Telewest has appointed Chris Townsend as director of interactive services. He will oversee Telewest’s interactive programming and other services. BSkyB is to launch its new Sky Sports Extra service on Sky Digital at the start of the new football season, which will give viewers the chance to see games from different angles. Geordie Greig is… Continue reading Newsline Brief
The Electronic Telegraph has signed up with NTL to be included of the cable company’s interactive television service which launched at the end of March (see NTL Interactive Launch On Schedule). The online version of the Daily Telegraph will offer NTL viewers daily news, sports coverage as well as features and comment.From July the Electronic… Continue reading Electronic Telegraph Joins NTL’s Interactive TV
Global communications company Cordiant Communications has released a trading statement this week following its annual general meeting. It confirmed a strong financial performance in its first whole year as an independent company. Cordiant split from Saatchi & Saatchi towards the end of 1997 (see Newsline).In the first five months of 1999, the group reported a… Continue reading Cordiant Reports Positive Finances In First Independent Year
ITV’s latest attempt at situation comedy has got off to an impressive start, despite the critical mauling it received: 9.8 million people tuned in to watch the first episode of Barbara. It will be interesting to see if the show can maintain these figures considering the fairly negative reviews it has so far attracted in… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 27/06/99
Radio group, GWR, has set up a new division called Now Digital which will bid for a series of regional and local digital radio multiplexes throughout the UK.Now Digital will initially target areas in which GWR already has a radio presence, starting with the licence for Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford, advertised by the Radio Authority… Continue reading GWR Forms Regional Digital Radio Unit
Carlton and Granada, joint owners of ONdigital, both suffered drops in their share prices despite the announcement yesterday by ONdigital that it had more than doubled its number of subscribers since March (see Newsline). Granada fell 16˝p to 646p, and Carlton Communications dropped back 13˝p to 556˝p.Digital TV competitor BSkyB fell just ˝p to 594˝p.The… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Bank of England has today put interest rates on hold following seven reductions in nine months. The Bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee voted to leave base rates unchanged at 5% – a move which was broadly welcomed by industry.
Emap Radio reveals a new look Kiss FM this week with a £1.5 million campaign. The London dance station will be known as Kiss 100, and the name change will be accompanied by a major advertising campaign including television and outdoor.The advertising campaign, dubbed Live Sexy and aimed at 15-24 year old Londoners, is being… Continue reading Emap Radio Gives Kiss A New Look
ONdigital, the digital terrestrial television broadcaster, announced this morning that it has more than doubled the amount of subscribers to its service since March this year. The broadcaster currently has a total of 247,000 subscribers, all of which have signed on since the launch of the service in November last year (see Newsline); 137,000 of… Continue reading ONdigital Doubles Its Subscribers
The Radio Authority has this week imposed its highest fine ever on a licensee. The watchdog is fining 107.5 CAT FM £20,000 for “serious irregularities” in the running of its competitions. The RA received complaints that prizes for competitions which the station was running did not exist and that the prize winners’ names were fictitious;… Continue reading Radio Authority Imposes ‘Out Of Proportion’ Fine On Cat FM
