Sky News has launched a streaming video service, allowing readers to catch live news bulletins 24 hours a day through its website, sky.com/news. The move is a further extension of the group’s news activity as competition between multi-channel news providers increases (see Feature: How Much More News Can We Take?).Sky News is now available across… Continue reading Sky News Launches 24-Hour Video Streaming Service
Pearson stock went ex-rights yesterday, a fact reflected in the price drop of £2.50. The £1.7bn rights issue is to finance the acquisition of NCS (see Pearson Buys NCS, Reports Pre-Tax Profits Of £123m). After recalculation, the underlying stock was only down 35p at £17.86, while the nil paid shares were quoted at £7.15.Bright Station… Continue reading Sharewatch
Growth in the application service provider (ASP) sector is set to be worth $3.6 billion in the US by the end of 2000, up from just $1 billion a year earlier. The sector will then growth to a value of $25.3 billion by 2004, according to Dataquest. The European and Asian ASP marketsÂÂ’ growth-rates faster… Continue reading European ASP Market Catches US
The Financial Times Group has integrated the advertisement sales of its internet businesses with its established newspaper and magazine teams. Two new merged sales operations have been formed, the first incorporating the Financial Times newspaper with FT.com, and the second merging the group’s personal finance products.David Walsh, ad director for the Financial Times, will be… Continue reading FT Group Merges On- And Offline Ad Sales
Carlton Interactive has appointed a new head of sales. Taryn Newlove, former head of overseas holiday advertising at Teletext, will replace Paul Coggins, who has already left the group. The move follows a period of upheaval for the company, which has lost a number of staff in recent months. Newlove will be responsible for building… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Channel 5 lost out to Channel 4 in its attempt to buy the rights to Big Brother, and looking at that programme’s accelerating popularity (see Big Brother Is Watching Audience Figures Go Up) its easy to see why Dawn Airey has decided that Jailbreak, the channel’s most expensive commission yet, will form the centrepiece of… Continue reading From Big Brother To Big Sales Houses, Channel 5 Prepares For Battle
City workers earning the biggest wads in Britain are to be targeted with the biggest billboards in Britain, thanks to US outdoor contractor Van Wagner bringing New York’s idea of advertising to the UK.Four locations on the key traffic routes into the City of London now feature 85ft long back illuminated light boxes. The largest… Continue reading Van Wagner Gives Big Spenders The Big Picture
Emap and Attic Futura have announced the formation of a joint venture partnership to publish men’s lifestyle title, FHM, in Germany. The German edition will be launched in October, with an initial distribution of 500,000. International managing director of Emap, Chris Llewellyn, said of the deal: “This latest launch of FHM typifies the growing international… Continue reading Launches Brief
Daily Mail and General Trust has announced the acquisition of Under One Roof, an internet-based property services company. The price of the deal was undisclosed and net assets acquired were negligible.The group will add it to its existing internet portfolio, Associated New Media, which includes ThisisLondon, ThisisMoney and women’s portal CharlotteStreet.com.Daily Mail & General Trust:… Continue reading Daily Mail Acquires Online Property Company
United News & Media today made a move towards strengthening its B2B portfolio with the acquisition of Healthcare Data. An information services provider for the health industry, the deal, worth £6 million, will allow the group to expand its current health sector titles, which include Pulse and Chemist & Druggist.The group announced its intention to… Continue reading United News & Media Strengthens B2B Portfolio
