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The merger of Italian pay-TV platform, Stream, with Vivendi Universal’s (VU) Telepiù (see Vivendi To Buy News Corp’s Stream In Italy, Says FT) has been cleared by the country’s anti-trust regulator. However, the regulatory authority has imposed certain restrictions on the deal that could offer VU an escape route from the deal. Stream is joint-owned… Continue reading Italian Anti-Trust Ruling May Offer Vivendi An Exit From Stream Deal

The latest ABC figures for National Newspapers show that if the many Queen Mother commemorative issues at the start of the month had any effect on circulation, it was minimal.The best performers in this analysis were titles seen as failing in the not-too-distant past. In percentage terms the biggest rise period on period was at… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – April 2002

BSkyB saw shares fall 4.48% yesterday to close at £6.82 following news that it faced a possible “satellite dish tax” (see Spectrum Tax Speculation Hits Sky Share Price) under plans announced in the Government’s draft Communications Bill published last week (see Draft Communications Bill Relaxes Cross Media Rules).Cable & Wireless also performed poorly yesterday with… Continue reading Sharewatch

TalkSPORT has secured Chrysalis-owned Rivals Digital Media as the six-figure sponsor of its Sunday Morning Sports Breakfast Show.The deal begins this week and will see Rivals and its portfolio of sites mentioned in credits, trials and live reads on TalkSPORT for the next eight weeks. Rivals will use the airtime to promote its sporting and… Continue reading TalkSPORT Listeners To Wake Up With Rivals

Executives in the UK radio sector had been planning for consolidation from within the industry in order to achieve audience growth and revenue enhancement through cross-selling and cost-reduction, a radio dinner held by analysts at Merrill Lynch was told. However, the broker believes that the prospect of a small number of pure UK radio groupings… Continue reading UK Radio: Cross Media Synergies More Likely Than Consolidation, Say Analysts

Media stocks received a boost last week following the publication of the Government’s Draft Communications Bill on Tuesday (see Draft Communications Bill Relaxes Cross Media Rules).Week on week analysis shows that Carlton and Granada, which were given the go ahead by the Bill to merge into a single ITV, were among the best performers in… Continue reading Sharewatch

NRS figures for National Newspapers in the period October 2001 to March 2002 shows that year on year overall readership has inched up 0.2%. The largest fluctuations in readership, in a year on year analysis, were seen among the broadsheets.The best performer in both percentage and actual numbers terms was the Guardian, which saw a… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – March 2002

A major study from the PPA shows that 87% of business decision makers regularly consult B2B magazines which, according to the research, dominate all other media in terms of usefulness.Of the 500 business decision-makers interviewed for the study, which was conducted by NFO WorldGroup, 73% said that B2B magazines contain information useful to their jobs… Continue reading B2B Mags More Useful Than The Internet Says Research

The value of shares in BSkyB has been weakened today due to press speculation over the weekend that a spectrum tax could be imposed on satellite broadcasting.The draft Communications Bill published last week (see Draft Communications Bill Relaxes Cross Media Rules) left an open ended position with regard to a possible tax on all parts… Continue reading Spectrum Tax Speculation Hits Sky Share Price

Wireless Group owned TalkSPORT has secured Ginsters as the sponsor of its World Cup competition.The deal will see Ginsters support TalkSPORT’s summer football coverage as the “unofficial snack food of football fans.” The sponsorship features a three-week on-air promotion known as “do the double,” which is linked to an eight-week on-pack contestant entry initiative.TalkSPORT branding… Continue reading TalkSPORT In World Cup Deal With Ginsters