Digital terrestrial broadcaster ONdigital is to drop the broadcast of two of Carlton’s pay-TV channels, Carlton World and Carlton Kids, to make way for two new Discovery channels.The broadcaster, which is joint owned by Granada and Carlton, has signed a deal with Discovery for carriage of its Discovery Wings and Discovery Kids stations. The deal… Continue reading ONdigital Drops Carlton Channels For Discovery
Further speculation about the proposed merger between United News & Media and Carlton Communications (see Carlton And United News & Media Set For £7.8bn Merger) continued to affect shares. The City is now convinced that the Competition Commission will not allow it to go ahead and believes United will fall prey to Granada instead. United… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) will begin the search for a new chief executive early in the New Year. Peter Rogers, the current CE, has decided to retire from his position a year early to allow his replacement adequate preparation time before new broadcasting laws are due to be introduced.Commenting on his decision Rogers said:… Continue reading ITC Begins Search For New Chief Executive
Carlton Communications is continuing to concentrate on its media businesses by this morning announcing the sale of audio consoles manufacturer, Solid State Logic (SSL). Carlton has sold SSL, which makes professional analogue and digital audio mixing consoles, to venture capital group 3i for £43.5 million.Carlton’s finance director, Bernard Cragg, says: “The sale of SSL represents… Continue reading Carlton Continues Media Focus With SSL Disposal
Proposals from regional publishers Newsquest, Trinity Mirror and Johnston Press to bid for the Newscom newspaper group have all been referred to the Competition Commission. Kim Howells, minister for consumer and corporate affairs at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), has asked the Commission to investigate whether each of the proposed mergers would breach… Continue reading Newscom Bids Referred To Competition Commission
Over a third of the UK population believe that the quality of programming on the BBC has declined but still value its quality. These are the results of a CIA Sensor survey in which adults were asked their opinions on multi-channel and public service broadcasting.The results are timely, coming as they do in the week… Continue reading BBC Programming Has Declined, Says 40% Of The Population
Over 25% of all homes passed and marketed by broadband cable operators take cable television, according to the latest figures released by the Independent Television Commission (ITC). This marks the eighth successive quarter in which the cable penetration rate has risen.A total 12.9% of all TV homes now take cable television, compared to 12.6% in… Continue reading Over One In Four Choose Cable Television
WHSmith has strengthened its plans to become a leading online book seller by today announcing a deal to join Telewest’s interactive cable TV service, Active Digital (see Telewest Builds Interactive Service To Rival Open).Under the agreement, WHSmith will sell books, CDs, videos and stationery through the service’s interactive platform which is due to launch next… Continue reading WHSmith Signs Up To Telewest Digital Service
Cable group Telewest was one of the worst performers on the FTSE 100 yesterday, slipping 17žp to 316žp. Its proposed merger with Flextech (see Telewest/Flextech Merger Plans Revealed) and the consequential dilution of earnings is still causing concern within the market with analysts delaying profitability forecasts until at least 2003.Shares in Reuters leapt yesterday as… Continue reading Sharewatch
Clear Channel International has announced the appointment of Stevie Spring as chief executive of its outdoor advertising arm, More Group UK. She will take up the position in February after leaving her current job as managing director of the Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R advertising agency.Chief executive of CCI, Roger Parry, said: “We are delighted to… Continue reading More Group Appoints New Chief Executive
