British Sky Broadcasting yesterday announced the appointment of its new general manager. Richard Freudenstein, who will join the company next month, will have particular responsibility for the further development of its digital services.Freudenstein is currently employed as director of operations and business development at Fox-Tel, the Australian pay-TV group. Speaking about his appointment Tony Ball,… Continue reading Sky Gets New General Manager
Regional newspaper group Trinity was issued with a deadline for the required disposal of its Northern Ireland titles on Friday, making its £2 billion deal with the Mirror Group wholly unconditional from today. The Department of Trade and Industry has allowed the regional newspaper group 12 months to sell the titles, which include the Belfast… Continue reading Trinity-Mirror Deal Gets ‘Unconditional’ Go-Ahead
Chrysalis Radio has confirmed it is still in the running for a digital multiplex licence for London after the Radio Authority announced last week that due to demand two more licences for the capital would be made available (see Capital And EMAP Win First London Digital Licence).Phil Riley, chief executive of Chrysalis Radio, was positive… Continue reading Chrysalis Radio To Bid For Second London Licence
In the week of its launch the BBC’s free internet service provider, freebeeb.net, was ordered offline by a coalition of Britain’s biggest internet publishers. BIPA (British Internet Publishers Allliance), which includes United News & Media, News International, ITN and Emap have written to culture secretary Chris Smith complaining that the service, freebeeb.net, will have an… Continue reading BBC ISP “Will Distort The Market”
Independent News & Media, owner of the Independent, has reported an increase in the paper’s display advertising revenue, but a drop in classified revenue due mainly to shortfalls in financial recruitment advertising. The company also predicted ‘continued improvement in circulation’ for the Independent in the second half of this year.The group’s Irish and Australian papers… Continue reading Independent Owner Predicts Second Half Circulation Increases
WPP announced today that it has taken on Irwin Gotlieb, head of MediaVest, to launch its Mindshare media services group in the US. The launch will create the largest media services group in the world. The company is also on the lookout for a new chairman to replace Hamish Maxwell. Bauer Publishing this week launched… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Teen channel Trouble has struck a sponsorship deal with the Royal Mail to encourage this age group to use their services. The Flextech-owned channel has put together a comprehensive sponsorship package which includes advertiser-supplied programming.The main purpose of the venture was to encourage teenagers to write letters. Over the summer the channel invited viewers to… Continue reading Trouble And Royal Mail Unite In Writing Campaign
Shares in the Independent group rose after the announcement of its interim results yesterday (see Independent Owner Predicts Second Half Circulation Increases). Prices were up by over 4% to close at 315p after pre-tax profits rose by 47%.The Scottish Media Group rose 2p to 900p after the news yesterday that it is poised to make… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Radio Authority (RA) has this morning announced the award of the London digital multiplex licence to CE Digital, a consortium formed by Capital Radio and EMAP. The Authority considered applications from three groups for the London licence, the only digital licence to be contested. The unsuccessful applicants in this round were Switch Digital –… Continue reading Capital And EMAP Win First London Digital Licence
ONdigital faces a further shake-up after the news today that two of its directors have quit. Ashley Faull, the digital broadcaster’s programming head, and Jim Radcliffe, commercial director, have left the company just six weeks after the resignation of the group’s chief executive Stephen Grabiner (see ONdigital Hit By Loss Of Chief Executive).Graeme Stanley, director… Continue reading ONdigital Directors Quit
