Interactive television services platform, Open, has signed a deal with the Asda supermarket chain to sell the store’s goods from this summer. Asda joins a number of other retailers on the service, which launched last October (see Interactive TV Launches In The UK), including Woolworth’s, WHSmith, Domino’s Pizza, Carphone Warehouse, Dixons and Manchester United.Initially Asda… Continue reading Open Signs Asda To Interactive Service
Shares in global advertising group WPP surged yesterday after the company announced investments in three new media ventures. Stock closed up 61p at an all-time high of 1,129p.Pay-TV group Flextech has performed very strongly in the last few days. Flextech is a shareholder in Scottish Media Group (up 31˝p at 1,130p) which is itself completing… Continue reading Sharewatch
Chief executive of Katz, Simon Lynds, is to leave the company ahead of the group’s planned merger with Clear Channel (see Clear Channel And Katz Radio Sales Houses Set To Merge Following US Deal). Jay Conroy has been appointed managing director of Clear Channel Radio Sales from February when Katz’s staff are relocated to CCRS’… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Capital Radio has poached MediaVest’s commercial director, Linda Smith, to become the new managing director of the group’s sales division, Capital Radio Advertising. Smith fills the role left by Fru Hazlitt who was lured away from the radio group by internet portal company Yahoo Europe at the end of last year (see Yahoo Swipes Capital… Continue reading MediaVest Commercial Director To Head Capital Advertising
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is inviting public comment on the proposed merger between media companies Carlton Communications and United News & Media (UNM) (see Media Merger May Hit Regulatory Obstacles). Specifically, the Commission is seeking to find out whether the single ownership of the two groups’ businesses might operate against the public interest.Carlton owns… Continue reading ITC Seeks Views On Carlton/UNM Merger
United Advertising Publications (UAP) has added 31 free, pick-up magazines to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) Bulk Distribution survey, vastly increasing the number of titles audited under this category. Twenty-two of the titles are being transferred from Verified Free Distribution (VFD) and the remaining nine are new to the ABC.“The launch of ABC Bulk… Continue reading UAP Adds Bulk Distribution Titles To ABC Survey
Month On MonthAccording to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), released today, all but four of the national newspapers showed falling circulations in the last two months of 1999, with the overall sector dropping just under 890,000 copy sales (3.2%) between November and December.Only the Financial Times, Sunday Business, Sunday Express… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – December 1999
Greg Dyke, the incoming director general of the BBC, is facing pressure to sell his shares in media and hospitality group Granada, following criticisms that the holding represents a conflict of interest.According to press reports today, Dyke has been given until April to relinquish the stake in Granada, which is expected to fetch around £6… Continue reading Dyke’s Granada Holdings May Cause Conflict Of Interest
Month On MonthAccording to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), released today, all but four of the national newspapers showed falling circulations in the last two months of 1999, with the overall sector dropping just under 890,000 copy sales (3.2%) between November and December.Only the Financial Times, Sunday Business, Sunday Express… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – December 1999
Shares in satellite broadcaster BSkyB surged on Friday to close up 145p (12.9%) at 1,266p. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is currently investigating the company’s position as a broadcaster and channel provider in the pay-TV market (see OFT To Review BSkyB’s Position In Pay-TV Market). Sky is hoping that the OFT’s review will lead… Continue reading Sharewatch
