ITV has yet to come up with a web presence to rival the sucess of bbc.co.uk, but talks are now thought to be in progress to combine the internet assets of Carlton and Granada, creating one of the largest UK-based online offerings (see Granada And Carlton To Unite Online Assets). Carlton shares responded well to… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Mirror is to unveil a new Saturday package to attract new readers to the title. It will move the successful women’s supplement, M, from Tuesday to Saturday to join its TV listings guide The Look.Set to launch on February 10, the move will coincide with the arrival of the paper’s new astrologer, Jonathan Cainer.… Continue reading Mirror Unveils £10m Boost To Saturday Offering
Cable company Telewest Communications this morning issued fourth quarter operating statistics, ahead of its annual preliminary results due on 22 March 2001. The company added 37,557 residential customers in the last quarter of the year, taking the total to 1.7 million. The recently introduced high speed internet service – Blueyonder – has also met with… Continue reading Telewest Fourth Quarter Results Delivering On Target, Says Singer
Granada Media and Carlton Communications are reported to be close to merging their online assets in a deal which would ensure a more unified approach to the ITV brand on the internet.Granada is planning to ditch its G-Wizz site to focus on promoting www.itv.co.uk, which has suffered as a result of the federal nature of… Continue reading Granada And Carlton To Unite Online Assets
29 January 2001 The company behind the idea of the free morning newspaper, Sweden’s Metro International, has today announced the launch of a new newswire and information service called Metro World News. Versions of Metro International’s free Metro newspaper are now published in 18 cities around the world and the business model has been adopted… Continue reading Metro International Seeks Savings In Global Publishing
Fears of an advertising slowdown were betrayed by a lack of market confidence in media stocks last week, with more showing a week on week fall than showed gain. A trading update from Capital had an upbeat tone (see Capital Radio Reports Increased Revenues) but did not live up to expectations and caused some brokers… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Wednesday Marketing Week holds a one-day conference on Digital Radio at the Cafe Royal, London, with speeches and discussions from the main players in the new medium, including Quentin Howard, CEO of Digital One, and Phil Riley from Chrysalis Radio.An annual… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Publishing companies in the UK have joined forces to ensure positive recognition of their industry as convergence gains pace. The Newspaper Society, the Publishers Association, Newspaper Publishers and the Periodical Publishers Association have formed the UK Publishing Media alliance to reflect the rapidly evolving nature of publishing into a range of connected and overlapping businesses.A… Continue reading Publishing Bodies Form Alliance To Represent Industry Concerns
French media group Vivendi Universal may dispose of its 22.7% stake in satellite broadcaster BSkyB, according to a report in this morning’s Financial Times. As a precursor to the move Vivendi is understood to be planning to withdraw its board director from the BSkyB board.Vivendi was given the go ahead to acquire the stake in… Continue reading Vivendi May Dispose Of BSkyB Stake â 29 January 2001
