Radio stations that offend listeners by treating ‘phone-in guests badly or featuring offensive language and topics risk having their audience turn off or tune in to another station, according to new research.A recent study into radio listening habits undertaken by BRMB International for the Radio Authority and the Broadcasting Standards Commission found that 40% of… Continue reading One Third Of Offended Radio Listeners Will Turn Off, Says Survey
All three bids proposals for Regional Independent Media have now been passed to the Competition Commission. The Guardian Media Group joined Gannett and Johnston Press last week when it too asked the department for trade and industry for consent to make a bid for the regional newspaper group, the sixth largest in the UK (see… Continue reading Competition Commission Invites Evidence On RIM Bids
United News & Media announced yesterday that its divestment will be completed with the sale of the European business of its Miller Freeman subsidiary to Reed Elsevier (see United Completes Divestment As Rivals Prepare For Carve-Up). The company, thought of as favourite to merge with Granada Media, could not better the all-time high price achieved… Continue reading Sharewatch
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
Jon Florsheim, Sky TV’s sales and marketing director, has been appointed managing director of Open. He replaces James Ackerman, who has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Open TV, the US-based company which provides the software, services and applications that enable digital interactive television. The change of staff comes in the wake of… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Worldwide ecommerce revenues are expected to growth from $185 billion in 2000 to $336 billion next year, $684.3 billion in 2002 and $1.26 trillion in 2003, according to new forecasts from eMarketer. The report also predicts that online business marketplaces will become more popular and grow in complexity, with small business being the primary users.… Continue reading Ecommerce Revenue To Reach $1.26 Trillion By 2003
Granada Media and Liverpool Football Club are to unite in order to exploit the club’s new media and commercial rights to delayed coverage of Liverpool’s Premier League matches across online and broadband media.The new business will create a LiverpoolFC.com, a portal including entertainment, e-commerce, education and personalised services content created by Granada Media. The portal’s… Continue reading Granada Teams Up With Liverpool To Create Broadband Fan Portal
Last month’s Euro 2000 competition was certainly good for network television – ITV’s ad revenue for June grew by 20% annually to £168.7 million – but for cinema the footy meant a sharp fall in admissions year on year. UK cinema admissions fell by 30% during June as the film distributors held back the release… Continue reading Feature: Cinema’s Success Fades During Football Season
Revenue Agency estimates put year on year growth in terrestrial television revenue (including GMTV) at 19.6%, with the total now at £245 million. This comprised ITV revenue’s 20% rise, Channel 4’s growth of 15.3%, Channel 5’s revenue rise of 33.8% and GMTV’s 7.5% year on year increase.Total satellite revenue increased by 12.5% year on year.Carlton… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – June 2000
British Sky Broadcasting is expected to announce an early switch-off date for its analogue services in its annual financial results tomorrow. The satellite broadcaster is believed to planning to turn off its analogue signal in August 2001, a year and a half earlier than expected.The group launched its digital service in October 1998 and has… Continue reading BSkyB Seeks Early Analogue Switch-Off
