Granada Media has agreed to buy United News & Media’s television networks for £1.75bn. The deal will see Granada take control of the Meridian, HTV and Anglia ITV franchises and the group’s 35% stake in Channel 5, as well as its related television production and distribution businesses.More news to follow later on Newsline…
At the MRG evening meeting on Tuesday this week Sue Moseley, strategic planning director at TSMS, presented the latest findings from tvSpan. The single source panel provides a continuous measurement of both product purchasing and TV viewing from within the same household, allowing a detailed examination of the influence of TV advertising on individual purchasing… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting – Is Television Advertising Profitable For Advertisers?
A new regional Sunday sports paper is to be launched by the Manchester Evening News. The first edition of the Sunday Pink will be on sale across the north-west on 20 August to coincide with the Premiership football season kick-off.Priced at 50p, it offers in-depth sports coverage from throughout the region, and will cover smaller… Continue reading North-West Gets New Sunday Sports Paper
The latest figures from the Newspaper Society show that Trinity Mirror has retained its place as the largest regional press publisher, despite acquisitions by its nearest rivals between January and July. Newsquest Media Group has displaced Northcliffe Newspapers at number two in the table, following its acquisition of Newscom in May (see Newsquest Signs £444m… Continue reading Newsquest Overtakes Northcliffe In Regional Newspaper Top 20
BSkyB made something of a recovery, after speculation about its losses on Tuesday (see Sharewatch) turned out to be overly negative when its annual results were released yesterday (see BSkyB Reports Losses As Digital Subs Reach Record High). Shares rose 10p to £12.47Emap fell 25p to £11.80, but elsewhere in publishing Reed International gained 11p… Continue reading Sharewatch
Starcom Worldwide is set to exploit technology in the US which will allow its advertising clients to target customers watching digital television more accurately than ever before.The company is to work with ACTV’s Digital ACDO subsidiary to produce addressable and interactive digital TV advertising using Digital ACDO’s SpotOn system. SpotOn allows viewers to choose and… Continue reading New Technology Could Allow TV Advertisers To Handpick Audiences
ITV today confirmed that it is making an application for a judicial review of the Independent Television Commission’s decision concerning the scheduling of the ITV Nightly News. Last week the regulatory body stuck by its decision that the news bulletin should be moved to an earlier time in the schedule in order to improve falling… Continue reading ITV Applies For Judicial Review Of News At Ten Decision
RTL Group has floated on the London Stock Exchange today with a market capitalisation of £16.6bn. This figure is well above the price of £14bn anticipated when the listing date was announced earlier in the month (see Pan-European Broadcaster Announces London Listing Date).A surge in the shares of Audiofina is thought to account for the… Continue reading RTL Lists On Stock Exchange With Value Of £16.6bn
IPC has formed a partnership with Virgin mobile to offer customers access to its unmissabletv website via Virgin’s WAP phones. This is the second WAP deal involving the group’s TV and entertainment website, which is also available on BT Cellnet WAP phones.Andrew Horton, business development manager of unmissabletv, said: “Unmissabletv is a proven WAP application… Continue reading IPC Allows Access To TV Listings Via WAP
Internet news services may be causing controversy between the BBC and ITN (see BBC Makes Promises, ITN Makes Threats) but most of the UK public have no intention of replacing TV or newspapers with online news as their first source of information. What’s more, if they do go online, they won’t pay for their news.News… Continue reading Web Report – UK Public Still Prefer Print To Pixels For Their News
