Tessa Jowell has warned the BBC to expect a heavier regulatory load in exchange for its privileges, but has confirmed that the corporation will retain the system of governor regulation, in addition to partial regulation by by new industry watchdog Ofcom, “Not because their burden should be light, but because it should be heaviest.”Speaking to… Continue reading Jowell Insists BBC Will Pay For Privileges
ITV1’s children’s programmes will take on a new interactive element during the Easter holidays when viewers will be given the chance to influence CiTV’s programming schedule.CiTV viewers will be given three programme options for each afternoon slot and will be able to vote for their preferred choices via the CiTV’s executive producer, Martyn Fox, said:… Continue reading CiTV Goes Interactive For Easter
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
Zenith Media has calculated Europe’s top media owners for the first time in three years, reports the International Federation of the Periodical Press, FIPP. A number of merger deal have shifted the positions in the table, which now looks like this: Zenith’s Top 20 European Media Owners Revenue in 2000 ($m) … Continue reading Vivendi Universal Takes Top European Media Owner Spot
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
US online adspend dropped by 14.7% year on year in 2001, according to the latest figures from CMRi, the internet division of CMR. CMRi estimates that internet adspend for last year reached $2.5 billion in the US. The company is expecting to see an upward swing in Q3 2002, with the year ‘already showing some… Continue reading US Online Spend Drops 14.7% In 2001, Recovery Predicted By Q3 2002
Cable company NTL has signed a multi-million pound contract with Samsung Electronics for the supply of digital cable set-top boxes. The deal may represent a threat to NTL’s other supplier, Pace Micro, which is already in financial trouble.Stephen Carter, managing director of NTL, said: “Having two suppliers rather than one is great for our business.”… Continue reading NTL Signs Set Top Box Deal With Samsung
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
New rules governing cross-media ownership, which are being considered by the Government as part of the forthcoming Communications Bill, could set an upper ownership limit of five “prime media assets” on UK companies.According to a report in today’s Times, proposals put forward by Scottish Media Group, which include the compilation of a list of some… Continue reading Communications Bill Could Limit Prime Media Assets
