The latest set of RAJAR figures brought good news for Commercial Radio, which had suffered during 2000 from decreasing weekly reach. As a whole, the sector has seen a quarter on quarter increase of 3.7% in reach, its 1.1m listener increase taking audience levels back above those seen at the beginning of 2000.Radio Advertising Bureau… Continue reading Feature: Radio Proves Its Worth?
The long-term growth factors for the internet industry will continue to drive development of the Net marketplace, even though current market conditions will temporarily hinder their near-term effects, according to a new report from Jupiter Media Metrix (JMM). According to a new Jupiter report, the key long-term drivers that initially made the internet so promising… Continue reading Internet Growth Prospects Remain Despite Dotcom Downturn, Says JMM
ABN Amro has upgraded its rating on satellite broadcaster BSkyB from Add to Hold this morning, saying that it has ‘excellent fundamentals’ which are offset by potential technical and regulatory risks. This, says the broker, positions Sky as an ‘interesting dilemma’. BSkyB’s shares have underperformed the market by around 13% in the year to date… Continue reading ABN Sees ‘Interesting Dilemma’ In BSkyB
GWR, which cut 46 staff from its online division last week (see GWR Cuts Online Jobs), saw shares drop 0.92% to finish at £2.70, down 2˝p on the previous day.United Business Media, which saw pre-tax profits fall 48% in its interim results on Friday (see UBM Profits Down Nearly 50%), saw shares slip 1.68% to… Continue reading Sharewatch
Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC), parent group of the u>direct pay-TV service, has gone into liquidation, according to reports. It is thought that financial backers, which include Pearson and News Corp, were unwilling to put any more cash into the business. U>Direct, which launched in June 1999, broadcast a range of sport and movie pay-per-view services… Continue reading U>Direct Parent Goes Into Liquidation
NTL has confirmed that it now has 1m digital subscribers and is on track to meet its target of 1.25m by the end of the year. The announcement establishes NTL as a serious contender to ITV Digital which recently rebranded from ONdigital in an attempt to attract viewers. NTL recently announced it expects to achieve… Continue reading 1 Million Now Subscribe To NTL Digital
The Financial Times has agreed to a content sharing deal with the New York Times for the two newspaper’s websites, FT.com and NYTimes.com.The deal, which comes into effect from August, will allow each of the news sites to publish up to ten articles at a time from each others content. All of the articles will keep… Continue reading FT And New York Times In Web Deal
Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has acquired Forward, a UK contract publishing company which specialises in direct customer communications programmes, for an undisclosed sum. Forward’s clients include Tesco, Egg, British Airways Holidays and Halifax. It reported revenues of £23.2 million in the year to 31 March 2001 and had net assets of £2.1 million… Continue reading WPP Acquires Forward
NTL has confirmed that it now has 1m digital subscribers and is on track to meet its target of 1.25m by the end of the year.The announcement establishes NTL as a serious contender to ITV Digital which recently rebranded from ONdigital in an attempt to attract viewers.NTL hope that the increasing popularity of interactive and… Continue reading 1 Million Now Subscribe To NTL Digital
