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Cable group Telewest and pay-TV company Flextech, which are in the midst of a £2.3 billion merger, both reported poor year-end financial results today. The merger, which will create a vertically integrated company worth more than £12 billion, was cleared by the Department of Trade & Industry earlier this month. Telewest saw a rise in… Continue reading Telewest And Flextech Report Losses Ahead Of Merger

Mars-owned brand Tunes has signed a £1 million sponsorship deal with the EMAP Performance radio network. Targeting the youth market, the brand will use the strapline “Go Menthol in Ibiza” on dance music station Kiss 100 FM.A new Saturday night dance show has been created to promote the brand, to broadcast weekly across the network… Continue reading Tunes Signs Sponsorship Deal With Kiss 100

Total terrestrial revenue for February 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £221 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, revenue for the ITV Network rose 7.7% compared to February 1999; Channel 4’s revenue increased by 7.5%, and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue grow annually 16%. GMTV saw a 7.2% increase in its revenue. Total… Continue reading TV Revenue Round-Up – February 2000

Canadian publishing company, Thomson Corporation, has today been confirmed as the buyer of Dialog’s Information Services Division (ISD), as had been expected earlier in the week (see Dialog To Sell Core Services To Ease Debt Burden). Dialog is selling ISD, by far the bulk of its business, for $275 million (£173.5 million) and is to… Continue reading Thomson Confirmed As Dialog Buyer

Cable group Telewest and pay-TV company Flextech, which are in the midst of a £2.3 billion merger, both reported poor year-end financial results today. The merger, which will create a vertically integrated company worth more than £12 billion, was cleared by the Department of Trade & Industry earlier this month (see Telewest And Flextech Merger… Continue reading Telewest And Flextech Report Losses Ahead Of Merger

The £8.2 billion cable merger between NTL and Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has been approved by the secretary of state following recommendations passed from the Competition Commission at the end of last month (see Competition Commission Reports On NTL/CWC Merger). Despite concerns from trade and industry secretary, Stephen Byers, that the merger might be… Continue reading Government Clears NTL/CWC Merger

Stock in BSkyB continued to rise (up 50p) despite the clearance by the Government of the merger of cable companies NTL and CWC (see Government Clears NTL/CWC Merger). BSkyB had opposed the deal under the current cable regulations, claiming that a merged company would be as dominant as Sky and should therefore operate on an… Continue reading Sharewatch

BSkyB is to launch a customer loyalty scheme to expand its subscriber base. SkyDigital customers will be offered tickets to entertainment and sporting events as well as discounts on magazines, books and hotel accommodation. The group’s listings mag, Sky, is to be relaunched as a customer loyalty title. Carlton Interactive, the internet arm of Carlton,… Continue reading Newsline Brief

Programmes The BBC would call it brand extension, others would say it’s scraping the barrel for all it’s worth. Whatever you want to call it When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force certainly proved popular with the viewing public, with an audience of 10.56 million tuning in to the one-off programme.The fifteenth anniversary celebrations of Eastenders,… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – February 2000

It is understood that Peter Littlewood, a senior marketer for confectionary giant Mars, is currently the most likely candidate to take over as chief executive of the ITV Network. According to a report in this week’s Marketing, Littlewood last week came over to the UK from his current post in the States to meet with… Continue reading Mars Marketer Tipped For ITV Top Role