Media Metrix and Jupiter Communications have completed their merger and began trading on the NASDAQ under the new name Jupiter Media Metrix yesterday. President and chief operating officer Gene DeRose said: “We are creating a company like no other.”The two companies, which provide market information about the internet, announced their merger in June (see One-Stop… Continue reading Jupiter and Media Metrix Complete Merger
A downgrade from Merrill Lynch put Telewest amongst the worst performers in the FTSE 100 yesterday. Shares ended down 17¼p at £1.42. Another poor performance was seen at Emap, which dropped 75p to £10.00.Reports yesterday ruled BSkyB out of any equity partnership talks with Channel 4’s new pay-TV venture, E4 (see E4 Equity Partner Discussions… Continue reading Sharewatch
RevenueTerrestrial television including GMTV saw a 0.8% fall in total revenue, year on year, during August, recording an overall figure of £186.8m. According to agency estimates, ITV’s revenue dropped by 5.8% during last month, while the relative newcomer Channel 5 increased 25.7%.Channel 4 and GMTV both made modest increases, while total satellite continues its pattern… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 2000
Digital viewing figures for this month show that non-terrestrial channels continue to command an impressive share of viewing in homes with digital television. The average share of viewing in digital homes for these channels during August was 52.4%, compared to 50.6% in July. This has corresponded with a growth in viewing share for non-terrestrial channels… Continue reading ITV Slips While Non-Terrestrials Improve In Digital Television Homes
Channel 4 is to launch a raft of new film channels following on from the success of Film Four. The channel’s first pay-tv venture, which launched in 1998 and now has 300,000 subscribers (see Film Four On Air), will be joined by three further channels by the end of this year.With the working title of… Continue reading C4 To Launch Trio Of Film Channels
ITV and the ITC have today reached an agreement regarding the rescheduling of the ITV Nightly News. From New Year 2001 a 10pm news bulletin will be restored on the network from Monday to Thursdays, with more flexibility in news programming permitted on Fridays.The decision ends months of disagreement between the two sides after slumping… Continue reading News At Ten To Return To ITV
Recommendations for an overhaul of the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ auditing and inspection process were presented to the ABC Council yesterday. The recommendations have been drafted by the Audit Review Committee established in January in the wake of circulation irregularities discovered at the Birmingham Post and Mail.The ABC Council has approved the recommendations in principle… Continue reading Audit Review Committee Presents Findings To ABC Council
The Broadcasting Standards Commission has published a report examining public attitudes towards broadcasting regulation. “Regulation – The Changing Perspective” is the result of surveys undertaken during 1999 and 2000 to gauge public opinion on the topic as the Government prepares its Communications White Paper (see Lighter Regulation Must Mean More Accountable Broadcasters, Says BSC).The necessity… Continue reading BSC Report Finds Public In Favour Of Regulation
Channel 4 is reported to have abandoned discussions with BSkyB about the satellite broadcaster becoming an equity partner in C4’s new pay-TV entertainment channel, E4. Channel 4 said that it has always been looking for possible equity partners, but that it could not discuss individual companies, or confirm that the negotiations reported in the national… Continue reading E4 Equity Partner Discussions With BSkyB Flounder
Natmags has announced the imminent launch of Cosmo Girl, a teenage version of its popular Cosmopolitan brand. The news follows hot on the heels of Emap’s announcement that Elle is to get a little sister in the form of the not-very-unpredictably-titled Elle Girl (see Emap To Launch Younger Sister For Elle). In the last set… Continue reading Launches Brief
