Toyota will sponsor the last ITV commercial message of the millennium and the first of the next as the exclusive sponsor of all available programming on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.This is the third year that Toyota has been official sponsor of the New Year celebrations as part of a five year… Continue reading Toyota To Sponsor Last ITV Commercial Of The Millennium
Month On MonthThe latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) today, show an overall month on month decline in sales of 1.4% for November 1999. The only newspapers to increase their sales over the monthly period were the Sunday Business, which saw its monthly sales increase by just over… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – November 1999
The latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) today, show an overall month on month decline in sales of 1.4% for November 1999. The only newspapers to increase their sales over the monthly period were the Sunday Business, which saw its monthly sales increase by just over 2,000 copies… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – November 1999
Pearson saw its stocks soar yesterday as the media group prepared for today’s trading statement in which the launch of a new UK personal finance website, FTYourMoney.com, was announced. Share prices climbed 57p to £18.48p.Shares in both Telewest and Flextech took a tumble as merger rumours heightened (see Telewest And Flextech Close To Merger). Flextech… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday A national newspaper ABC Round-Up for November 1999 will be available on Newsline and in the Press features list later today.MediaTel’s weekly industry focus, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Tuesday The Retail Prices Index for November 1999 is released by the Office of National Statistics.Thursday The Daily Mail & General Trust group… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Cable company Telewest Communications and pay-TV channel provider Flextech are reported to be close to completing a merger only days after the companies said that talks were “at a very early stage”. Last week the two groups were forced to announce that merger discussions were underway after their share prices began to rise (see Telewest… Continue reading Telewest And Flextech Close To Merger
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has upheld complaints about an episode of Jerry Springer UK. The 53 complainants were offended by the episode, entitled “Sexy Secrets”, which was broadcast at 8pm when large numbers of children were expected to be watching.Anglia, which broadcast the show, claimed that the subject matter was well within children’s terms… Continue reading ITC Upholds Complaints About Jerry Springer
ONdigital has won the contract to provide 65,000 Glasgow City Council homes with digital television. The digital terrestrial group, jointly owned by Granada and Carlton, won the contract against strong competition from Sky, NTL and Blick.Hugh McDonald, Glasgow’s assistant chief housing officer said: “Like all councils we need to be digital-ready. We carried out the… Continue reading ONdigital Wins Glasgow City Council Contract
Online advertising company Real Media has appointed a new president and chief executive officer. Christopher D. Neimeth will replace Dave Morgan who will become chairman.Mr Morgan spoke of the new appointment: “Chris Neimeth is practically a brand unto himself in the new media industry. He is an entrepreneurial professional with international experience and exceptional abilities… Continue reading Real Media Appoints New President
iMediapoint.com, an online media trading service unveiled in September (see Internet Media Trading System Developed By iMediaPoint.com), has secured deals with a number of key media groups to sell airtime, sponsorship and advertising packages via the internet. For iMediapoint’s launch, the company has on board Flextech, Granada and TSMS, each offering selected media inventory to… Continue reading iMediapoint Launches With Flextech, Granada And TSMS Inventory
