England’s defeat at the hands of Romania was watched by a peak audience of 19.3m when the BBC broadcast it on Tuesday night. Unofficial overnight figures put the average total of individuals watching at 17.5m. Of these 8.7m were adult men and 6.7m adult women.Despite Tuesday’s being the match that decided whether England would make… Continue reading UK TV Audiences Top 17m During England Defeat
A year on from its stock market flotation, Future Network was in positive mood for its AGM yesterday, celebrating growth and unveiling coming launches (see Future Looks Bright A Year On From Float). The market seemed less convinced, however, and share prices fell 17½p to £7.85.The deadline for ITV to submit its proposals to the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Saatchi & Saatchi did not reach its 500p merger price yesterday (see Publicis Buys Saatchi & Saatchi For £1.24bn), because a fall in the value of Publicis shares reduced the value of the offer, which was all-stock. Shares in Saatchi & Saatchi ended down 1½p at £4.19½.Daily Mail group, which recently offloaded its DMG radio… Continue reading Sharewatch
Future Network today announced strong growth in its net-based activities and unveiled a series of launches for the coming year. At its inaugural Annual General Meeting, chief executive Greg Ingham said the group, which floated on the London Stock Exchange a year ago today (see Price Set For Stake In Future), was on track to… Continue reading Future Looks Bright A Year On From Float
Adfast, the new net-based artwork delivery system funded by the regional press, will be demonstrated to industry figures at an exhibition this week. Over 7,000 delegates at the Total Publishing exhibition will be able to view the system, which currently holds more than 1,000 registered regional newspapers.The system was developed by the Newspaper Society to… Continue reading Adfast Rolls Out Across The UK
One of the world’s largest media-buying operations looks set to be created following yesterday’s deal between Publicis and Saatchi & Saatchi (see Publicis Buys Saatchi & Saatchi For £1.24bn). Publicis-owned Optimedia and Zenith, which is 50%-owned by Saatchi, are expected to begin merger talks on the possibility of combining their operations on completion of the… Continue reading Zenith And Optimedia Look Set To Merge On Completion Of Saatchi Deal
ITV has until tomorrow to give the Independent Television Commission (ITC) its final proposal for tackling the decline in audience figures its news output has suffered (see ITV Must Address News Audience Decline, Says ITC). It is thought that the broadcaster is hoping to appease the regulator by promising to pour more money into news… Continue reading Time Is Almost Up For ITV News Proposal
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation today unveiled a new company to house its satellite television assets, which include BSkyB. Sky Global Networks will consolidate the group’s satellite TV interests in preparation for a float on the New York stock exchange.An initial public offering for the combined group is expected to be completed by the end of… Continue reading News Corp To Float Satellite TV Assets
Sky Homes has announced a further two agreements to provide council-owned flats with its digital satellite services. The arrangements with Manchester and Aberdeen local authorities come in addition to seven similar deals with other local authorities and 66 pilot scheme partnerships with housing associations and local authorities. These could give BSkyB the competitive edge in… Continue reading Sky Homes Announces Further Local Authority Deals
The BBC has been criticised by its Board of Governors for not producing a consistent level of quality of programming on its flagship channel, BBC One. The governors voiced their opinion in the corporation’s annual report, released today.While the board said that BBC One had “scaled new heights” with programmes such as Walking with Dinosaurs… Continue reading BBC Criticised By Governors In Annual Report
