The ITC has welcomed the Government’s recently published draft Communications Bill as going a long way towards creating the regulatory framework for a dynamic market, but has warned that it needs to provide a more detailed definition of public service remits.In evidence prepared for the Joint Scrutiny Committee on the Bill, the ITC says that… Continue reading ITC Calls For Clearer Public Service Definitions
UK radio group GWR has announced that it will sell overseas radio interests – including stations in Europe and Australia – in order to maintain the group’s “leading role in UK radio”.Ralph Bernard, GWR executive chairman, commented: “The Communications Bill marks a watershed for the UK media industry. GWR is committed to a focused strategy… Continue reading GWR To Focus On UK Market As Group Profits Fall
The ITC has welcomed the Government’s proposals for the pricing and availability of digital terrestrial TV licences, which it says will give confidence to potential applicants.In a statement issued yesterday, the Government said that successful DTT multiplex licence applicants would be free from “administrative spectrum pricing” until 2014. It also confirmed that the DTT spectrum… Continue reading ITC Welcomes DTT Licence Proposals
First half revenues at Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) have been hit by the substantial downturn in national advertising, the group’s interim financial results showed today. Total group revenues fell by 1%, with the effect felt most strongly at the company’s outdoor division.Earlier in the week SRH agreed to sell its outdoor business, Score Outdoor, to… Continue reading Scottish Radio Profits Hit By National Advertising Dip
JCDecaux Airport has been awarded the advertising contracts for the Gatwick Express and the Stansted Express rail services.The year-long contract covers all internal and external advertising on board all the South East rail-air links managed by Airport Express, including ambient opportunities such as train wraps and headrest advertising.Previously Maiden held the contract for Gatwick Express… Continue reading JCDecaux Airport Awarded Rail Contracts
Emap has unveiled a new look for its rock music magazine Kerrang! this week, described by editor Paul Rees as a “facelift”, after the ABC results for July-December 2001 revealed a dramatic upturn in the title’s fortunes.Mark Field, group account director for Emap Advertising’s cross media solutions said that the new look would make it… Continue reading Emap Metal Magazine Gets Facelift
No conference is complete without reference to this thorny topic and the Dow Jones’ Fourth Annual European Media and Entertainment Summit was no exception. Thomas Knipp, editor of Handelsblatt and associate publisher at the Wall Street Journal, painted an exciting picture of the “E-Paper”, a newspaper you can download (a plastic computer screen you can… Continue reading Can Publishers Make Money From The Internet?
Telewest was one of only five companies to see shares improve yesterday’s media market, with stock rising 9.09% to close at 6p, an increase of ˝p on the day before.Despite performing strongly earlier in the week (see Sharewatch), Daily Mail, which is due to release its results at the end of this month, saw shares… Continue reading Sharewatch
Views on the BBC’s new application for Digital Curriculum, a licence fee funded public service comprising interactive online learning materials in support of the school curriculum – are being sought by Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell.Consumers and the industry have until 5 July to let the Government know what they think of the BBC’s plans.Subscribers can… Continue reading Views Sought On BBC Digital Curriculum Application
The topics of content and distribution were raised on a number of occasions at Tuesday’s Dow Jones’ Fourth Annual European Media and Entertainment Summit. Adam Singer, group chief executive of Telewest was put on the spot regarding his company’s ownership of both, via Telewest and Flextech. Would they be selling Flextech?Singer felt the answer possibly… Continue reading Singer: Telewest Considering Disposal Of Flextech
