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
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 news that Carlton and United News & Media (UNM) were to call off their merger plans (see United “In Talks” As Deal Collapses) had a major effect on share prices for the companies involved in the ITV merger situation. The city seems to be behind UNM as the most likely candidate for take over… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.A TV Market round-up for June will appear on Newsline.Wednesday Satellite broadcaster BSkyB announces its annual results.RTL, the television company formed out of the merger between Pearson TV, CLT-Ufa and Audiofina lists on the London stock exchange (see Pan-European Broadcaster Announces… Continue reading The Week Ahead
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
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
