BSkyB’s existing contract for Premier League football rights could prevent it from submitting a lower bid when the current £1.1bn three-year deal comes up for renewal.According to a report in the Financial Times, a Premiership club chairman has said that a clause in BSkyB’s contract stipulates that if the satellite operator bids for the rights… Continue reading BSkyB Unable To Reduce Football Rights Bid
Granada was one of the best performers in yesterday’s media market despite speculation that the company was poised to get out of ITV Digital, its joint venture with Carlton. Shares rose 3.82% to close at £1.36. Carlton also improved 1.87% yesterday to finish at £2.45˝, an increase of 4˝p on the day before.SMG, which strongly… Continue reading Sharewatch
Total UK advertising expenditure for categories covered in the Advertising Association’s Quarterly Survey fell 3.2% to £13.8bn during 2001, having seen a year on year fall of 6.9% or £263m in the final quarter.National Newspapers was among several large categories which saw falls for both the fourth quarter of the year and the year as… Continue reading Ad Association Figures Show 2001 Falls
According to the Q4 2001 Global Internet Trends report from Nielsen//NetRatings 498 million people worldwide now have internet access from home. 24 million people connected to the web at home during Q4 and the rate of growth of the global population during Q4 was almost double that of Q3 when 15 million people connected. “Internet… Continue reading Online Population Continues To Grow
Digital marketing company ValueClick has announced plans to merge its business with interactive ad-technology firm Be Free.The merger, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to be finalised by the second quarter of 2002 and will bring together both companies’ online and offline technology and media services to create a new global organisation under… Continue reading ValueClick Merges With Be Free
60% of football fans plan to use the internet to follow the World Cup next summer, according to research carried out by Netpoll on behalf of Sports.com.According to the survey, 76% of Sports.com’s users intend to watch as many games as they possibly can on TV, but with the tournament taking place in the Far… Continue reading World Cup Pushes Sports Fans Online
A report in yesterday’s Sunday Business which suggested that SMG was soon to be broken up in order to satisfy creditors has been dismissed as ‘complete nonsense’ by SMG. The report claimed that SMG was in breach of the loan agreement made with its bankers and would soon be forced to ‘radically restructure’, separating its… Continue reading SMG Dismisses Break-Up Rumours
Week on week analysis reveals that Emap was one of the strongest performers in last week’s media market. Shares in the company, which last Tuesday signed a deal to provide entertainment and music content to Hutchison 3G (see Emap Signs 3G Content Deal With Hutchison), rose 14.79% week on week to close at £7.84, an… Continue reading Sharewatch
BT Openworld is launching a multimillion pound integrated marketing campaign to drive broadband uptake in the UK.The three-month campaign is launching on the back of the BT Openworld’s new Plug & Go broadband product, which was unveiled last week and includes the company’s first ever consumer TV advert for broadband. From April a series of… Continue reading BT Openworld To Promote Broadband Uptake
SMG Dismisses Break-Up RumoursA report in yesterday’s Sunday Business which suggested that SMG was soon to be broken up in order to satisfy creditors has been dismissed as ‘complete nonsense’ by SMG.The report claimed that SMG was in breach of the loan agreement made with its bankers and would soon be forced to ‘radically restructure’,… Continue reading SMG Dismisses Break-Up Rumours
