Shares in satellite broadcaster BSkyB were shaken yesterday by speculation that european media giant Vivendi Universal was seeking to sell its 23% stake in the company to institutional investors.Shares began the day’s trading at £7.16½, but as the speculation appeared across the media, shares dipped, dropping below the £7 mark by late morning.By the afternoon… Continue reading Sky Shares Shaken By Vivendi Stake Sale Speculation
Shares in BSkyB were affected by speculation that Vivendi was looking to sell its stake in the company(see Sky Shares Shaken By Vivendi Stake Sale Speculation). The drop by the end of the day may have been less than 2%, but this brought shares to their lowest price since November 1999.There was better news at… Continue reading Sharewatch
According to the Henley Centre, the average person lost two hours of their leisure time to work between 1992 and 1998, leaving less opportunity for media consumption. Road congestion is getting heavier, meaning more time sat in the car and less at home and when people do sit down in front of the telly or… Continue reading Insight Analysis: ‘Passive’ Media Benefit From Ad-Fatigue
Shares in satellite broadcaster BSkyB were shaken yesterday by speculation that european media giant Vivendi Universal was seeking to sell its 23% stake in the company to institutional investors. Shares began the day’s trading at £7.16½, but as the speculation appeared across the media, shares dipped, dropping below the £7 mark by late morning. By… Continue reading Sky Shares Shaken By Vivendi Stake Sale Speculation
Cable operator Telewest Communications released its first quarter results this morning which fell in line with expectations. Pre-tax losses grew from £137 million to £209 million, whilst operating profits rose by 34% to £321 million. These figures fall in line with analysts’ predictions and reflected aquisitions and merger activity initiated by Telewest in the past… Continue reading Telewest Losses Belie Success In Q1 Results
TiVo plan to launch a £4m cross-media campaign in July to promote its personal TV service (see Personal Video Recorders To Offer Tool For Advertisers) which allows viewers to digitally record up to 40 hours of TV and then replay it whenever they choose.The campaign will be managed by the group’s newly appointed advertising agency… Continue reading TiVo Plans £4m Marketing Campaign For July
Telewest has released first quarter results in line with expectations, including losses increased from £137m for the same period last year to £209m and turnover up 34% or £82m to £321m. Both figures show the effects of the company’s acquisition of Flextech and Eurobell (see Telewest And Flextech Agree Terms Of £2.26bn Merger).Adam Singer, Telewest’s… Continue reading Telewest Reports Increased Losses For First Quarter
Former Gruner & Jahr show director Neil Levene has been appointed show director in the newly-formed team of IPC LIVE!, the events & exhibitions division of IPC Media. Times Newspapers has appointed the global brands chief at United Distillers & Vintners, Andrew Mullins, to head up its marketing operation for the Times and Sunday Times.… Continue reading Appointments Brief
The UK’s new advertising commercials are to be available to view each Monday morning from July onwards, on the website of the British Television Advertising Awards (BTAA), eventually forming an archived resource of creative executions.The new initiative, announced today, is called Adbreaks and will carry a voting programme allowing the organisation to identify the week’s… Continue reading BTAA To Create Weekly New Commercials Resource Online
Carlton Communications and BT have held discussions about a possible media alliance, according to a report in the Financial Times newspaper. It says that BT would benefit from Carlton’s content as one of the two main ITV companies and Carlton in turn would be able to gain access to BT’s broadband networks. An alliance could… Continue reading BT And Carlton Reported To Be In Alliance Talks
