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AOL Time Warner yesterday confirmed the appointment of Jonathan Miller as the chief executive of its internet arm, America Online. Miller, a former head of USA Interactive, succeeds Robert Pittman, who stepped down last month after failing to revive the fortunes of the struggling web business (see COO Quits AOL Time Warner). The new CEO… Continue reading AOL Appoints New Online Chief

Telewest, which last week reportedly demanded the resignation of its chief executive, Adam Singer (see Telewest Chief Executive Removed In ‘Boardroom Coup’), was one of the worst performers in yesterday’s media market. Shares were down 12.5% to close at 1žp, a loss of źp on the day before.Trinity Mirror, which announced last week that pre-tax… Continue reading Sharewatch

Lastminute.com, the online retailer, today announced narrowing losses and pledged to achieve profitability in the next quarter. The UK internet company revealed pre-tax losses of £3.9 million for the three months to June, compared with £9.2 million for the same period in 2001. This was also an improvement on the £5.2 million deficit recorded in… Continue reading Lastminute Strives To Get In The Black

Channel 4 is launching a SMS text message campaign as part of its “Indian Summer” season of cricket coverage.Cricket coverage has been the jewel in C4’s sporting crown. The channel is hoping to use its “Indian Summer” season of events and themed programs to appeal to a younger 16-34 year old audience. C4 previously secured… Continue reading Channel 4 Launches SMS Campaign

In the past, interactive digital TV has been viewed as something of an albatross by advertisers, with high-perceived costs and relatively low response rates deterring all but the most adventurous marketeers. However, the uptake of digital TV is gradually increasing and with a growing number of viewers going interactive, brands are beginning to cotton on… Continue reading Feature: Advertisers Move Into The Red

NTL has appointed its director of content, Jeremy Davies, to its top marketing position as part of a further restructure at the cable company.Davies, who has been at NTL for over a year, becomes the director of marketing responsible for all customer contact and commercial communications activity. He will also oversee all of NTL’s brand… Continue reading NTL Fills Top Marketing Role

With the media industry still trying to digest the Joint Scrutiny Committee’s report on the draft Communications Bill, ISBA’s director of public affairs, Ian Twinn, examines the Committee’s recommendations on the issue of self-regulation for broadcast advertising.Understandably, the media focus on the Puttnam Committee report, published last week on the Communications Bill, was on their… Continue reading NewsLine Column: A Step Towards Self-Regulation

Consumer interest in broadband is increasing and around 700,000 homes plan to upgrade to a high-speed internet connection within the next twelve months, according to a report from Continental Research.The report shows that of the 10 million UK homes currently connected to the internet, 1.2 million, or 12%, have some form of high-speed internet connection… Continue reading Research Reveals Growing Consumer Interest In Broadband

Emap Performance and GWR have formed a joint venture company called EG Digital to launch dance music station Kiss across GWR’s local digital radio multiplex network.The deal, which will bring Kiss to digital listeners in Bristol, Swindon and Wolverhampton, will increase the station’s potential UK audience by around 9 millionlisteners.Kiss currently broadcasts to digital audiences… Continue reading Emap’s Kiss To Launch Across GWR Digital Multiplex

The fallout from the unsuccessful court action against Carlton and Guardian today resulted in the resignation of both the chairman and the chief executive of the Football League. Keith Harris and David Burns had come under fire following the failure to recoup £131 million from Carlton and Granada’s defunct pay-TV venture, ITV Digital (see League… Continue reading League Bosses Pay The Price For ITV Digital Defeat