NTL has signed a number of content deals for its interactive Entertainment Channel which launches on 31 March (see NTL Unveils Interactive Services), including one with EMAP Metro. The telecommunications company will also carry content and e-commerce provided by Ticketmaster and the Internet Movie Database.Under the deal, NTL customers will have access to the online… Continue reading NTL Links With EMAP For Interactive TV Content
FilmFour, the subscription film channel launched by Channel 4 (see Film Four On Air), is planning a £2 million campaign to promote another free trial of the channel for cable and satellite viewers during Easter Weekend. The campaign, by Rapier and WWAV Rapp Collins will run on Channel 4, ONdigital, Sky TV and national press… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Channel 5 is continuing its jibes at ITV’s early evening news coverage with a campaign on perimeter boards at Chelsea’s away leg of the European Cup Winners’ Cup match against Valerenga. The boards at the game, which is to be screened on C5, will read: “ITV: You’re late and you know you are”, referring to… Continue reading Channel 5 Puts The Boot In To ITV News
Internet fever hit the Daily Mail & General Trust yesterday when its internet division, Associated New Media, announced a content deal with Dixons’ free service provider, Freeserve (see Freeserve And ANM Sign Web Content Deal). Shares rocketed following the news, closing 128źp up at 3,231źp.Yesterday’s Daily Telegraph report that the Monopolies and Mergers Commission has… Continue reading Sharewatch
Dixons’ successful free internet service, Freeserve, and Associated New Media (ANM), producers of the UK Plus sites, have signed a deal which will see UK Plus power the internet search and directory service for Freeserve’s million plus customers.ANM’s Soccernet service will also provide programming for Freeserve’s new football channel. ANM, which is the new media… Continue reading Freeserve And ANM Sign Web Content Deal
The regional and local newspaper industry has all but halted its decline in sales according to the latest ABC figures and the Newspaper Society (NS). In the July-December 1998 audit period, 65% of all regional titles increased sales compared to 56% for the same period in 1997 and 45% the year before that.The figures show… Continue reading Regional Press Halts Sales Decline In Latest ABCs
UK companies are increasingly using the internet to conduct business, rather than merely as a communication tool, according to the UK Internet Survey 1999 by Fletcher Research. The survey has found that 41% of sites are now using the web to raise or save money online; this compares to 35% in 1998.Advertising is the dominant… Continue reading Business Usage Of The Net Is On The Increase
ITV today unveiled its first full schedule since the untimely demise of News at Ten. The £170 million schedule, which ITV is hoping will give it a significant lead over the BBC, is packed full of new factual programming, entertainment shows, comedies and drama and film premieres. Over the course of the new schedule there… Continue reading ITV Promotes Factual Programmes In Spring/Summer ’99 Schedule
Reed International continues to strengthen after Reed Elsevier’s trading statement released last week caused the share price to tumble (see Sharewatch). Reed closed yesterday up by 20źp at 546p.Telecoms companies Cable & Wireless and Telewest both held steady yesterday following a slip in shares caused by the surprise sale of 10% of C&W stock (see… Continue reading Sharewatch
BSkyB’s controversial £623 million bid for Manchester United has been rejected by the Monopolies & Mergers Commission’s investigation, according to an article in the Daily Telegraph this morning. Quoting sources close to the Department of Trade & Industry, which is now considering the MMC’s report, the newspaper says that the Commission has found the proposed… Continue reading Sky’s Man Utd Bid May Have Been Turned Down
