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WPP’s The Media Edge (TME) and Tempus’ CIA have ended their partnership in Germany, according to a report in AdAge yesterday. The news comes as WPP is poised to takeover Tempus for £440 million. TME and CIA’s German subsidiary, Mediahaus Stroebel, have been in alliance for around seven years. The partnership is set to officially… Continue reading Media Edge And CIA End German Partnership

MXR, the digital radio group, today launches the West Midlands digital radio multiplex, delivering digital programming to an area with an adult population of around 3.3m.The consortium, whose shareholders include Chrysalis, Capital Radio, Guardian Media Group, Jazz FM, Soul Media and UBC Media, was awarded the licence by the Radio Authority in February (see MXR… Continue reading MXR Launches Third Digital Radio Multiplex

European free-to-air broadcaster RTL is reported to have delayed its UK stock listing for the second time. Whilst RTL stock does trade on the London Stock Exchange, it current has a float of less than 15%, the minimum required for entry to the FTSE100. Earlier in the year RTL delayed the 15% freefloat from April… Continue reading RTL Delays Full UK Stock Exchange Listing

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

MXR, the digital radio consortium, launches the West Midlands digital radio multiplex today, delivering digital programming to an area with an adult population of around 3.3 million.The Consortium, whose shareholders include Chrysalis, Capital Radio, Guardian Media Group, Jazz FM, Soul Media and UBC Media was awarded the licence in February staving off competition from The… Continue reading MXR Launches Third Digital Radio Multiplex

Peter Bazalgette, creative director of Endemol Entertainment, was revealed as the winner of a special TV executives Weakest Link screened to open this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF).Jim Hytner, shortly to move from his job as marketing and commercial director of Channel 5 to the same job at ITV (see Hytner Quits 5… Continue reading Weakest Link Opens Edinburgh Festival

RevenueJuly saw falls across the board in TV revenue. A year on year analysis showed that total terrestrial revenue fell 12.2%. Channel 5 was worst hit, dropping 19% to less than £13m, while ITV saw a heavy fall of 14.5%.Satellite revenue showed an unusual fall, dropping 3.2% in a year on year analysis, against its… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up June 2001

BBC Worldwide is to launch a new pre-school title called BBC Toybox Teach Me aimed at introducing children to language, literacy and maths.The magazine, which launches on 1 October, will feature BBC pre-school characters such as Bob the Builder and the Tweenies and will have a cover price of £1.50. It will be supported by… Continue reading BBC Worldwide Launches Pre-School Mag

ITV is to rethink its sports highlights show, The Premiership, after complaints that the first programme contained too little action.ITV’s head of sport, Brian Barwick, confirmed that changes were being considered after complaints that the first programme, shown last Saturday, contained less than half an hour of on the pitch action.He said: “The programme will… Continue reading ITV Rethinks The Premiership

Internet Kiosk provider NWP Interactive has launched a range of kiosks across the UK allowing advertisers to combine offline and online marketing.The company is offering advertisers the opportunity to give their external campaigns an instant online element with a range of branded internet kiosks.NWP’s director of internet services, Daniel Grey, said: “Advertisers can pay to… Continue reading Poster Advertising Goes Interactive