UK cinema admissions showed a 30% drop in year-on-year admissions for June this year. The witholding of releases due to the Euro 2000 football tournament and the particular success of films including Notting Hill and The Matrix last year (see Cinema Achieves Best June Admissions In 27 Years) are being blamed. In June 1999, admission… Continue reading Cinema’s Gladiators Can’t Compete With Last Year’s Sci-Fi And Londoners
A new chief executive officer has been appointed at Carlton Communications. Gerry Murphy, the former chief executive of freight distribution group NFC, will take up the position with immediate effect as the TV company prepares for the final round in the bidding war for consolidation within ITV.He will take the place of Steven Cain, who… Continue reading Carlton Appoints New CEO, Looks For Partnership With Granada
IPC Connect’s women’s weeklies have become the first mass-selling UK magazines in the UK to employ the sense of smell in advertisements. Innovative technology allows the readers to apply fragrance to be sampled by rubbing their hand across the advertisement itself.The full-page ad campaign, for Lever Bros new mint flavour Jif Bathroom Mousse is running… Continue reading IPC Adds Fragrance To Ads
More than one in three internet home users in the UK are visiting financial websites, with Egg.com being the most popular. These findings from NetValue show that the UK is ahead of France but behind Germany in the percentage of users going to financial sites and has seen lower growth than either of those countries… Continue reading Figures Show Online Banking Taking Off Across Europe
Digital One has announced the launch of a ninth station on its digital radio platform, the first national digital multiplex in the UK. TalkMoney, a collaboration between Bloomberg and the Wireless Group (see Wireless Group And Bloomberg Unite In Business Radio Station Deal), began transmission on Friday.The station will broadcast business programming 24 hours a… Continue reading TalkMoney Launches On Digital One
IPC Connect’s women’s weeklies have become the first mass-selling UK magazines in the UK to employ the sense of smell in advertisements. Innovative technology allows the readers to apply fragrance to be sampled by rubbing their hand across the advertisement itself.The full-page ad campaign, for Lever Bros new mint flavour Jif Bathroom Mousse is running… Continue reading IPC Adds Fragrance To Ads
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has added its voice to those calling for a single regulatory board for the whole of broadcasting and the internet. As the countdown to the Government’s White Paper on communications reform begins, the commission has published its own submission paper.It supports the creation of a single Office of Communications, dubbed… Continue reading ITC Calls For Single Broadcasting Regulator
Carlton Communications and United News & Media have called off their plans to merge in the wake of the DTI’s decision on their proposals a week ago (see DTI Clears Way For ITV Merger). The merger was given the go-ahead by Stephen Byers, provided United divest of its Meridian licence, a condition which the groups… Continue reading Carlton And United Call Off Merger Plans
The battle for consolidation within the UK television industry reached its final round this morning when Carlton and United abandoned their plans to merge. The stage is now set for Granada Media to step in and create a duopoly within ITV.Stephen Byers’ condition that United sell its Meridian licence, which serves the south and south-east… Continue reading United “In Talks” As Deal Collapses
Telewest Communications has been forced to put its digital plans on hold due to a shortage of set-top boxes. The cable group said that it has stopped actively marketing its digital services until the problem is resolved.The whole of the cable industry is being affected by the shortage, as demand for services increases. There is… Continue reading Telewest Puts Digital Strategy On Hold As Box Shortage Affects Cable Industry
