Programmes The month was marked by the run-up to the Christmas period as channels pulled out all the stops to produce a strong Christmas line-up. BBC1 continued its ratings war with rival ITV into the season of goodwill by announcing a winter programming budget of £158m, including a massive £42m for the two-week Christmas period.Its… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – December 2000
Guardian Unlimited is to celebrate its second birthday with a major rebranding initiative. A £6m marketing budget will unveil a clearer identity for the network of 12 websites under the Unlimited umbrella.The Guardian Unlimited logo will be simplified and the network’s web address is to be changed to guardian.co.uk. While the Unlimited identity will remain… Continue reading Guardian Unlimited Revamps Image To Celebrate Second Birthday
Regional Independent Media has rejected a second bid offer from rival Gannett. Venture capital firm Candover, which owns 50% of RIM, is understood to have been approached by the group with a consortium bid.Under the terms of the offer, the assets of RIM, which include the flagship Yorkshire Post, would be divided between Johnston Press,… Continue reading RIM Rejects Second Bid Proposal From Gannett
GWR’s subsidiary Now Digital is launching the first three of its local digital multiplex services on 31 January (see Now Digital Wins Third Local Digital Radio Multiplex Licence). The three licences, which cover the areas of Bristol & Bath, Coventry & Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury & Telford represent a combined reach of 2.5m adult listeners.Russell Stuart,… Continue reading GWR Prepares To Launch First Local Digital Offerings
Analysts Merrill Lynch downgraded Johnston Press yesterday, causing shares to fall 4p to £3.11. The group has today also reduced forecasts for both Granada Media and Carlton. Shares ended yesterday up 5p at £3.95 and up 8½ at £5.50 respectively.Pearson held an investor seminar in New York yesterday regarding its education business. It will run… Continue reading Sharewatch
Rosie Boycott has quit her position as editor of The Express after three years in the job, putting an end to the speculation about her possible departure that began with Richard Desmond’s surprise takeover of the Express Group newspapers last year (see Gossip And Girlie Publisher Takes On Express And Star). Her deputy editor, Chris… Continue reading Rosie Boycott Resigns From Express
25 January 2001 Luxembourg-based media group RTL has won permission from the Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) to take a 20% stake in French radio group Sud Radio. The holding will be acquired from Sud Communications for €5.48 million (£3.46 million) and the transaction should be completed by the end of the month. RTL Group… Continue reading RTL Takes 20% Stake In France’s Sud Radio
Capital Radio stock tumbled 90p by 1:00pm this afternoon after what investors regarding as a disappointing set of figures emerging from the company’s AGM. The company reported a 12% increase in revenues during the last quarter of 2000 following the successful acquisition of Beat 106 and Century Radio. In today’s meeting Capital said like for… Continue reading Capital Stock Falls Following AGM Statement
After a steady decline since the mid-1950s, cinema attendance in the European Union started to climb again in the 1990s, according to Eurostat. However, despite the growth, the 800 million admissions during 1988 still fall well short of the 1955 peak of 4 billion. The advent of home entertainment technologies – including video and cable… Continue reading Europeans Return To Cinemas
At its Annual General Meeting Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) today told shareholders that trading for the first three months of the financial year (October to December) showed revenues up 16%, mainly from acquisitions made the previous year. In existing business, however, revenues were flat after a particularly disappointing December when advertising demand turned out to… Continue reading Scottish Radio Revenues Up 16% As Partnership Talks Continue
