Digital television viewing figures for March shows that non-terrestrial channels continue to grow audiences in general terms, having increased their share of viewing across all homes. The biggest loss of viewing share was at ITV, which, although it still commands the largest share of viewing, has seen a decrease in share year on year. BBC2… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – March 2001
Channel 5’s proposal to move its early evening news bulletin to 5.30pm, in order to show Home and Away in the vacated 6pm slot, has been blocked by the Independent Television Commission (ITC).In its original licensing remit, Channel 5 agreed to provide a minimum 20 minutes of news coverage and 10 minutes of current affairs… Continue reading Channel 5 News Move Refused By ITC
Advertising the performance capabilities of a car without encouraging dangerous driving is a tricky one. Daihatsu found itself on the wrong side of the line this week with an advert in the national press that prompted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.The ad in question, for the Sirion 1.3 SL featured a picture of… Continue reading ASA Puts Brakes On Daihatsu Advertising
Prohibitively high costs and a lack of awareness of the benefits will lead to slow broadband take up in Europe, reports Jupiter MMXI. Currently the average cost of broadband connection in Europe is over £125 and the average monthly subscription is around £30, Jupiter predicts that only around 14% of European households will have a… Continue reading Jupiter MMXI Reports That Broadband Take Up In Europe Will Be Slow
The beleaguered media sector staged something of a comeback yesterday. BSkyB rose 36p to £8.20 after Merrill Lynch gave it an upgrade to “buy”. Pearson rose £1.11 or well over 9% to finish at £13.07, Reed International rose 26p to £6.26, Reuters 39p to £8.90 and even Emap defied a downgrade by Credit Suisse First… Continue reading Sharewatch
Trinity Mirror shares have fallen by over 3% or 14½p this morning, as condemnation of the Sunday Mirror for publishing an interview with the father of the victim in the Leeds footballer trial continues to mount. Both the defence and the prosecution in the trial of Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate for affray and GBH… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Shares Fall As Fears Of Contempt Charge Rise
Reed Elsevier Optimistic Despite Impact Of US Slow-DownAnglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier this morning said that the slowing of the US economy is impacting its business to business operations, although it believes the effects are ‘manageable’. The group said that its science, medical, legal and educational businesses are are largely unaffected by conditions in the… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Optimistic Despite Impact Of US Slow-Down
US television network Viacom has been given a temporary reprieve from the audience reach limit of 35%, as it waits for its case to be decided in the Court of Appeals. The group recently pulled out of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) over its support for the limit, which is set by the Federal… Continue reading Viacom Given Temporary Audience Limit Reprieve As Courts Reassess Rules
A US website has reported that a record number of dotcoms closed during last year. This further blow to new media confidence brought Bright Station shares down 10% yesterday, to end at 18p.The Sunday Mirror could be facing the largest contempt charge ever for printing a story which prejudiced the trial of two Leeds footballers,… Continue reading Sharewatch
MTV’s website, www.mtv.co.uk has announced a deal to provide content to internet portal Excite.co.uk. The terms of the agreement will see MTV provide Excite’s new music channel with charts covering different genres of music including the UK Hitlist, the European top 20, R&B and dance. The site will also have streamed news, interviews and videos.Rebecca… Continue reading MTV Signs Content Provision Deal With Excite UK
