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UK-based telecommunications company, Cable & Wireless, has this morning showed that moves to concentrate on its internet protocol (IP) networks may be starting to be off. Towards the end of 1999, C&W sold its UK consumer cable division – Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) – to rival cable company NTL. Since then C&W has begun… Continue reading C&W’s Focus On IP Networks Pays Off

Stock in the radio sector is currently in freefall after Scottish Radio said it had ended merger discussions (see Scottish Radio Ends Takeover Talks As SMG Declines To Reveal Its Intentions) and a report in this morning’s Financial Times claimed that Capital Radio will tomorrow issue a profits warning. Shares in these two groups naturally… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Radio Shares Take A Dive

BSkyB has completed the acquisition of British Interactive Broadcasting Holdings (BIB), the company which owns and operates the Open interactive TV service. Sky has bought out BT’s stake in BIB, after the telecommunications company decided to exercise its option to exit the group, following Sky’s acquisition of HSBC and Matsushita’s holdings last week (see City… Continue reading BSkyB Completes Open Acquisition

Postar, the roadside measurement system, is to introduce a free online pre-planning tool when it relaunches its website. The tool, called Postar Lite, is designed to give an overview of the industry’s various players, stock and innovations accessible to those who would ordinarily find the full Postar service above their requirements.Managing director Helen Tridgell explained… Continue reading Postar To Launch Free Online Pre-Planning Tool

Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) this morning said that it has discontinued offer talks for the group, at least ‘for the time being’. The announcement comes as the group completes the Goldman Sachs-led strategic review which began in December last year. In recent months, the Board has been in discussions with a number of parties which… Continue reading Scottish Radio Ends Takeover Talks As SMG Declines To Reveal Its Intentions

BSkyB has completed the acquisition of British Interactive Broadcasting Holdings Ltd (BiB), giving it 100% ownership of the company which owns and operates the Open interactive TV service. The transaction has come about as a result of BT’s decision to exercise its option to exit BiB following BSkyB’s acquisition of the shareholdings of HSBC and… Continue reading BSkyB Achieves Complete Control Of Open

The Scottish Radio Holdings Group (SRH) shelved takeover talks with interested parties today, blaming recent weaknesses in the UK stockmarket.The decision to “temporarily dicontinue” talks followed the conclusion of a strategic review of the company undertaken in conjunction with its advisers Goldman Sachs International.The review highlighted the need to clarify the intentions of Scottish Media… Continue reading Scottish Radio Holdings Shelve Takeover Talks

The ongoing price war between low cost airlines generated a complaint to the ASA recently when BA’s Go Fly Ltd advertised flights to Nice in the national press with the headline “Going to Monaco for the Grand Prix? Don’t pay over the odds.”. A disc below stated “Nice from £65 rtn incl all taxes” and… Continue reading Go Fly Brought Down To Earth By ASA

BSkyB showed a modest rise yesterday of 1.52% following the announcement of its completed acquisition of British Interactive Broadcasting Ltd. Carlton showed a loss of 2.56% with Granada following suit dropping 0.9% to finish at £1.64ź for the day.Bright Station continued to climb, gaining 2.5% to finish at 10źpThe worst performance of the day was… Continue reading Sharewatch

According the first National Internet Study by Scarborough Research, 23% of online consumers said that they watch less television now than they did before they started using the internet. Although 50% of internet users reported that a tv was on in the room where the internet was used most often and 91% said that they… Continue reading TV Viewing In Decline As Net Popularity Increases