Channel 4 has promised to “encourage a younger generation in the values of public service broadcasting” with its programming priorities for 2001/2002. Commenting on the statement of intent his channel submitted to the Independent Television Commision (ITC) this week, director of programmes Tim Gardam commented, “Too often regulation has become an arid calculation of the… Continue reading Channel 4 Statement Of Intent To Continue Innovation And Quality
Press reports claim that Vivendi Universal has agreed to merge its loss-making Italian pay-television division, Telepiù, with Stream – a rival broadcaster owned by News Corporation and Telecom Italia. The Financial Times reports that the merged business will retain the Telepiù name and will be owned two thirds by Vivendi’s Canal Plus one third by… Continue reading Italy’s Telepi
Reuters reported strong Q1 growth yesterday, as expected (see Reuters Stock Falls On Slower Q2 Warning) but warned that Q2 growth was unlikely to occur at the same rate. This produced an unfavourable reaction from the market, which left shares down 65p at £9.10.Bright Station announced an alliance between its Smartlogik unit and IBM yesterday,… Continue reading Sharewatch
Interactive entertainment company Two Way TV has received £12m investment from Swedish group SMI Media. The deal will see SMI become a significant shareholder in the group with two of its directors sitting on the board.Two Way TV launched in 1992 developing systems to allow viewers to compete with their favourite TV gameshows. The Two… Continue reading Two Way TV Gets £12m Investment Boost
The government has proposed boosting the strength of the digital TV signal in order to improve quality and encourage adoption of the technology before the proposed analogue switch-off date of 2010. Culture secretary Chris Smith and Trade & Industry secretary Stephen Byers have this week written to senior controllers of the terrestrial broadcasters seeking their… Continue reading Power Increase For Digital TV Signal Planned
Carlton and Granada have today confirmed plans for changes within the structure of ITV including a radical overhaul of their joint-owned pay-tv channel ONdigital. Stuart Prebble is to be appointed chief executive of the network which will now operate three businesses – ITV channels, ITV Digital and ITV.com.ITV Digital is the rebranded name for ONdigital.… Continue reading Prebble Heads Up An Integrated ITV
Carlton Communications and Granada have today confirmed plans to change the structure of ITV, including a radical overhaul of the jointly-owned digital terrestrial broadcaster, ONdigital. Stuart Prebble will become chief executive of the Network, which will now operate three main businesses – ITV channels, ITV Digital and ITV.com. ITV Digital is the rebranded name for… Continue reading Granada And Carlton Bring ONdigital Under ITV Brand
Over a third of all households in the UK now have internet access, some 9 million homes, according to new research by NetValue. Those connected are also using the internet more often and for longer periods, with usage in March 2001 higher than ever before at an average of 24 sessions over 10.5 days.Within the… Continue reading One Third Of All UK Homes Now Connected To The Net
GWR is to set up a new consumer group to monitor the performance of its flagship station Classic FM. Following the lead of commercial television companies as they move towards self-regulation, the radio group has announced that it too will publish annual performance plans.Speaking at the Radio Academy’s Radio and the City seminar this morning,… Continue reading GWR Sets Up Consumer Group For Classic FM
In a recent report, the analysts at Ovum claim that the currently unexploited web hosting market is set for a huge boom as companies realise the importance of an online presence and look to hosting companies and ISPs for solutions. “Users are not getting the message about web hosting benefits and are often confused about… Continue reading Web Hosting Will Be Worth $46.9b By 2006, Says Ovum
