ITV’s Saturday night Premier League offering, The Premiership, attracted even less viewers than at its launch last week (see ITV’s The Premiership Fails To Score) when it aired for a second time during the weekend. The 7pm show attracted an average of just 3.1m viewers or a 19.3% share during what is usually key family… Continue reading Premiership Slips Down Ratings League
UK venture capital group Cinven has tabled a E2 billion offer for Vivendi’s business to business (B2B) magazine portfolio, the French media group revealed this morning. The management of Vivendi is supporting the offer despite ‘several’ other approaches for the business, reportedly from the likes of Reed Elsevier, Pearson, VNU and EMAP (see EMAP May… Continue reading Cinven To Acquire Vivendi Magazine Portfolio For E2bn
The late start to the ad-buying period for the 2001-2002 US television season is starting to cause concern for the TV networks, according to an article in the US’ Mediaweek yesterday. The site reports that with only three weeks before the start of the season advertisers have placed formal orders for only around a third… Continue reading US TV Networks Suffer Very Low Pre-Season Ad Bookings
In the absence of the minister for culture, media and sport casting light on the future of UK digital TV, David Liddiment’s MacTaggart Memorial lecture became a focal event of this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF).In a passionate speech which impressed all but a few BBC executives, he declared “Saving the soul of… Continue reading GEITF 2001 MacTaggart Lecture
Almost 70% of retailers are wrongly judging the success of their internet investments on top-line return on investment (ROI) metrics such as online sales and profits, according to research from Jupiter Media Metrix released last week. Companies that look at the non-transactional benefits of their sites ÂÂ- including online influenced sales and improved payroll productivity… Continue reading Retailers Wrongly Judge Online ROI, Says Jupiter
The Kent Messenger Group (KM) is merging two of its most popular titles to form what it claims will be “the best-selling weekly paper in Britain.”The Medway Messenger, published in two editions, morning and afternoon, will replace the Kent Messenger and Medway Today providing 220 pages dedicated to the Medway towns.KM managing director, David Lewes,… Continue reading Kent Messenger Group Merges Titles
Two of the smaller US-based wireless carriers in the US are more successful in taking web page visitors to the secure areas of their sites – where transactions are potentially made – than the larger carriers, according to new research from Jupiter Media Metrix. Jupiter found that Sprint PCS and Nextel convert almost three times… Continue reading Small US Wireless Carriers More Effectively Attract Customers, Finds Jupiter
C4 May Be Hit By Spectrum FeeChannel 4 may find itself with a £100-200 million charge for the use of its broadcasting spectrum under the new communications legislation proposed by the Government, according to a report in today’s Financial Times.Other commercial broadcasters are already subject to the spectrum fee, but Channel 4 has so far… Continue reading C4 May Be Hit By Spectrum Fee
Channel 4 may find itself with a £100-200 million charge for the use of its broadcasting spectrum under the new communications legislation proposed by the Government, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. Other commercial broadcasters are already subject to the spectrum fee, but Channel 4 has so far been exempted due to its… Continue reading Channel 4 May Be Hit By
Shares in Reed and United Business Media continued to fluctuate yesterday after VNU’s interim results, released on Wednesday (see VNU Gloomy About Trade Journal Market), showed pessimism for the coming year. Reed saw a modest rise with shares climbing 0.94% to finish at £6.47˝, an increase of 6p on the previous day, while United Business… Continue reading Sharewatch
