Entertainment and media store BOL is to be made available for the first time on a non-web platform, namely BSkyB’s interactive television channel, Open. At first only books, CDs, DVDs and videos will be available to shoppers on this platform, but the range will be expanded shortly to include computer games and software.The BOL store… Continue reading BOL Takes Up First Non-Web Residence On Open
Positive comments about future ad revenue prospects from Granada Media in Wednesday’s results (see Granada Media Shows Modest Profit Rise In First Final Results Since Flotation), helped shares gain slightly yesterday, rising 1½p to 384½p.United News & Media and BT have announced that they were seeking a buyer for LineOne, their jointly-owned portal and internet… Continue reading Sharewatch
Today sees the launch of the Newspaper Society’s internet-based regional press planning system, at www.planregionalpress.co.uk. The service is designed to make planning regional press campaigns easier and to entice more national advertisers to the medium.It forms part of a series of initiatives introduced earlier this year after media planners and buyers called for a more… Continue reading Newspaper Society Unveils Regional Planning Tool
E4 has announced the signing of a carriage deal with Telewest. The new entertainment channel from Channel 4 will be available to Telewest subscribers as part of its digital and analogue packages. This is E4’s second distribution deal, having recently secured carriage with NTL, and it is hoped that deals across all multi-channel platforms will… Continue reading E4 Gains Carriage On Telewest
Internet penetration in France is continuing to grow steadily, according to the latest findings from Médiamétrie. The number of French Internet users over the age of 18 has increased by 45 percent in a year, to 7.56 million from 5.21 million. About 16.3 percent of French adults are now online, compared with last year’s figure… Continue reading Internet Population: France
IPC is to launch a television listings guide on the internet. The group’s new free website, unmissabletv.com, will feature TV Times, TV & Satellite Week and What’s On TV as well as cinema listings for the whole of the UK. The news comes a week after the magazine group appointed Caroline Ward as managing director… Continue reading IPC To Launch Television Website
United News & Media and BTopenworld have today confirmed that they are to seek a new owner for LineOne, their jointly-owned portal and internet service provider. The service, which was founded in 1997, has been a successful project, but is now superfluous to the refocusing plans of its two remaining owners. United paid £10m to… Continue reading United And BT Agree To Sell LineOne
While online consumers still plan to buy a majority of their Christmas gifts at brick-and-mortar stores, they will do more of their holiday shopping from offline than last year, according to a new Goldman Sachs/PC Data study. On average, online shoppers plan to buy nearly half (47 percent) of their Christmas gifts offline at traditional… Continue reading US Turns To Christmas e-Shopping
Increased demand for wireless connectivity is expected to boost sales of palmtop and handheld PCs over the next few years. According to a new report by Cahners In-Stat Group, sales of mobile computing devices will rise from 4.8 million last year to 16.7 million in 2004. Palmtops, which use an electronic pen to input information,… Continue reading Wireless Boost To Palmtop Sales
Ballet-dancing Brit film Billy Elliot helped cinema admissions during October reach 14m, an average of 3.16m per week and a 5.1% increase year on year. The toe-tapping top box office draw managed to bring in £10.7m, a figure closely followed by Disney’s epic Dinosaur, which gathered receipts of £10.5m.Close to £10m of the takings for… Continue reading Dinosaurs And Dancing Feet Boost October Cinema Admissions
