Media stocks appeared to be out of favour on the market yesterday. Reuters fell 55p to £12.20, while BSkyB dropped 43p to £11.72. Daily Mail fell just over 53p to £10.87, WPP fell 24p to £8.90 and United News & Media 23p to £8.25 ahead of today’s half year results.Cable companies Cable & Wireless and… Continue reading Sharewatch
BSkyB’s interactive television service Open is set to get a rival as business communications and internet company Energis prepares to enter the market with its own multi-channel package of corporate content.In a joint venture with software developer Graham Technology, Energis will initially provide companies with the opportunity to offer interactive services to customers on the… Continue reading Energis To Launch Interactive Rival To Open
Telewest has admitted that factors including the shortage in supply of digital set-top boxes means it will not reach its original sales target by the end of the year.“There have been the inevitable glitches as we have rolled out our new digital products.” said a company statement. “Some of them- such as the set-top box… Continue reading Set-Top Box Shortage Puts Telewest Three Months Behind
Despite months of uncertainty as the ITV merger deal was decided, United News & Media (UNM) still looks set to achieve an overall trading result in the current year which is ahead of its original expectations.Half-year results released today show that while pre-tax profits have remained steady year on year, increasing from £137.6m in 1999… Continue reading Granada Merger To Strengthen United Balance Sheet
Sky Digital has this week expanded the capabilities of shopping channel QVC with the launch of an interactive QVC Directory. The new service allows customers to browse through a catalogue of QVC beauty products as well as programme listings and a customer service guide using their digital set-top box.All of the shopping channel’s main product… Continue reading Sky Digital Introduces Interactive Option For Shopping Channel
A series of tables to show the performances of each of the main UK groups in the latest RAJAR figures is now available in the Radio features list. The data covers the year to June 2000.(Subscribers see full item in the Radio features list)
BBC Radio 1 continues to be the nation’s most popular national radio station with an average weekly audience of 11.3 million, according to RAJAR figures for the three months to March 2000 released this morning. This represents a 3.4% increase in audience compared to the same period last year, but is unchanged compared to the… Continue reading National Commercial Radio Audiences Slip In Latest RAJAR Report
The June 2000 RAJAR figures have shown significant increases for Emap’s Kiss 100 FM and FLR (First Love Radio). Kiss’ reach increased by 11.3%, while FLR rose 33.3%.In terms of share of listening Kiss had the best performance of any London station over the period. It now commands a 4.3% share of the London audience,… Continue reading Kiss & FLR Enjoy Love Affair With London’s Listeners
Rumours about the uncertain future of Associated New Media’s women’s portal charlottestreet.com were flying once again this week as it emerged that the site’s backers, Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), were planning an online version of the newspaper’s successful Sunday supplement You. Although both portals would target the same female, 30-45 year old audience,… Continue reading Launches Brief
The share of listening held by commercial radio stations and by public service stations increased by the same amount in the last quarter, according to the latest RAJAR figures released this morning. All commercial and All BBC both increased their share of the radio audience by 0.1% in the three months ending June 2000.The increases… Continue reading Local Radio Makes Gains In Latest RAJAR Report
