ITV will announce the new sponsor of next season’s premiership coverage shortly, in a deal worth upwards of £18m. The deadline for bids ran out at midday yesterday and a decision is currently being made by Granada.To ensure secrecy potential bidders have waited until the last minute to submit their offers, but speculation suggests that… Continue reading Deadline Runs Out For ITV Football Sponsorship Deal
The Radio Authority will advertise the local digital radio licence for Peterborough next week, in the latest stage of a plan to provide local digital services to the majority of the UK population over the next couple of years.Applications for the licence, which could deliver digital radio programming and data services to an area with… Continue reading Local Digital Multiplex Licence For Peterborough Up For Grabs
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
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
Global marketing group, Cordiant Communications, is to merge its European subsidiary Scholz & Friends Group with Germany’s United Visions Entertainment (UVE). Scholz is an advertising and integrated communications network with offices in 14 countries across Europe. UVE is listed on the German Neuer Markt and specialises in the production of live entertainment programs for television… Continue reading Cordiant Creates German Advertising And Entertainment Agency
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
