ITN and NTL have announced they are to launch a joint venture news channel. The ITN-branded channel will roll out across the NTL network later this year.ITN chief executive Stewart Purvis said: “IN NTL we have found a prefect partner to exploit the opportunities offered by new technology and digital broadcasting, including interactivity and enhanced… Continue reading ITN And NTL To Launch News Channel
Carlton Communications saw one of the greatest falls on the FTSE on Friday, dropping 68p to 728p. In the midst of a planned merger with United News & Media prices have been volatile but the group intends to boost stock with an outline of its internet strategy this week.Jazz FM jumped 20% after a bulk… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly industry focus, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Tuesday Culture secretary Chris Smith is due to announce the Government’s decision on the proposed digital television licence fee. It is expected that the fee will be raised slightly across the board, for both analogue and digital viewers, in order to provide the… Continue reading The Week Ahead
It is understood that the bidding for Trinity Mirror’s Belfast Telegraph newspaper has been reduced to just three suitors – Guardian Media Group, US group Gannett and Independent News & Media. According to a report in this morning’s Times, other possible bids by Regional Independent Media and a management team appear to be out of… Continue reading Final Three Suitors Line Up For Belfast Telegraph
The Guardian Media Group has announced plans to launch the first 24-hour “internet-only” radio station in the UK. The group’s Variety brand will broadcast on the web ahead of its formal applications for the West Midlands and Yorkshire analogue licences.The group began trials of its Variety FM brand in the Selby area this month (see… Continue reading Guardian Group To Launch Radio Brand On The Web
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has warned Living to take more stringent checks regarding references to commerical products, after it found the pay-TV channel to be in breach of the Programme Code on a number of occasions. During three editions of Fashion Emergency, promotional references to products and magazines were broadcast.Living explained that the programme… Continue reading ITC Warns Living Channel About Promotional References
UK cinema admissions rose by 21.2% year on year for December 1999 according to the latest figures released by Carlton Screen Advertising. Total admissions across the month came to 10.7 million, mainly from two films which topped the charts the previous month as well – The World Is Not Enough and The Sixth Sense.Average weekly… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Up 21% In December
A new magazine for the radio industry has been launched. Airplay will be the sister publication to Broadcaster’s Bulletin and will cover all aspects of radio broadcasting.Establishing itself as a quality magazine for the developing radio market, it will contain features and industry news. It will be distributed to station managers, managing directors and other… Continue reading Radio Market Gets New Magazine
BSkyB this morning denied that it has made a preemptive bid for the new Premier League contract, following the second report claiming such a move in four months. In October last year, a Financial Times article reported that Sky had held informal negotiations with a number of key clubs in the League with a view… Continue reading Sky Denies Premier League Bid For A Second Time
The UK’s largest regional newspaper sales house, Amra, is restructuring its operations following the integration of the Mirror Regional Sales business. Amra, which is owned by Trinity, took on Mirror Regional Sales when Mirror Group and Trinity formed to create the UK’s largest regional newspaper group, Trinity Mirror (see Trinity Mirror Consolidates Regional Sales Into… Continue reading Amra Restructures Sales Teams
