Baroness Jay, the former Labour leader in the Lords, has emerged as favourite to be the next chairman of the BBC, according to press reports.The deadline for applications closed last week and press speculation has tipped Baroness Jay to take over from Sir Christopher Bland in the £77,950 a year post, one of the most… Continue reading Baroness Jay Favoured For BBC Chair
There were 26 million internet users in Germany as of June this year, according to data from Forsa, the German society for social research and statistical analysis. This represents a significant growth on the 8.8 million that were online just two years earlier. Around 40% of Germans over the age of 14 are users and… Continue reading Cheap Access Drives Net Usage In Germany
Ninety-two percent of Australian children and teenagers now use the internet, a 28% increase on 1999, according to research from RedSheriff. The increase is primarily due to the rise in access points at homes, schools and libraries. The eGeneration Report – Kids and Teens Online, which was sponsored by children’s TV station Nickelodeon, shows that… Continue reading Net Plays Key Role In Australian Children’s Development, Finds Study
German television advertising growth outperformed the market there during the first half of the year, in stark contrast to the UK TV market, the performance of which is set to be the poorest media sector in Europe (see Insight Analysis: Ad Downturn Could Get Worse Before It Gets Better). According to ACNielsen data analysed by… Continue reading German TV Outperforms Ad Market In First Half
Future Network is to cut 140 jobs as a result of the final stages of a reorganisation of its UK business. The company has divided its UK business into three operating divisions: Games, Computing and Entertainment and through cuts in staffing levels and property overheads has reduced total fixed costs of its UK business by… Continue reading Future Network To Cut 140 Jobs In Cost-Cutting Restructure
AOL Time Warner is now very close to sealing a takeover deal for UK magazine publishing group, IPC Media, according to recent press reports. This morning’s Financial Times claims that the two groups are now negotiating a price for IPC; it is expected that it AOL Time Warner will pay around £1.2 billion for the… Continue reading AOL Time Warner Thought To Be Close To IPC Deal
Legislation to set up the new ‘super regulator’ for the media and communications industries, Ofcom (see Industry Gives Cautious Welcome To White Paper), will be introduced during this parliamentary session, it was revealed today. The Government has published the Office of Communications Bill, making it possible to set up the board for the new body… Continue reading Ofcom Legislation Given Government Go-Ahead
BSkyB, which is predicted to show profits when its full year results are released on 25 July (see Profits Expected In Sky Finals), saw shares rise 3.76% yesterday to close at £7.04˝, an increase of 25˝p on the day before.Emap, whose recruitment revenues have remained strong despite the technology and telecom adspend downturn (see EMAP… Continue reading Sharewatch
The magazine merry-go-round has come full circle, and as lad’s mags droop, women’s glossies, condemned a few years ago as a stagnant and overladen market, are on the up again. These were the sentiments expressed by three of the sector’s bright young things at a seminar at Total Publishing yesterday.Dawn Bebe, veteran of the teen… Continue reading Women On Top: The Glossies Fight Back
ITV has signed a new comedy duo to front the rebrand of its troubled pay-TV-platfrom, ONdigital, to ITV Digital.The comedy pair known as Al and monkey, whose job it will be to inform consumers about the benefits of ITV Digital, will feature in a nationwide TV, radio, press and poster campaign thought to be worth… Continue reading Comedy Duo Front ONdigital Rebrand
