Radio group GWR has today turned in record profits for the year ended 31 March 1999. The Classic FM operator reports an increase in pre-tax profits of 44% year on year to £18.3 million. Turnover at the group was up 14% to £84.2 million.Classic FM, the group’s flagship national commercial station, now gains over five… Continue reading GWR Group Announces Record Profits
Cable & Wireless enjoyed a rise in its share price yesterday, growing by 25p to 857˝p, following reports that bids for its One2One mobile phone operation (jointly owned by MediaOne) had reached around £10 billion. A short list of of bidding parties is expected to be released soon, and Mannesmann of Germany and French Telecom… Continue reading Sharewatch
Media specialist agency Motive Communications has formed a new research project called Motive8. The aim of the project is to maximise the fit between advertising, consumers and media brands. Motive8 can be tailored according to individual brands, and looks at how media saliency can directly influence consumer behaviour.The research involves the use of a carefully… Continue reading Motive8 Examines Consumer Relationship With Media Brands
The Radio Authority has awarded the local digital radio multiplex for the Birmingham area to CE Digital. CE Digital is the 50:50 digital radio venture created by Emap and Capital Radio, and was the sole bidder for the licence (see Newsline). This is the first local digital multiplex to be awarded by the RA.Capital and… Continue reading RA Awards First Digital Radio Multiplex To Emap/Capital Consortium
Hotels and television group, Granada, has this morning denied a report in today’s Guardian that it plans to split its two main operations by listing the television and hotels holdings separately.Following an interview with Granada’s group chief executive, Charles Allen, the paper reported that he was hoping to realise the ‘true value’ of the company… Continue reading Granada Says Media/Hotels Split Is ‘Not On The Agenda’
A talented and powerful panel of leading media figures has accepted invitations to take part in MediaTel’s inaugural Media Question Time to be held at the BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House on the evening of Monday 24 May.Presented in association with the Economist, the event will be chaired by BBC Radio media correspondent, Torin Douglas.… Continue reading First Media Question Time Attracts Powerful Panel
Sky Digital and Panasonic announced today that they are launching the first idTV (integrated digital television) early next year. The new televisions will be the first to contain both digital satellite and digital terrestrial integrated tuners, and will enable customers to access the two DTV services on the same television without separate set-top boxes. Andrew… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Granada fell back by 40p on Friday, after two major announcements rocked the UK’s television industry. Firstly, BSkyB announced that it is to give away the £200 decoder boxes needed to receive its Sky Digital television service (see Digital TV War Intensifies). This will impact on Granada and Carlton’s (down 2˝p) digital terrestrial television service,… Continue reading Sharewatch
Tuesday Radio group, GWR, releases its final financial results.The Media Research Group (MRG) is holding an Evening Meeting beginning 6pm at Leo Burnett. The evening will focus on the issues of marketing to kids. Leo Burnett’s Denise Gardiner will give a preview of her Kid Power ’99 Conference paper, entitled The World Is A Small… Continue reading The Week Ahead
BSkyB is the least trusted company in Britain as far as the country’s youth is concerned, although 48% of people feel that digital television is a must. These are some of the findings of the Spring ’99 Survey by Right of Admission Reserved (ROAR), which is a consortium including Carlton Screen Advertising, the Guardian/Observer, Kiss… Continue reading ‘BSkyB Least Trusted British Company’ Says ROAR Survey
