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Former ITV chief executive Richard Eyre may be in line for the same position at media group EMAP, if reports in this week’s Independent On Sunday are correct. The paper cites unnamed industry sources as saying that Eyre is in line to replace Kevin Hand who is expected to step down once EMAP’s US business… Continue reading Eyre Reported To Be In Line For Top EMAP Post

A recent study by Forrester Research has found that, whilst the web is a valuable source of information for job seekers, most are merely browsing and will use conventional media when actually applying for positions. “Nearly two-thirds (61%) of UK Internet users who work full time and plan to look for a new job in… Continue reading Job Seekers ‘Not Fully Interactive’ On Web, Says Forrester

Former ITV chief executive Richard Eyre may be in line for the same position at media group Emap, if reports in this week’s Independent On Sunday are correct. The paper cites unnamed industry sources as saying that Eyre is in line to replace Kevin Hand who is expected to step down once Emap’s US business… Continue reading Eyre Reported To Be In Line For Top Emap Post

AOL Time Warner and NTL are in discussions to form a distribution partnership, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. The paper says that AOL Time Warner – the world’s largest media company, with a host of on- and offline interests – may strike a deal with NTL to give its content broadband distribution… Continue reading AOL Time Warner And NTL In Talks, Says FT

Cable groups NTL and Telewest have signed up On Demand to develop a video-on-demand service. The three groups already collaborate under the name of Front Row, which runs the cable industry’s first pay-per-view movie service (see Cable Consortium Seals Buena Vista Deal).The video-on-demand service will now be developed using the Front Row name and will… Continue reading Cable Groups Sign Up For Video-On-Demand

Future’s outlook was uncertain once again last week, as the closure of the UK, German and Italian versions of Business 2.0 was announced, along with plans to find a buyer for the US version and to close the company’s German operation (see Future Closes German Business And European Business 2.0 Editions). The news led to… Continue reading Sharewatch

Television is holding its own as an effective and memorable advertising medium, despite the entry of new methods into the market. A survey released today by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has revealed that TV adverts are most likely to be seen, remembered and enjoyed of all forms of advertising. CIM’s Claire Forbes commented,… Continue reading TV Still On Top For Ad Effectiveness, Says Survey

The Wireless Group has this morning reported like for like turnover up 12% to £29.4 million for the full year and up 22% for the first quarter of 2001. Q1 operating costs, before digital expenditure, are down by 12% like for like.However, loss for the financial year grew from £27.5 million last time to £34.2… Continue reading Wireless Group Grows Turnover And Reduces Costs

The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has revised and amended its quarterly cable statistics following consultation with the cable companies. Data for the final quarter of 2000 is now available and shows 4.5m homes in the UK are now connected to a cable service.This represents a year on year increase of 6.2%. Total cable penetration now… Continue reading Revised Cable Stats Show 4.5m Homes Connected

Tristan Davies has been appointed the new editor of the Independent on Sunday. He will take over from Janet Street-Porter, who quit the position a fortnight ago (see Janet Street Porter Quits Independent On Sunday Editorship), on June 11.Editor-in-chief Simon Kelner, was said to be delighted by the appointment of Davies, who has worked on… Continue reading New Independent On Sunday Editor Announced