in 2001, but ahead of many analysts forecasts.The collapse… Continue reading Granada Unbowed Despite Fall In Profits
Research consultancy BMRB has launched a survey which aims to give media agencies and broadcasters a greater understanding of interactive TV audiences.The survey, Audience Interaction Monitor (AIM), will be completed by two thousand adults, including Sky Digital, cable digital and Freeview viewers. There will be questions on pay-per-view, interactive services like shopping, gaming and email,… Continue reading BMRB To Undertake Research Into Interactive Audiences
