Atlantic 252 has appointed John O’Hara as its new managing director after the station’s founding director Travis Baxter quit in July. The long-wave station has been fighting a declining share of listening despite repositioning itself to attract a younger audience (see Atlantic 252 To Pull A More Trendy Audience). IPC Southbank has teamed up with… Continue reading Newsline Brief
BSkyB has signed a five year carriage agreement with cable and satellite youth channel, Rapture Television. Rapture joins the Sky Digital line-up tomorrow, with broadcasts initially only at weekends, but increasing to seven days a week from February next year.The agreement increases Rapture’s reach by 1.8 million homes; the channel now reaches six million homes… Continue reading Sky Digital Secures New Channel Carriage Deals
Channel 5 and Bass have struck a deal to fund, produce and screen a series of 20 short films. Using the Bass’ Hooch brand the mini-movies are to be screened from this Sunday until millennium eve.Called “Sharp Shots” each film focuses on a strong role model who is passionate about their life and job and… Continue reading Channel 5 and Hooch Launch Millennium Movies
The Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) has this morning made a £121.5 million takeover bid for regional newspaper publisher Bristol United Press (BUP). The offer values BUP at 742˝p per share and has pushed the group’s shares up by an enormous 202˝p (39%) to 722˝p at 1:00pm today. BUP stock closed yesterday at just… Continue reading Daily Mail Makes £122m Agreed Offer For Bristol United Press
Planet on Sunday will relaunch this week, three years after it closed down within a week of publication. Published by New Millennium Newspapers, the national paper with a strong bias towards environmental issues will go on sale this Sunday under the slogan: A New Paper for a New Millennium.The original Planet on Sunday launched in… Continue reading Planet On Sunday Set To Relaunch
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for October 1999 (including GMTV) came in at £307.6 million, according to agency estimates. The ITV Network took £216.3 million of this, a year on year increase of 12.2%; Channel 4 took £64.1 million, up 8.4% and Channel 5’s ad revenue was up 12.5% at £18.8 million.Revenue for GMTV dropped… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 1999
Shares in Granada dropped yesterday as the posting of good year-end financial results by the group (see ITV Ad Revenue Helps Granada Profits) was marred by bid talk (see Granada Would Not Buy Scottish Media/Ginger Company, Says Chairman). Prices closed down 18p to 542˝p.The strong growth in TV advertising revenue announced by Granada, however, boosted… Continue reading Sharewatch
BSkyB has acquired a 5% stake in internet toy retailer, www.toyzone.co.uk, representing the satellite broadcaster’s first equity holding in an ecommerce company.The deal is the first of a number of further new media acquisitions planned by BSkyB. The company is understood to have built up capital to fund the acquisition of other new media and… Continue reading BSkyB Takes Stake In Toyzone And Eyes More New Media Equity
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for October 1999 (including GMTV) came in at £307.6 million, according to agency estimates. The ITV Network saw a year on year increase of 12.2%; Channel 4’s revenue was up 8.4% and Channel 5’s grew by 12.5%. Revenue for GMTV dropped back year on year this month, by 2.7%. Total… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 1999
The Telegraph Group has established a separate company to house its new media division. Hollinger Telegraph New Media will develop the group’s online activities and expand its e-commerce opportunities.The new company, which has been in the pipeline for months (see Newsline Brief) will be headed by Hugo Drayton, currently marketing director and director of new… Continue reading Telegraph Forms New Media Group
