Reuters has acquired a 25% stake in rival online news service Citywire as part of its continued reinvention as an internet company (see Reuters To Spend £500m On Net Plans). The group’s planned personal finance portal will carry commentary and analysis from www.citywire.co.uk and the two will collaborate in the development of new products and… Continue reading Reuters Takes Stake In Citywire
The latest RAJAR figures for local commercial radio showed that weekly reach has decreased by 1% quarter on quarter. Local commercial radio’s share of listening has also dropped, by 0.8 percentage points.Of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London, the largest percentage increase in terms of weekly reach was seen at Preston-based station Magic 999,… Continue reading December 2000 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
Shares fell heavily at Cable & Wireless yesterday as once again the market’s confidence in technology shares dropped. The company ended down 53p at £8.56. Shares in RTL also ended yesterday’s trading greatly reduced, by £5.31 to £57.37, a reduction of nearly 8.5%.Reuters announced yesterday that it has acquired a 25% stake in rival online… Continue reading Sharewatch
European media groups DirectGroup Bertelsmann and RTL have struck a deal which will see them working together to develop interactive television and broadband activities for what they hope will be a “clear competitive advantage” in this area over other European competition. The arrangement will see RTL take over Bertelsmann Broadband Group, which is currently part… Continue reading European Media Giants Team Up To Tackle Interactive TV And Broadband Challenges
A Digital Radio Development Bureau has been formed to accelerate the roll-out of the new medium. The news was announced as radio industry figures met to discuss the challenges of the market at Marketing Week‘s Digital Radio conference yesterday.Although Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) technology is now in its sixth year (see BBC Launches Digital Radio… Continue reading Digital Radio Development Bureau Forms, Medium Set To Be Market Leader By 2015
Tables showing the performances of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year period to December 2000 are now available for subscribers.(Subscribers see full item in the Radio features list)
Capital 95.8 FM strengthened its lead over its competition in London, increasing both reach and share during the three month period to December 2000. Its share of viewing across the capital saw the biggest increase of any station over the period, climbing 1.1% points to 12.4%, and its weekly reach was extended to 2.85m people.BBC’s… Continue reading Capital Still On Top As AM Declines Across London
BBC radio continued to improve its overall share of listening, at the expense of commercial stations, according to the latest figures released by RAJAR this morning. All BBC improved its share by a further 0.3% points in the final quarter of 2000, while All Commercial slipped 0.7% points.Amongst commercial stations losses were most acute across… Continue reading BBC Continues Its Upward Trend In Latest RAJAR Report
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has published its latest Trends in Television report. Its results show overall viewing levels continuing their period of stability (see Terrestrial Channels’ Loss Is Non-Terrestrials’ Gain In Latest IPA Report) during the final quarter of 2000.Taken as a whole, total viewing across 2000 remained relatively constant, at 3.67… Continue reading TV Viewing Levels Stable, Says IPA Report
Telewest shares continued to do well yesterday, thanks to positive fourth quarter results (see Telewest Fourth Quarter Results Delivering On Target, Says Singer). Gaining nearly 6% during the day, they finished up 9p at £1.61.With the latest RAJAR radio audience figures released today, confidence was not good at Capital Radio, which dropped 15p to £10.97½.… Continue reading Sharewatch
