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There is increased pressure from Granada investors to close down its loss-making digital terrestrial television service, ONdigital, following a leaked letter from chairman Charles Allen to the prime minister, according to this morning’s Financial Times. ONdigital is 50:50 owned by Granada and Carlton Communications. A spat between the two ITV giants has developed after Granada… Continue reading Granada Faces Investor Pressure Over ONdigital, Reports FT

Granada is under pressure from some of its largest shareholders to close the troubled pay-per-view television platform, ONdigital, according to a poll conducted by the Financial Times .The paper claimed today that investors have lost patience with ONdigital, which has failed to compete with Sky Digital and other cable and satellite operators in the multi-channel… Continue reading Granada Pressured To Close ONdigital

The UK is still ahead of the game when it comes to ecommerce, reports NetValue. In their May 2001 internet survey, figures show that more UK net users are enjoying the benefits of a secure ecommerce market.   visited ecommerce site made secure connection UK 75.9% 42.1% US 73.9% 28.8% France 68.9% 39.2% Norway 68.6%… Continue reading UK Leads In eCommerce, Says Net Value

Research information and software group, Kantar Media Research (KMR), is to reorganise its corporate structure and join forces with market research organisation Millward Brown Group (MBG), as part of a move to accelerate global expansion, having appointed Andy Brown, previously KMR director with responsibility for target group index and software, as its new CEO.The restructure… Continue reading Kantar Joins With Millward Brown

In the US, the Audit Bureau of Circulations has added a demographic readership survey, the Magazine Subscriber Profile Verification Audit Report which provides information on the gender, age, education level and employment status of subscribers. “It will give greater profile to subscriber studies, so there will be more clout within the buying community,” says John… Continue reading ABC USA Launches Demographic Audience Profiling Scheme For Magazines

Shares in the ITV companies suffered falls yesterday after a combination of events brought confidence in Carlton and Granada low.Trading began the day after the Sunday Times had published a leaked letter from Granada chiefs to the Prime Minister, warning of dire consequences including the closure of ONdigital if the relaxation of media ownership does… Continue reading Carlton And Granada Have Unhappy Monday

Natmags has announced that Justine Southall will be the new publishing director of the Young Women’s Group, which includes Company, She and Zest. She takes over from Tim Lucas who will become director of business development and ad marketing. Following a company restructure managing director of Granada UK broadcasting, Stewart Butterfield, is to leave the… Continue reading Appointments Brief

It’s been a rough old year so far for ITV. Not only is UK television bearing the brunt of the advertising revenue downturn anyway, but ITV is also losing audiences to pay-TV channels, struggling to compete with BSkyB in the digital world and just last week its chief players – Carlton and Granada – were… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Rough Ride Continues For ITV

Confidence in ITV companies took a knock yesterday after the Sunday Times published a leaked letter to the Prime Minister warning of the consequences of the relaxation of media ownership laws (see Granada Warns Of ITV Disaster). Zenith Media also predicted that ITV’s ad revenue would be the lowest in its 50 year history (see… Continue reading Sharewatch

Datamonitor’s 2001 interactive consumer survey, IMPACT 2001 reveals that many people have taken to online shopping despite initial fears that the relative newness of the concept or lack of knowledge of the internet would put people off shopping online. The European ecommerce market is now said to be worth an estimated $16.4 billion, generated by… Continue reading Datamonitor Consumer Spending Survey Reveals Good News For eCommerce