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” ‘How did you go bankrupt?’ Bill asked. ‘Two ways,’ Mike said. ‘Gradually and then suddenly.’ “ Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, 1926. And so it was in 2001 that we inched towards recession month by month until the events of 11 September. Media giants who had previously boasted that their size and diversity… Continue reading 2001: The Year In Brief

BSkyB saw shares fall 0.82% in week on week analysis to close at £7.29, a loss of 6p on the week before. The satellite operator, which was awarded the contract to produce the successor to Channel 4’s Big Breakfast on Thursday (see BSkyB To Serve Up Next Big Breakfast), could face the prospect of being… Continue reading Sharewatch

The NewsLine team and all of us at MediaTel Group would like to wish our readers a very happy Christmas and peace and prosperity in 2002.NewsLine will be taking a break over the holiday period, but will return on 2 January with the latest media news and comment. Early in the New Year we will… Continue reading Merry Christmas From All At NewsLine

Every year has its winners and losers, its new faces and its has-beens. Below are just a few of the fresh contenders and the spent forces from 2001: Hello! InStyle Glamour Wellbeing TV Femail.co.uk Home & Away …again Spruce ITV Digital Your Life ITV on Sky Digital Crossroads…again Richard & Judy on Channel 4 The… Continue reading Hello! Goodbye!

A bumper Christmas selection pack of choice words from the media world…“Estimates for this year look positive” Rupert Howell, president of the IPA, presenting the Bellwether report in January and countering claims of a slowdown“When are we going to get some leadership out of this bunch of inept broadcasting advisory cronies? ” John Billett at… Continue reading Say What?

UK media group Pearson has this morning agreed the sale of its 22% stake in European broadcaster RTL to German group Bertelsmann for E1.5 billion. The deal, worth E44-a-share, sees Pearson depart from the commercial television market whilst Bertelsmann strengthens its position. Bertelsmann now owns 89% of RTL and has made an offer to buy… Continue reading Pearson Agrees Sale Of RTL Stake

2001 was MediaTel’s twentieth year in the media business, but there are no signs that we have stopped growing yet. The year began with the industry getting to know online accounts database NewBizMoves, which launched at the end of 2000 and has gathered strength and subscribers as this year has progressed.Springtime saw another product added… Continue reading MediaTel In 2001- A Review Of The Year

BSkyB, which was awarded the contract to produce the successor to Channel 4’s Big Breakfast yesterday (see BSkyB To Serve Up Next Big Breakfast), saw stock climb 2.19% to close at £7.16, up 16p on the day before.Pearson, which announced on Tuesday that profits at FT Group are expected to fall by 40% on last… Continue reading Sharewatch

BARB has released data from the parallel run it has been operating ahead of the launch of its new service on 1 January 2002. Top line analysis of the differences between the new and existing services show that overall viewing levels are around 5% lower on the new panel, but total weekly reach is broadly… Continue reading BARB Releases Parallel Run Data

The BBC is launching a major advertising campaign to promote digital TV and radio in the UK ahead of the launch of its new digital services next year.The “Everyone’s BBC” campaign will begin in February and aims to educate consumers about digital TV and radio services in the UK. The campaign is based on research… Continue reading BBC To Promote Digital Services