Carlton and Granada, which yesterday won their high court battle with the Football League (see League Loses ITV Digital Battle), saw shares fall yesterday. The former slipped 3.61% to close at £1.73˝p, while the latter was down 5.51% to finish at 90p, a loss of 5źp on the day before.BSkyB, which announced earlier in the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Clear Channel’s acquisition of Score Outdoor from Scottish Radio Holdings has been approved by the Office Of Fair Trading allowing the creation of a third national force in the billboard advertising market.American-owned Clear Channel plans to merge Score Outdoor with its own poster contractor, More O’Ferrall and the new combined company will launch a series… Continue reading OFT Approves Clear Channel’s Acquisition Of Score Outdoor
NRS figures for the first six months of 2002 show that during the period there has been little change in the number of people reading national newspapers. However, there have been winners and losers.GMG group emerged as the main winner in a year on year comparison. The Guardian saw the best percentage increase year on… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – June 2002
UK cable operator, Telewest Communications, has this morning posted its first half financials, after a period which newly-installed managing director, Charles Burdick, described as a ‘tough quarter’. Burdick has just taken over the top position at the indebted business, after previous chief executive, Adam Singer, was ousted by the Board (see Telewest Chief Executive Removed… Continue reading Loss Narrows As Broadband Grows At Telewest
ISBA has criticised the Joint Scrutiny Committee for advising the Government to rethink its decision to allow non-European investors to buy UK media companies.The Committee, chaired by Lord Puttnam, is urging the Government not to abolish the current media ownership regulations and is suggesting that the issue of foreign ownership should be dealt with by… Continue reading Joint Scrunity Committee Report Prompts Reaction
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China has overtaken Japan to become the world’s second most active web audience, according to e-business intelligence provider, WebSideStory. The world’s most populous country accounted for 6.63% of all global internet traffic in July. Despite technological superiority and a larger number of individual users than China, Japan is now only third in the standings with… Continue reading Chinese Flocking To The Web While US Share Falls
The tables showing the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London are now available to subscribers in Radio reportsThe following stations were reporting with new survey periods: Real Radio Scotland, Saga 105.7 FM, Connect FM and Lite FM, which are now… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q2 2002: Local Commercial Stations
Radio advertising revenue in the UK rose by 2.1% to £139 million in the second quarter of the year, according to new data released by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). This is the second quarter of growth in a row for the radio industry, after Q1 2002 showed a 0.5% rise in advertising spend (see… Continue reading UK Radio Advertising Shows Second Successive Quarter Of Growth
The plight of media giant, AOL Time Warner has deepened with news that its accounting practices are to be investigated by the US Department of Justice. The announcement comes only a week after the Securites and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a similar inquiry following allegations of malpractice at the AOL internet service (see AOL Time… Continue reading Justice Department To Launch AOL Probe
