ITV’s coverage of the Euro 2000 football competition is to be sponsored by lager brand Carlsberg, the Network has announced. In a deal worth in excess of £5 million, Carlsberg will be the exclusive sponsor of all preview, live and highlights programmes throughout the competition.ITV said that Carlsberg’s football credentials and commercial proposals to exploit… Continue reading ITV Signs £5m Carlsberg Sponsorship For Euro 2000
Shares in Independent News & Media rose as the company, which owns the Independent, announced that Dr Tony O’Reilly is to become full-time executive chairman of the group. Prices rose 41˝p at the news to close at 451˝p. The group also announced plans to float iTouch International, the mobile information service company in which it… Continue reading Sharewatch
Men’s health magazine ZM is to close as a standalone title to become part of the new look Esquire brand. Terry Mansfield, the managing director of National Magazine Company, which owns both titles, described the change as part of a broader company decision to develop the group’s established titles into master brands.Mansfield said: “Having completed… Continue reading ZM Magazine Goes Under Esquire Brand
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to hold a review of BSkyB’s position in the pay-TV market as a broadcaster and channel provider, it announced today. The competition watchdog is to assess whether Sky’s position is too dominant and whether undertakings made by Sky in 1996 to ensure fair competition between the satellite broadcaster… Continue reading OFT To Review BSkyB’s Position In Pay-TV Market
Open, the interactive television service, announced yesterday that it had achieved sales exceeding £1 million per week in the pre-Christmas period. The service, which is co-owned by BSkyB, BT, HSBC and Matsushita, said that at least 8 million visits have been made and over 127,000 orders processed since it was launched on SkyDigital last year… Continue reading Open’s Sales Top £1m A Week
Digital terrestrial broadcaster, ONdigital, has broken the half million mark in its latest subscriber figures released today. The group – 50:50 owned by Granada and Carlton Communications – said that it had signed up 552,000 customers by 31 December 1999.The takeup represents a 34% increase on the September 1999 subscriber base, which stood at 411,000.… Continue reading ONdigital Takes Half A Million Subscribers
Media groups were amongst the highest movers on the FTSE 100 yesterday as news of the world’s biggest corporate deal, between America Online and Time Warner, affected shares in the sector (see AOL And Time Warner Confirm Mega-Merger). Pearson, once rumoured to be interested in a deal with AOL (see Sharewatch), was the highest climber… Continue reading Sharewatch
A recently-launched online advertising rates and data service called Media Online has been forced to withdraw its product from the market after claims of copyright breach.EMAP Business Publications claimed that some of the data held in the Media Online system, which is produced by Media Online Rates and Data Limited, had been taken from its… Continue reading Media Online Withdraws Product Following EMAP Copyright Claim
Channel 5 has agreed to take stakes in internet companies in return for allowing them airtime to advertise their businesses. The deal, which has been expected for some time (see Channel 5 May Swap Airtime For New Media Equity), will allow C5 to give exposure to the growing number of dot.com advertisers while allowing them… Continue reading Channel 5 Exchanges Airtime For Internet Stakes
Magazine and internet publishing group Future Network has acquired four magazines and three websites from Dennis Publishing. The music and technology titles complement Future’s portfolio, which specialises in computing, music and other specialist titles.The magazine titles acquired are: Hi Fi Choice, Home Entertainment, Metal Hammer, and Classic Rock. The three former titles are well-established consumer… Continue reading Future Acquires Four New Titles From Dennis
