Channel 4 chief executive, Michael Jackson, has stood up to the opinions of his fellow commercial broadcasters by coming out in support of the BBC’s plans to create more digital channels.Recent weeks have seen increasing pressure on the Government and threats to sue from the commercial TV community, who feel that publicly funded digital channels… Continue reading Jackson Defends BBC’s Digital Plans
Player numbers and revenues for global wireless gaming are set to boom, according to a report to be released by market analysts Datamonitor. According to forecasts from the new report – Global Wireless Gaming – combined revenues from the US, Europe and Asia Pacific markets will grow, from an estimated $950 million in 2001 to… Continue reading Wireless Gaming Revenues And Player Numbers Set To Boom, Says Datamonitor
ITV’s bid to bring football to Saturday evenings was shown the yellow card this weekend after its highlights show, The Premiership, was beaten in the ratings by a special edition of the BBC’s The Weakest Link.ITV’s version of Match Of The Day, which was shown for the first time at 7pm on Saturday, failed to… Continue reading ITV’s The Premiership Fails To Score
Rivals.net, the Chrysalis owned sports site, is building on its reputation within football-related media with the launch of its first magazine The Score.The magazine, aimed at “passionate football fans”, will be published every six weeks and will have a cover price of £1.50. Content will be “irreverent, unique football content from a fans perspective that… Continue reading Rivals.net Launch The Score
Standard Media International has today officially suspended publication of The Industry Standard, the weekly magazine that chronicled the dotcom boom.The magazine that monitored internet stocks has itself become a victim of the dotcom downturn and will file for bankruptcy unless a last minute buyer can be found.The Standard will continue to publish its website, The… Continue reading The Industry Standard Suspended
TalkSPORT have signed CIS Insurance as sponsor of its new flagship football phone-in show, in a deal thought to be worth around £1m.The deal will include sponsorship and airtime spots across talkSPORT’s Premiership coverage and will see CIS sponsor the station’s 505 Saturday afternoon phone-in show, which fields calls from football fans travelling back from… Continue reading talkSPORT Signs Football Sponsor
WPP this morning made clear its intentions regarding Tempus Group, confirming that an offer of 555p-a-share had been made (see WPP Poised To Make Counter Bid For Tempus). This values Tempus at £440 million, an increase on the 541p-a-share offer made by Havas in July (see Tempus Shares Soar On Havas Takeover Reports) which put… Continue reading Tempus Confirms WPP Offer
Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has this morning posted interim financials in line with expectations, at the same time confirming a 555p per share offer for UK-based media and communications group Tempus.Pre-tax profit at WPP rose by 80% to £247.6 million, whilst revenues rose by 65% to £1.997 billion for the six months to… Continue reading WPP Posts Strong Interims
Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has this morning posted interim financials in line with expectations, at the same time confirming a 555p per share offer for UK-based media and communications group Tempus (see Tempus Confirms WPP Offer). Pre-tax profit at WPP rose by 80% to £247.6 million, whilst revenues rose by 65% to £1.997… Continue reading WPP Posts Strong Interims
Channel 5 has poached three senior programming executives from Channel 4. Andrew Newman, Dan Chambers and Sue Murphy have been all appointed programming controllers at Channel 5.Andrew Newman, currently head of programmes at E4 is to become Channel 5’s new controller of entertainment. As head of programmes at E4, Newman was responsible for shows such… Continue reading Channel 5 Poaches Execs From 4
