BSkyB has announced today the appointment of John Swingewood as director of new media content and technologies. The former director of internet and multimedia services at BT, who quit his position last week, will head the new division from November 1. Capital Radio has appointed a new marketing executive for Capital Gold. James Fairclough, who… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Launched last week, handbag.com is the first in a recent wave of internet portals targetting women (see Telegraph And Boots Target Women With New Internet Service). A joint venture between Hollinger Telegraph New Media and Boots, its aim is to provide the modern woman with everything she needs, from relationship advice to gardening tips.A marketing… Continue reading Web Review: handbag.com
Reuters has signed a deal to supply news bulletins to ft.com. From today the information group will provide 26 news services to the Financial Times web site which will be a mixture of online business, technology and sports reports and specialist reports from individual financial markets.Pearson recently announced a revamp of its ft.com web site… Continue reading Reuters To Supply News To ft.com
Hull-based telecoms operator Kingston Communications is set to launch Europe’s first interactive television service to run over normal telephone lines.Kingston Interactive Television will use ADSL (asymmetrical digital subscriber line) technology to transform ordinary phone lines into high-speed digital lines and the service will include up to 55 digital channels, video-on-demand, internet access and email through… Continue reading Kingston Communications To Launch Interactive Television Service
Shares in digital partners Granada and Carlton Communications dropped yesterday despite reporting a 66% rise in subscription figures for their ONdigital service yesterday (see ONdigital Sales Up By 66%). Carlton fell by 7źp to 426p; Granada was down 6˝p to close at 526p.Shares in Reuters rose 3˝p after the Lehman Brothers set its December 2000… Continue reading Sharewatch
Potential bidders for the Financial Times Newsletters division have begun to emerge. The most likely suitors expected to make a bid for the group next Tuesday are Informa and Euromoney with Emap, Metal Bulletin and Wilmington Press also rumoured to be interested.Euromoney Publications, part of the Daily Mail & General Trust group, has plenty of… Continue reading Bidders For FT Newsletters Emerge
Carlton Communications is understood to be planning to close three of its pay-TV channels – Carlton Select, Carlton World and Carlton Kids – as part of a broader restructure of the group’s pay-TV and digital operations.According to trade press magazine, Broadcast, Carlton’s managing director of programmes, Lord Waheed Alli, has been considering axing the stations… Continue reading Carlton Expected To Axe Pay-TV Channels
EMAP has promoted Tom Moloney to chief executive of the media group’s US magazine publishing division, EMAP Petersen. Moloney, previously chief operating officer, takes charge of the company after a period of poorer than expected ad revenues which have caused EMAP’s stock price to drop dramatically in recent weeks (see Sharewatch).Despite this EMAP describes Moloney’s… Continue reading Management Changes At EMAP Petersen
The Independent Television Commission has embarked on a review of the digital points system, the results of which will be announced on October 11. It is believed the system, which was designed to prevent one broadcaster dominating the platforms, will be overhauled and the Sky Sports 2 problem (see Digital TV Wrangles Continue Over Sky… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Digital One, the only commercial digital radio multiplex to operate on a national basis, has joined forces with BBC Digital Radio to push the introduction of digital provision. In the deal, struck yesterday, the two rival groups will collaborate on a range of marketing and research initiatives.The main aim of this long-term partnership is to… Continue reading Digital One And The BBC Unite In Digital Push
