The BBC has this morning denied reports that it is hatching plans to sell off its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide. Rupert Gavin, chairman of Worldwide, is quoted on the BBC’s own news website as saying that “there is no question of selling off any of BBC Worldwide.”The statement follows an article in yesterday’s edition of… Continue reading BBC Denies Plans For Worldwide Sell Off
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is to allow business magazines to include demographic data when they report their circulation figures in order to increase the usefulness of the certificates to advertisers and agencies. The enhancement to the audit will allow publishers to include an extra four tables of demographic data so that they can… Continue reading ABC Allows Business Mags To Report Demographic Data
MediaTel will this evening host the second Media Question Time at the BBC Radio Theatre in London, following the successful launch of the event in May last year (see Newsline). In association with The Economist and Carlton Television, Media Question Time follows the format of the BBC television series, allowing an audience drawn from the… Continue reading MediaTel To Host Second Media Question Time Event
Programmes Who says there isn’t decent light entertainment on television anymore? BBC1’s coverage of Man United hilarious participation in FIFA World Club Championships certainly seemed to disprove that. United’s drawn first match was watched by an audience of 10.17 million, while their 3-1 defeat two days later attracted 9.2 million people.Channel 4’s decision to give… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – January 2000
Reed International, the UK division of Anglo-Dutch group Reed Elsevier, continued to tumble; stock shed over 8%, closing down 45źp to 503p. Its parent group announced poor financial results last week (see Jobs To Go At Reed Elsevier As Part Of Cost Cutting).The news that Granada has been referred to the Competition Commission in regard… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly industry focus, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.MediaTel’s Media Question Time takes place at the BBC Radio Theatre. More details to appear on Newsline shortly.Tuesday National newspaper readership figures for January 2000 are released by the National Readership Survey (NRS). A Round-Up will be available on Newsline shortly afterwards.Thursday Audio… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Government has decided to refer Granada’s proposed bid for either Carlton Communications or United News & Media to the Competition Commission. The media group joined the bidding war for ITV franchises after Carlton and United announced merger plans last November (see Granada Poised To Bid For Rivals).As the ITV network moves nearer to consolidation… Continue reading Granada Referred To The Competition Commission
The Competition Commission will later today hand its report on the proposed £8.2 billion merger between Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) and NTL to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The trade and industry secretary, Stephen Byers, will then decide whether to follow the Commission’s recommendations on whether the deal should be allowed to… Continue reading Competition Commission Reports On NTL/CWC Merger
Shares in Reed International, the UK parent of Reed Elsevier, fell 57p to 548źp yesterday after the combined publishing group announced poor final results (see Jobs To Go At Reed Elsevier As Part Of Cost Cutting). The city was not placated by the group’s planned internet investment, having expected a more dramatic announcement from chief… Continue reading Sharewatch
BBC Radio has announced a series of changes to its London based station, GLR. From 27 March, the 24-hour station will be rebranded as London Live 94.9 with a new breakfast team and line-up of presenters and a promise to make better journalism a “major plank” of the station. London Live will be the first… Continue reading BBC Radio Announces Rebranding Of Its GLR Service
