The Radio Authority has received two applications for a re-advertised local licence for North London and three for another in South East London. The licences both run for a period of eight years from 1 January 2003 and the deadline for applications was 8 May. In a reflection of the capital’s diverse ethnic community, most… Continue reading Applications For London Radio Licences Reflect Diverse Ethnic Community
RAJAR’s latest figures, released this morning, showed that while All BBC managed to inch up another 0.4 percentage points quarter on quarter , All Commercial radio remained static in its share.All BBC Network Radio went up 0.2 percentage points, as did BBC Local and BBC Local/Regional. Local commercial radio saw percentage point gain of 0.4,… Continue reading BBC Local Stations Make Gains In Q1 2001 RAJAR Figures
ITN’s pan-European news channel, EuroNews, has extended its service distribution to cover the UK and Ireland by broadcasting via the Eurobird satellite. The arrangement is unusual in that the Sky Digital will be used to broadcast the free-to-air service at the same time as Sky is battling, as part of a consortium, to oust ITN… Continue reading ITN European News Channel Launches UK Version On Sky Digital
BSkyB’s interim results, which revealed subscriber numbers lower than analyst expectations and consequently affected profit and revenue figures (see BSkyB To Cease Analogue Broadcast This Summer), brought the broadcaster’s share price down by the close of yesterday’s trading. Shares finished down 52p at £8.04.Worse hit was Highbury House, which held its AGM yesterday and warned… Continue reading Sharewatch
—> According to the latest figures from Neilsen NetRatings, about 379 million people around the world now have Internet access from home, and 211 of those are described as ‘active’ Internet users. These figures represent a growth rate of seven million new home users in March and ‘active’ use began growing again after February’s drop.… Continue reading Global Home Net Use Latest From Nielsen NetRatings
Tables showing the performances of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year period to December 2000 are now available for subscribers.(Subscribers see full item in the Radio features list)
Stock in BSkyB dropped heavily yesterday following the group’s interim financial results (see BSkyB To Cease Analogue Broadcast This Summer), to end down 52p (6.1%) at 804p. Shares continued to fall as trading opened this morning; they were down a further 11p to 793p by midday. Whilst Sky’s figures were in the main strong, with… Continue reading BSkyB Financial Results – Reaction
According to a recent Oftel study of around 700 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), a net connection is still a desirable asset and one which many have already invested in. 92% of medium businesses and 59% of small businesses are already connected to the internet
Trinity Mirror chairman, Sir Victor Blank, this morning told the company’s AGM that advertising growth for the first three months of the year slowed, but remains in line with the outlook given by Trinity in its preliminary results.In April, the rate of growth for Trinity’s regional titles was slower than the first quarter in all… Continue reading Advertising Slows At Trinity Mirror Titles
Reality TV is set to rule the airwaves this summer as the second series of last year’s hit Big Brother (see Big Brother Finale Gives C4 Largest Ever Friday Night Audience) fights for attention with the UK version of US success Survivor. While the shows are unlikely to directly clash on the schedules, with ITV’s… Continue reading Reality Shows Go Head To Head For Summer Season
