Digital channel ITV2 will be available on the Telewest cable network from today. The channel, which launched last December (see ITV2 – Not Entirely A Different View) will be accessible to 850,000 more homes throughout England as a result.From 6pm each day the service will be available in all Telewest homes, the latest figures for… Continue reading ITV2 Gets Carriage Deal With Telewest
A new web-based media trading system that will allow media buyers and sellers to trade inventory online is currently being developed by a company called iMediaPoint.com. The system, which is due for launch in the fourth quarter of this year, will offer a broad range of media space including radio, internet and television.Heading up the… Continue reading Internet Media Trading System Developed By iMediaPoint.com
Information group Reuters continues to sustain losses after a negative meeting with analysts last week caused stock to plummet (see Sharewatch). Shares were down a further 27˝p to 682˝p; in total they have dropped 25%.Shares in Ulster Television rose by over 5% yesterday to 196p. A new managing director, John McCann, who takes over the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for August 1999 (including GMTV) stood at £188.4 million, according to agency estimates. Of this ITV took £131.0 million, a year on year rise of 10.7%; Channel 4 took £39.8 million, up 13.6% year on year and Channel 5’s revenue came in at £13.1 million, up 42.7%.GMTV’s revenue made a… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 1999
Carlton Communications had a good day yesterday with share prices rising 25žp to 436žp. Talk of a possible deal between the broadcasting group and its French rival Canal Plus boosted the stock.Shares in Carlton’s ONdigital partner, Granada, also rose. An analysts’ meeting planned for today is expected to give the group a positive forecast. Prices… Continue reading Sharewatch
Record-breaking cinema admissions have been recorded for the second successive month. The latest figures from the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) show that films like Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Notting Hill pushed admissions during July to a massive 14.6 million, the highest recorded since July 1971.Average weekly admissions were 3.3 million, an increase of… Continue reading Cinema Admission Figures Continue To Break Records
Take-up of cable television continued to rise in the second quarter of this year. The latest figures from the Independent Television Commission (ITC) show that 12.6% of all homes in the UK now watch television over broadband cable. This compares to 12.4% in the last report (see Cable TV Take-Up Rises).Of the 12.1 million households… Continue reading Cable Television Growth Continues
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for August 1999 (including GMTV) stood at £188.4 million, according to agency estimates. Of this ITV saw a year on year rise of 10.7%; Channel 4 was up 13.6% year on year and Channel 5’s rose by 42.7%. GMTV’s revenue made a 1.3% jump total ad revenue for satellite television… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 1999
Freeserve, the UK’s largest internet service provider (ISP), has announced a strong increase in subscriber numbers, alongside deepening losses over the last quarter. In the 16 weeks to 21 August the free ISP saw subscribers increase by 19% quarter on quarter to 1.4 million.The rate of growth in Freeserve’s subscribers increased by 19% over the… Continue reading Subscribers And Losses Rise At Freeserve
Monday MediaTel’s weekly industry focus, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Ulster Television releases its interim financial results.Tuesday A TV Market Round-Up for July 1999 will be available on Newsline and, for subscribers, in the Television features list.Thursday Outdoor company, Maiden Group, releases its interim financial results.Friday MediaTel’s weekly media industry focus and analysis,… Continue reading The Week Ahead
