The offer of free set-top boxes has failed to create a significant demand for digital television, as around 50% of people are either not interested in converting to digital at all, or do not intend to do so within the next three years. These are the findings of the latest Digital TV Monitor survey produced… Continue reading Digital TV Offers Still Leave Many Cold
The Radio Authority (RA) has awarded the local digital radio multiplex service for the Manchester area to CE Digital. The group, which is a 50:50 venture by Emap and Capital Radio, was the only bidder for the licence in April (see Newsline).CE Digital is planning to broadcast a total of eight programme services in the… Continue reading CE Digital Wins Manchester Digital Radio Licence
Gill Hudson, launch editor of Maxim and editorial director of Dennis Publishing, is leaving to join BBC Worldwide as development editor. She will oversee titles such as BBC Homes and Gardener’s World, and a women’s lifestyle launch is rumoured. Exeter based publishing group Europa is planning to launch a new men’s music title, following the… Continue reading Newsline Brief
The Media Research Group’s (MRG) evening meeting, which was scheduled for Tuesday 8 June at Leo Burnett’s in Sloane Avenue, London, has been postponed. The meeting, First Impressions – the GMTV Recall Study, will now take place on Tuesday 22nd June.Reports of past MRG meetings can be accessed on Newsline‘s News Search and at www.mrg.org.uk.MRG:… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting Postponed
Interactive television services company, Open is yet to launch on the Sky Digital platform, despite a planned first stage Spring roll-out. The company, which is joint owned by BSkyB, Matsushita, HSBC (Midland Bank) and BT, eventually plans to offer home shopping, banking, games and email.However, a spokesperson for Open said that the first stages of… Continue reading Digital TV Services Fall Behind Schedule
Granada is understood to have expressed an interest in buying Mirror Group’s television interest, Live TV. According to industry rumours, Granada is proposing to replace Live TV with its own transactional channel, Shop! (see Newsline).Towards the end of April, pay-TV programme provider, Flextech, also registered an interest in Live TV (see Newsline). The station is… Continue reading Granada Rumoured To Be Interested In Live TV
Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers, which yesterday announced a 55% increase in pre-tax profit (see Sharewatch), fell by 10p to 2,090p by the close of trading yesterday.United News & Media (UNM) and BSkyB launched free ISPs this week, but both media groups saw losses in their share prices yesterday. UNM, which kicked off its free ISP… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Independent Television Commission has agreed that Channel 5 can reduced the proportion of original programming and commissions it broadcasts in order to increase its focus on other areas.The changes will see a cut in the number of original productions in entertainment, sport, current affairs and drama. The minimum requirement for C5’s original productions/commissions has… Continue reading ITC Agrees To Reduction In Original Material On Channel 5
e-partners, News International’s recently launched online investment firm, has appointed News Corp’s Bruce McWilliam as a partner in the group. He joins Mark Booth, who left the position of chief executive at BSkyB to join e-partners (see Newsline). Cable & Wireless is to shed 100 management jobs in a shake-up of its corporate operations at… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Associated Newspapers announced last week that its listings supplement, Hot Tickets, was a potential contender in the paid-for listings magazines market (see Newsline). As well as being distributed free with Associated’s Evening Standard as usual, Hot Tickets will now be for sale on the newsstand every Friday for 85p.The major player in the London listings… Continue reading Time Out Welcomes Hot Tickets’ Move To Newsstands
