The BBC will in future be required to present its proposed new media services to the Government, following the publication of a list of criteria by culture secretary Chris Smith. Approval for the Corporation’s digital services will be granted provided it fulfils a number of requests.Funding of new services through licence fees must be justified… Continue reading Government Lays Out Criteria For BBC’s Digital Services
Grant Murray has been appointed director of finance at Channel 5. Murray has previously been a board member of the broadcaster as representative of its shareholder, United News & Media, and is currently finance director at Granada Creative. He will replace Damien Harte who is leaving to pursue new media and e-commerce ventures. Mandy Pooler… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Even though only a quarter of the global Internet population will reside in the United States by 2005, only one-third of American online businesses are targeting global markets, according to Jupiter Research, the worldwide authority on Internet commerce. Jupiter analysts predict that the Asia Pacific region will outpace the US within less than five years… Continue reading Asia Pacific set to outgrow US Online Population by 2005
US authority approval for a rival to the screen-trading platform for the Nasdaq provided by Reuters’ electronic broking arm Instinet, brought Reuters shares down again yesterday: they had dropped 37p to £10.23 by close.News of the first decline in UK adspend for a decade (see UK Adspend Declines For The First Time In 10 Years)… Continue reading Sharewatch
According to new figures from IDC the development of new technologies in the telecommunications sector is set to continue with ‘minutes of use’ (MOU) in Western Europe set to rise from 91.5 million per year in 1999 to 47 billion in 2004. During the same period, revenue will rise from $11 million to $2.5 billion,… Continue reading European IP Telephony Services Revenue Will Exceed $2.5 Billion By 2004
The first major web venture from the National Magazine Company has been put “on hold” after the dotcom slump put the frighteners on the publishers. A UK version of US site Women.com was said to be in the planning stages in June last year (see Launches Brief), and although a launch date was not set,… Continue reading Natmags Gets Cold Feet, Puts Women’s Website On Ice
While online trading companies in the UK are still at an early stage, a look at the more developed US situation gives a few clues as to their future in this country. A recent entrant to the market, Cuica Corporation, is enjoying success, while rivals have been forced to close their doors.CuicaExchange launched this week… Continue reading Online Ad Trading Reaps Success In The US
New figures from AC Nielsen MMS to be published next week indicate that UK adspend has fallen in real terms for the first time since the recession of the early 90’s. In the period to November 2000, spending rose by just 2.8% – below the headline rate of inflation, 3.2%.Whilst some sectors such as technology… Continue reading UK Adspend Declines For The First Time In 10 Years
NRS figures for the six month period ending November 2000 show newspaper readership continuing its decline. National titles lost 3m readers, or 4.6% of their readership, in an overall year on year analysis.The Times took the greatest tumble, losing 18.2% of its readership as it continued its downward spiral. Telegraph titles also fared badly, the… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round Up – November 2000
Trinity Mirror shed 23p to 432˝p following the release of a trading statement ahead of its full-year results (see Trinity Mirror Releases Pre-Results Trading Statement).Reuters was down 70p to £10.60 as Nasdaq’s Supermontage trading system – a rival to Reuters own Instinet platform – was given the seal of approval.The closing prices of media company… Continue reading Sharewatch
