ONdigital is considering making a bid for the Premiership football rights, the terrestrial broadcaster confirmed today. The group, which is joint-owned by Carlton Communications and Granada, confirmed that it had held meetings with the Premier League board to discuss a planned bid.Rights to the games become available at the end of the 2000/01 season and… Continue reading ONdigital Considering Bid For Premiership Rights
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
Shares in WPP suffered their biggest decline yesterday, falling 105p to £10.29, despite the company reporting rising profits in its annual results (see Network Inflation Drives Advertisers Away From TV, Says WPP). Commerzbank downgraded the advertising group on the basis that its share price was not matched by its growth prospects.Radio group GWR was one… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) body has this morning announced the appointment of Jane O’Hara as its new managing director. She replaces current executive director, Peter Jenkins, who is planning to leave the group at the end of May 2000 (see RAJAR Director To Leave In Spring 2000). O’Hara currently works as a consultant… Continue reading RAJAR Appoints New Managing Director
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
