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Chief executive of US media group, Liberty Media, John Malone, has said in an interview with Die Welt that the company will start operating cable television services in Germany in about one year’s time. The announcement follows Liberty Media’s recent acquisition of six cable franchises from Deutsche Telekom for around €5.5 billion. Further investment costs… Continue reading Liberty Media To Launch German Cable TV Services

Granada has announced that Toyota is to sponsor ITV1’s Formula One coverage for the next four years in a deal worth more than £25m.The deal, thought to be one of biggest in UK sports broadcasting to date, will run from March 2002 and includes full broadcast sponsorship of the racing event, online sponsorship of the… Continue reading Toyota To Sponsor ITV1’s F1 Coverage

New research reveals that 40% of web surfers will visit a news or information site more often if its pages load faster and advises that companies should worry less about spending lots of money on the latest web design technology, as this will not increase user levels. According to the Jupiter Research Web Enterprise report,… Continue reading Technology For Technology’s Sake Doesn’t Necessarily Build Website Use, Says Jupiter

Market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) has this morning reported a strong set of interim financial results, with organic sales rising by 6.7% and pre-tax profit up by 9.1% to £17.1 million. The company said that the strong figures illustrate the ‘relative resilience’ of the market information industry worldwide, which is growing despite the… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Sees Strong Results, Driven By Core Market Research Business

BSkyB is rumoured to be in talks with Channel 5 about the possibility of acquiring a stake in the company.BSkyB is the latest of a number of potential investors reported to have been in negotiations with Channel 5 after speculation that the channel is seeking new investment.Rupert Murdoch, who has made no secret of desire… Continue reading BSkyB To Buy Into Channel 5?

ITV partners Carlton and Granada saw shares drop significantly in week on week analysis after Zenith downgraded its forecasts, casting a shadow of pessimism over the media market (see Zenith Cuts Ad Forecasts Again). Carlton saw stock slip 19% to finish at £2.54ž, a loss of 59žp on the previous week, while Granada was down… Continue reading Sharewatch

Alex Riha, group commercial director, central sales at Natmags has been promoted to the position of director of international sales development for the publisher’s parent company, Hearst Magazines International.Riha will continue to be based at Natmags in London, where she has been for the last five years, and will undertake the development of multi-country deals… Continue reading Natmags Director Wins Hearst Position

The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has told Channel 4 to broadcast an apology to viewers offended by its satirical documentary on paedophilia, Brass Eye, but has stopped short of fining the channel.The ITC recognised the channel’s right to broadcast the programme, which attracted a barrage of complaints when it was shown in July (see Brass… Continue reading Channel 4 Rapped For Brass Eye

A fifth candidate is reported to be shortlisted for the BBC chairmanship. John Ashworth, a scientist and former chairman of the British Library, joins David Dimbleby, Michael Grade, Baroness Jay and Gavyn Davies in preparing for interviews beginning next week.The decision regarding the appointment will be made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport… Continue reading Fifth Candidate For BBC Chair

New media advertising is set to boom over the next few years, despite its rocky fortunes in the last 18 months. Market researchers Allegra Strategies forecast that while the difficult market will mean a downturn this year, the average rate of growth for the next few years for new media ad revenues will be 51.8%… Continue reading New Media Ad Revenue To Rise