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BBC Radio 5 has renewed its contract to broadcast FA Carling Premiership games live. The three-year deal runs from the beginning of the 2001-2002 season and will see Five Live increase its Premiership coverage from 120 to 180 matches per season. Its rival TalkSport has also clinched a deal with the Premier League, however. Kelvin… Continue reading BBC Holds Onto Premiership Rights While Talksport Gets Foot In The Door

Channel 4 has published its response to the invitation to submit comments on the forthcoming Communications Reform White Paper. Views put forward included an extension of support for the concept of a single regulator, the feeling that Channel 4 should remain a single broadcaster, the assertion that impartiality of access must be a feature of… Continue reading Channel 4 Releases Response To Forthcoming Communications White Paper

Last week the Express Newspapers group was finally sold off, ending years of speculation about when United News & Media would let the papers go. The eventual buyer was OK! publisher Northern & Shell which snapped up the Daily Express, Sunday Express and Daily Star for £125 million. N&S emerged to seal the deal at… Continue reading Feature: Will Northern & Shell Save Express Newspapers From Declining Circulations?

The UK is embracing many aspects of new technology but is still not realising its new potential, according to a new survey from MORI and Egg. The study shows that 14 million people are dependent on their mobile phones; 15 million are online at home; 9 million have digital television; a third of internet users… Continue reading UK Not Realising Potential Of New Technologies

The Radio Authority is advertising the last of the three Greater London digital multiplex licences. Applications are invited for the licence, which covers Greater London and the surrounding areas, a population of up to approximately 8.5 million adults aged 15+.Because of frequency re-use constraints the coverage of this licence will be slightly less extensive than… Continue reading Third And Last London Digital Multiplex Goes Up For Grabs

United News & Media has announced the appointment of Malcolm Wall as COO and executive director, three weeks after he quit his former position as chief executive of United Broadcasting and Entertainment (see Granada Media Announces Creation Of ‘Dynamic New Production Group’). He will rejoin the company from 1 January with responsibility for the business… Continue reading Malcolm Wall Rejoins United

RevenueAccording to agency estimates, total revenue for terrestrial television including GMTV saw a year on year fall in October of 12.7%. Of the terrestrial channels, only Channel 5 recorded an increase, adding 7.9% to reach 20.3m. GMTV fell nearly 30%, while ITV dropped 16%.Total satellite broke its pattern of year on year rises in revenue,… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – October 2000

Cordiant Communications Group (CCG) has announced its acquisition of an 80% stake in German marketing and sales consultancy InterCom Management. An initial consideration is to be met with the issue of 2.34m new CCG shares. A maximum total consideration of DM75m may be payable in new CCG shares depending on InterCom’s financial performance to December… Continue reading Cordiant Communications Buys Into German Marketing Group

In an unspectacular week for media shares, Jazz FM showed the largest gain, rising 4.7% week on week to finish Friday at £1.57½. Chrysalis Group also did reasonably well, with a week on week rise of 4.2% taking it to £3.00 by the close of trading.The Wireless Group’s decision to invest in an offshore rival… Continue reading Sharewatch

Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Wednesday Granada Media releases its first full-year results since the flotation of its media arm earlier this year (see Granada Media Begins Conditional Trading).The Media Research Group holds its evening meeting, at which the new NRS contract will be discussed.