The BBC and ITV have reached a decision on which channel will broadcast which England and Ireland matches in this year’s World Cup. Peter Salmon, BBC director of sport, said: “We are looking forward to some of the biggest sporting audiences of the year.”The grudge match between England and Argentina on 7 June will be… Continue reading ITV And BBC Agree World Cup Share Out
Video on demand (VOD) services could prove to be pivotal in the fortunes of cable companies in 2002 and 2003, with many operators relying on VOD revenues to enable them to reach their forecasts. According to Jack Myers’ analysis of the state of the cable industry in the US, it is the delivery and marketing… Continue reading Timing Video On Demand Launches Could Be Crucial For Cable Companies, Says Myers
Shares in Cable & Wireless slumped to a ten year low yesterday, ending down 4.37% at £2.30, thanks to fears over the company’s accounting practices. Elsewhere in telecommunications, Telewest slipped 6p to 20p after a Merrill Lynch downgrade.Following Reuters’ lack-lustre results earlier this week (see Reuters Stock Falls As Profits Drop 34%), analysts have cut… Continue reading Sharewatch
Capital Radio and UBC Media Group have announced the formation of a joint venture to develop digital radio data services in the UK.Capital owns regional and local digital radio licences and UBC controls data capacity on the digital multiplexes owned by the MXR consortium. Under the terms of the new venture, Capital and UBC will… Continue reading Capital Radio And UBC Team Up To Push Digital Radio
Capital Radio and UBC Media Group have announced the formation of a joint venture to develop digital radio data services in the UK. Capital owns regional and local digital radio licences and UBC controls data capacity on the digital multiplexes owned by the MXR consortium. Under the terms of the new venture, Capital and UBC… Continue reading Capital Radio And UBC Team Up To Push Digital Radio Multimedia Content
By the end of 2003 brands will be able to send SMS adverts containing sound and moving images, according to global youth marketing consultant Vijay Anand.Speaking at the SMS 2002 mobile marketing conference yesterday, Anand said that Multi-Media Messages (MMS), capable of carrying video streams, digital photos and MP3-style sound files to consumers’ mobile phones,… Continue reading SMS To Offer More To Advertisers
Marjorie Scardino, chief executive of Pearson will attend Buckingham Palace today to be made a dame in recognition of her services to media.It is thought that the news of the honour for the only female chief executive of a FTSE 100 company was kept secret until now because Scardino is in the process of applying… Continue reading Pearson Chief Executive To Be Made Dame
New research from Oftel reveals that 63% of small and medium sized businesses are now online, an increase from 55% in May 2001. Almost two thirds now also use a mobile phone. The research, carried out during November 2001, also revealed that 36% of all SMEs use more than one fixed telecoms supplier and a… Continue reading UK Small Business Internet Use Growing, Says Oftel
News Corp has reported post-tax profits down by 24.8% to $203 million, as the group’s Q2 financial results were released in New York yesterday evening.News Corp owns News International, the publisher of the Times, Sunday Times, News Of The World and Sun newspapers in the UK. Advertising revenues at all of News Corp’s newspaper businesses… Continue reading News Corp Profits Dip, UK Newspapers Weak
Emarketer has compiled an analysis of forecasts for the growth of public access wireless local area networks (WLAN) in the US. WLANs allow mobile users to connect ‘wirelessly’ to a local network – such as a school educational system for example. Forecasts from Analysys show that 21 million people in the US will be using… Continue reading Wireless Local Networks Will Be Used By 21m Americans By 2007
