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Speaking at the FT New Media & Broadcasting conference yesterday, Granada chief executive Steve Morrison confirmed reports that he is in talks with potential European partners that could help his company gain a foothold on the continent. Granada already has production businesses in Australia and China and hopes to build similar divisions across Europe.

According to a recent report by Datamonitor, there will be 66.2 million active online bank accounts in Europe by 2003, up from 26.1 million in 2000. Growth is expected to be greatest in Southern Europe and in France where currently uptake of online banking has been slower than elsewhere in Europe. Currently Sweden is leading… Continue reading Online Banking Takes Off In Europe

Magazine publisher Attic Futura is to be sold by parent company PMP, which in turn is to merge with Australia’s Independent Print Media Group. In the UK Attic Futura publishes Shine, CD:UK, Inside Soap and All About Soap in addition to B and Sugar which are joint ventures with UK and German-based publisher North South.… Continue reading Attic Futura To Be Sold Off By Parent Company

The VIPer project (see VIPer Research To Offer Advertisers Insight Into Rich And Influential) has introduced a new study method called SemioMetrie to its research in order to tap into the mindset of its research targets – affluent, AB consumers.The method applies theory developed by the psychoanalysts Freud and Jung. Unlike brand mapping, which analyses… Continue reading VIPer Research Maps The Mindset Of The Affluent

Telewest Communications is to form a partnership with sit-up Ltd, the owners of bid-up.tv, in order to combine the on-air auction shopping channel with its own Screenshop infomercial channel, launch new channels and aggregate further screen commerce content.The deal will see Telewest make a £14.8m cash injection into sit-up in return for sit-up purchasing Screenshop… Continue reading Telewest Strikes Deal To Combine Screenshop With Bid-Up TV

Opus has taken over from Clear Channel Radio Sales in handling airtime sales for the Marcher and Essex Groups as of 1 March. The addition of the Essex Group extends Opus’ reach into the Greater London area. It has also taken on responsibility for East England dance station Vibe FM which had also been represented… Continue reading Opus Takes On Essex And Marcher Groups After Clear Channel

The Audit Bureau of Circulation’s (ABC) latest newspaper circulation figures show that the top two weekly regional titles in terms of circulation remain the same, with the West Briton Series once again overtaking the Essex Chronicle Series for the top position, managing a larger actual change but a smaller percentage change year on year to… Continue reading ABC Figures Reveal Steady Progress From Regional Weekly Titles

News of strong headline profit increases in United Business Media’s full year results (see UBM Shares Surge On Strong Profit) caused a surge in its share price mid week, but this subsided over the following days, and the closing price on Friday of £7.23 showed a week on week decline of 3½p.More final year results,… Continue reading Sharewatch

Magazine publisher Attic Futura is to be sold by parent company PMP, which in turn is to merge with Australia’s Independent Print Media Group. In the UK Attic Futura publishes Shine, CD:UK, Inside Soap and All About Soap in addition to B and Sugar which are joint ventures with UK and German-based publisher North South.… Continue reading Attic Futura To Be Sold Off By Parent Company

Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Pearson PLC releases full year results for the year ending 31 December 2000.The Financial Times opens its two day New Media and Broadcasting Conference, entitled, “Broadcast Meets Broadband” at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Central London.ITV relaunches its revamped soap opera Crossroads,… Continue reading The Week Ahead