In response to the announcements made this week by AltaVista and NTL, BT has this morning unveiled a new pricing structure for its customers to access the internet.BT has developed a new package called SurfTime which offers users unlimited evening and weekend Net access for a subscription fee of £5.99 per month, on top of… Continue reading BT Responds To Internet Pricing War
Positive results from Pearson earlier in the week and the announcement of its planned agreement with AOL (see Pearson Reports Strong Revenues At FT) continued to push stock, which rose 52p to £25.53.The news affected other media stock, particularly those with strong Net products. Carlton Communications was one of the best performers, with shares climbing… Continue reading Sharewatch
Shopping via interactive television is growing much more quickly than similar transactional services offered by the internet, according to a new survey from research company BMRB International.The Digital Viewer Survey found that in just two months since the launch of Open’s interactive services on Sky Digital (see Open’s Sales Top £1m A Week), 7% of… Continue reading TV Shopping Is Proving More Popular Than Online, Says BMRB
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has banned the latest Tango ads in which actors shout at each other through megaphones. Sixty-seven people complained about the ads, which they believed would lead to copycat bullying.Complaints were also upheld about advertisements for National Lottery wallets. The promotion “guaranteed a prize in a winning wallet” which included “holiday… Continue reading ITC Bans Tango Ad
Cable company NTL has this morning joined the fast-developing battle to provide UK internet users with cheaper access. Following the announcement by Net search engine company AltaVista yesterday that it is to offer UK customers unmetered access for a one-off fee and small annual subscription (see AltaVista To Offer Unmetered Net Access), NTL this morning… Continue reading NTL Returns Fire As Internet Access War Heats Up
BARB, the industry body in charge of television audience research, has this morning announced that it is to increase the size of its sample panel when the new research contract begins in January 2002. The current panel size is 4,500 homes; this will be increased by 13% to 5,100 under the new contract.There is also… Continue reading BARB Increases Panel For New TV Audience Research Contract
Richard Eyre, chief executive of Pearson Television and former chief executive of ITV, has warned the media industry that the increasing fragmentation of audiences could become a problem for advertisers.Speaking at MediaTel’s Media Question Time last week, Eyre said that the advent of digital multi-channel television and the convergence of TV and the internet are… Continue reading Media Fragmentation Could Become A Pain For Advertisers, Says Eyre
Following the announcement of a strong set of financial results yesterday, stock in Pearson surged by 198p (8.6%) to close at 2,501p. Pearson also unveiled an alliance with internet service provider and portal, AOL, to develop an online educational network (see Pearson Reports Strong Revenues At FT).The enthusiasm for Pearson’s results boosted other media stocks.… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has decided not to refer to the Competition Commission the £2.3 billion merger between cable company Telewest Communications and pay-TV channel producer Flextech (see Telewest And Flextech Agree Terms Of £2.26bn Merger).The deal will create a combined media group valued at more than £12 billion. The companies describe… Continue reading Telewest And Flextech Merger Cleared By DTI
US-based internet search engine company, AltaVista (www.altavista.co.uk), has this morning unveiled a new internet access package which could profoundly shake up the existing tariff-based systems. Launching within the next three months, the new AltaVista deal will give UK customers unlimited access to the internet via unmetered telephone calls for just one registration fee and an… Continue reading AltaVista To Offer Unmetered Net Access
