In the second quarter of this year customer take-up of cable television services hit its lowest ever quarter on quarter growth rate of just 1.9%. Between April and July, only 55,157 new homes subscribed to cable TV, according to the latest figures from the Independent Television Commission. At the same time investment in the construction… Continue reading Cable Television Take-Up Hits All-Time Low
GWR Group has signed a 15 month advertising with Coldseal Windows, believed to be the biggest in radio history. The £6 million deal will see Coldseal ads aired from September 1999 to 31 December 2000 across GWR’s local stations. Coldseal has boosted its coverage with this latest deal, by including four new GWR stations in… Continue reading GWR And Coldseal Sign Largest Ever Radio Advertising Deal
Shares in Carlton Communications fell 8˝p to 433źp after Charterhouse Securities cut its numbers for this year and next by 5% and 6% respectively. Carlton’s digital partner Granada also took a tumble, falling 19p to close at 532˝p. Their joint venture ONdigital announces its subscriber figures today.Shares in publisher Emap continued to fall. The Stock… Continue reading Sharewatch
Reuters fell by 16p yesterday to close at 697˝p as the information group launched its first real-time internet services, aimed at global agricultural markets and the North American power industry.Shares in Granada leapt 12˝p to 551˝p amid rumours of interest in the stock from a notable investor.Shares in Dialog fell back again a jump earlier… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Premier League has confirmed that negotiations for its next television rights deal could begin in the next few months. Talks will be led by Peter Scudamore as his first task as new chief executive when he takes up his post next month.The present four-year deal comes to an end after the 2000-01 season. It… Continue reading Negotiations Over Premier League TV Rights Imminent
ITV has secured the television broadcasting rights for Formula One motor racing for the seasons 2002 to 2005 inclusive. The deal with the Formula One Administration (FOA) gives ITV live coverage of each race on Sundays, as well as live broadcasts of the Saturday qualifying sessions. Highlights of the races will continue to be shown… Continue reading ITV Secures Formula One Rights Until 2006
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) and the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) have held a Citizen’s Forum to discover the views of the public on the regulation of the internet. The research was carried out in Birmingham in order to help inform their own policies in relation to online broadcasting.From 1-2 October Birmingham residents of all… Continue reading Citizens’ Forum On Internet Regulation
As a result of yesterday’s £33.8 billion ($56 billion) US merger between Clear Channel Communications and AMFM, the UK radio sales subsidiaries, Clear Channel Radio Sales (CCRS) and Katz Radio Sales, are likely to merge their operations creating the UK’s only independent radio sales house.Clear Channel Communications operates over 700 radio stations around the world,… Continue reading Clear Channel And Katz Radio Sales Houses Set To Merge Following US Deal
News International’s free internet service provider (ISP), CurrantBun.com, is to be relaunched on Monday 11 October, less than seven months after its launch (see The Sun Serves Up CurrantBun). The Sun-branded service is to be expanded to include content from the Times and the Sunday Times with the aim of attracting a broader, more mainstream… Continue reading CurrantBun.com Set To Relaunch
Brands with established jingles are more likely to be recalled than those without an easily recognisable logo. This is the result of new research carried out by Capital Advertising into sonic logo recall.Some 500 representative adults in areas covered by the Capital service were played a number of clips of sonic logos, including those for… Continue reading Established Brands Score Best In Sonic Logo Research
