The Radio Authority received sixteen applications for the new regional licence for South and West Yorkshire, in time for the deadline on 6 February. The licence covers an adult population of around 2.5m and includes the cities of Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford.Martin Fry, lead singer of ABC, and Robin Smith, president of the Yorkshire County… Continue reading Radio Authority Receives 16 Applications For Yorkshire Licence
ONdigital has asked the government to appoint a digital television “champion”. The digital terrestrial broadcaster suggests the creation of such an position will allow further promotion of the new medium and facilitate the switchover from analogue.In a statement relating to the Communications White Paper, the group said that a national switchover plan should be formalised… Continue reading ONdigital Calls For Appointment Of Digital TV “Champion”
Merrill Lynch has downgraded BSkyB stock from accumulate to neutral, following yesterday’s financial results. Cable subscriptions revenues fell and the incorporation of losses from interactive TV services company Open hit revenues harder than had been expected by both Merrill and ABN Amro (see City News). By the end of trading yesterday BSkyB stock was down… Continue reading BSkyB Results 7 February 2001 Reaction – 8 February 2001
RevenueITV’s annual revenue growth during 2000 showed an improvement on the previous year with total revenue coming in at £1.96bn. This represents an annual growth of 4.9%, which is, however, down on 1999’s 6.3% growth level.The network saw the worst performances of the year during the second half of 2000. October was the worst month… Continue reading Annual TV Market Round Up – 2000
Stephen Byers, secretary of state for trade and industry, has said that he will not refer the takeover of Express Newspapers by Northern & Shell to the DTI. The announcement allows completion of the deal, which was agreed in November last year (see Gossip And Girlie Publisher Takes On Express And Star).Since then the Express… Continue reading Express Takeover Cleared By Byers
Emap Performance is launching a new music magazine, Kingsize, which it says, will be a hybrid of Q and Kerrang!. Set to launch in March, it will be a monthly title with an initial print run between 60,000 and 70,000 and will target the 18-28 age group covering music from rock to hip-hop and featuring… Continue reading Launches Brief
BSkyB was down 30p to 1070p at close of trading yesterday following the release of interim financial results showing increased losses at the pay-television group (see BSkyB Hits Digital Target But Losses Grow).Granada was up slightly despite forecasting slow ad revenues in the first four months of 2001 at the group’s AGM yesterday (see Revenues… Continue reading Sharewatch
According to IDC, the worldwide DSL subscriber base rose by over 447% in 1999 and the total number of lines is expected to reach 66.4 million by 2004 – a rise of 61.9 million on 2000. “Clearly, pent-up demand for faster Internet connections – particularly among work-at-home households such as telecommuters, day-extenders, and home-based businesses… Continue reading Worldwide DSL Market Thriving
ONdigital has asked the government to appoint a digital television “champion”. The digital terrestrial broadcaster suggests the creation of such an position will allow further promotion of the new medium and facilitate the switchover from analogue. In a statement relating to the Communications White Paper, the group said that a national switchover plan should be… Continue reading ONdigital Calls For Appointment Of Digital TV “Champion”
Rupert Murdoch is understood to be on the verge of sealing a deal that would merge his Sky Global Networks business with US’ satellite television company, DirecTV. This in turn could pave the way for a global float of the Sky Global Networks satellite group.Investors are anticipating the announcement today as Murdoch’s News Corporation unveils… Continue reading Murdoch May Be Close To Agreeing DirecTV Deal
