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Source: Optimedia, January 2001   1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 £m 1,937 2,034 2,095 2,158 2,201 2,245 % increase year on year 6% 5% 3% 3% 2% 2%

Online travel sales company Lastminute.com this morning reported first quarter financial results that show sales and customer numbers increasing, whilst losses deepen.Total transactions for the quarter reached £20.2 million in value, a 53% increase quarter on quarter and up from just £4.8 million for the same period a year earlier. The number of customers making… Continue reading Lastminute.com Sales Grow As Losses Deepen

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The Secretary of State for Culture, Chris Smith, has appointed Dr Whish, professor of Law at King’s College, London to head up the first of three reviews into the commercial aspects of BBC operations, in order to establish whether the BBC is abusing its status as a public service broadcaster by using licence-fee payers’ money… Continue reading Chris Smith Announces Review Into Public Service And Commercial Operation Clash At BBC

Source: Optimedia, January 2001   1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 £m 2,495 2,545 2,596 2,674 2,754 2,809 % increase year on year 4% 2% 2% 3% 3% 2% Estimated CPT £6.35 £6.54 £6.80 £7.01 £7.22 £7.36 Media Inflation (%) 3% 3% 4% 3% 3% 2%

Forever Broadcasting, the Newcastle-based independent radio and new media group, has announced the acquisition of Wolverhampton Area Radio (WAR), owner of analogue station 107.7 The Wolf. Forever has paid £5.1 million – £4.1 million in cash and the remainder by the issue of ordinary shares in the company.In the RAJAR survey for the fourth quarter… Continue reading Forever Broadcasting Acquires The Wolf

Online travel sales company Lastminute.com this morning reported first quarter financial results that show sales and customer numbers increasing, whilst losses deepen. Total transactions for the quarter reached £20.2 million in value, a 53% increase quarter on quarter and up from just £4.8 million for the same period a year earlier. The number customers making… Continue reading Lastminute.com Sales Grow As Losses Deepen – 12 February 2001

According to IDC, the appeal of internet radio to consumers is too strong for advertisers to ignore. “Internet radio might appear a superior product ready to sweep away traditional radio, but it’s not – at least not yet,” said Malcolm Maclachlan, senior analyst for IDC’s Consumer and eCommerce Media program. “To be successful in the… Continue reading New Strategies Required To Facilitate Effective Internet Radio Advertising

The boost to digital television uptake required to allow analogue switch-off could be provided via a subsidy on equipment from licence-fee money, said BBC director-general Greg Dyke yesterday. Speaking at the Commons media select committee, Dyke is reported to have said that the corporation was considering whether to use licence-fee money to fund a large-scale… Continue reading Licence Fee Money May Fund Digital Box Giveaway Says BBC Director General

ITV has said that charges for carriage of its channels on the Sky platform would has create “almost pure profit” for BSkyB. In a submission to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport’s select committee for the Government’s White Paper, the network said that it would have to pay over £20m a year for ITV… Continue reading Sky Asking £20m For Carriage, Says ITV