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BSkyB has said it is in line to meet its average revenue per user (ARPU) target of £50 per year by 2005 from the home shopping and entertainment platform, Sky Interactive, according to a news report on AFX News today. BSkyB’s overall ARPU target is set at £400. Sky currently has around 5.5 million customers… Continue reading BSkyB And Telewest Set To Meet User Revenue Targets

Teletext has submitted a formal expression of interest to the ITC to renew its licence from January 2002. A business plan and details of proposed services has been submitted, on which the ITC is to base its decision as to the amount to be paid to Government over the next ten years. If Teletext were… Continue reading Teletext Looks To Renew Licence

French media group Havas Advertising is understood to have extended its 541p per share offer for UK agency Tempus Group until 17 September (see Tempus Confirms WPP Offer). The news comes as Havas announces that it now controls or has received irrevocable undertakings for 29.3% of Tempus. WPP’s 555p per share bid for Tempus still… Continue reading Havas Moves In On Tempus

ITV partners Carlton and Granada saw shares fall yesterday after Zenith Media downgraded its global forecasts on Friday, dealing a blow to the advertising industry (see Zenith Cuts Ad Forecasts Again). Carlton was down 3.02% to finish at £3.05, a loss of 9˝p on the previous day, while Granada saw stock drop 2.68% to close… Continue reading Sharewatch

RTL is in talks with Guardian Media Group (GMG) and UBC regarding the sale of its 80% stake in longwave radio station Atlantic 252, according to press speculation. It has been reported that GMG and UBC plan to close Atlantic, which broadcasts across most of the UK, in order to replace it with an analogue… Continue reading RTL Looks To Sell Atlantic 252

Great Britain’s leading commercial radio stations saw sales increase by 37% to an average of £5.4 million over the three accounting years to 1999/2000, according to The Prospect Shop‘s Business Ratio report. Profits rose by 101% to an average of £1.3 million last year. “The last three full accounting years have been extremely prosperous for… Continue reading Radio Companies See Medium-Term Profits Growth, Says Report

Japanese telecoms giant, NTT DoCoMo, is set to become the world’s first group to offer the much-hyped third generation – or 3G – mobile phone system. The company this morning announced that it has applied for permission from the Japanese Government to launch the 3G wireless service on 1 October 2001. The system has been… Continue reading NTT DoCoMo Set To Win 3G Mobile Race

Despite the reassuring words of Granada’s chief executive about ITV Digital take-up (see Uptake Up At ITV Digital) and the appointment of a new head of communications (see Tory PR Man Joins Granada), shares in Granada were among the worst media performers of the week, losing over 10% in a week on week analysis, to… Continue reading Sharewatch

An average of 12.7m tuned into coverage of England’s 5-1 defeat of Germany in the World Cup qualifier on Saturday, giving BBC Sport a welcome boost. Unofficial overnights, which only take into account those watching at home, not those in pubs, suggest that 14.6m tuned in for the final 15 minutes of the match, giving… Continue reading Football Nets 14.6m Viewers

The London Underground, which is the world’s largest transport system, has reappointed Carlson Marketing Group as its booking agent and facilitator for field sales. Carlson has held the contract, involving research into marketing opportunities on the Tube, for the past eight years.Brona Connolly, head of field marketing at Carlson said of her company’s research into… Continue reading Tube Reappoints Carlson