Sport continues to be the battleground of choice for TV broadcasters this week. Following the launch of ITV’s new football Premiership highlights programme at the weekend (see ITV’s The Premiership Fails To Score) and its announcement of Littlewoods-sponsored interactive football coverage (see ITV Signs Interactive Sponsor), Sky launched a streamed highlights service on four football… Continue reading Sky’s On The Interactive Ball
Global publisher and market research firm VNU has reported a ‘reasonable’ set of interim financial results, although B2B performed weaker than expected, according to analysts at ABN Amro. Headline profits came in at €398 million (£252 million), against the broker’s forecast of €403 million. VNU has a cautious outlook for the coming year and has… Continue reading VNU Interims Hit By Tough Ad Market
Italy and the UK currently lead the way in the European online advertising market, with market shares of ads placed at 19.1% and 18.9% respectively, according to data from LemonAd. Germany has more online advertisers than the UK (5,424 versus 5,231), but had fewer campaigns and actual ads during the first six months of the… Continue reading Italy And UK Lead European Online Advertising Markets
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
Pearson Television has announced that it is to rebrand to FremantleMedia with immediate effect.All divisions of the company will take on the FremantleMedia name including Worldwide Production, Pearson Television North America and Pearson Television International and Enterprises.Some local operating companies will rebrand under different names which have become regionally popular. As part of this initiative… Continue reading Pearson TV Rebrands
Last week NewsLine columnist John Harlow of Naked Communications gave his views on how media agencies should face the increasing diversity on offer for advertisers (see What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us?). As ever, we asked readers to let us know what they thought. Here’s what Dan Matthews of BJK & E Media… Continue reading NewsLine Reader Response
The ABC has taken the decision to change its rules after the sale of millions of copies of Hello! and OK! for 1p led to abnormally high circulation figures for both magazines.The auditing body has abolished the rule allowing publishers to sell magazines at a minimum price of 1p, increasing the amount to 20% of… Continue reading ABC Amends Minimum Price Rule
Tessa Jowell has had to withdraw from addressing the Edinburgh Television Festival this weekend following a family bereavement.Jowell, appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport earlier this year (see Smith Replaced By Jowell Following Labour Landslide) was due to outline her plans for the future of UK broadcasting, including approval for the BBC’s… Continue reading Jowell Cancels Edinburgh Speech
