The move by Capital Radio to acquire Xfm (see today’s Capital To Buy Xfm) will be dependent on approval from both the Radio Authority and the Office of Fair Trading.Capital plans to buy 90.1% of the London alternative music station for £15.9 million, though under the 1996 Broadcasting Act a company cannot hold two licences… Continue reading Capital’s Xfm Move Dependent On Watchdogs
Reed Business Information (RBI) has this morning announced the acquisition of the controlled circulation computer titles of Dennis Publishing for an undisclosed sum.The group of titles is a six strong line-up of magazines including Microscope , The Var and Business & Technology. RBI publishes over 60 titles including Computer Weekly, Flight International, Estates Gazette and… Continue reading Reed Buys Dennis Computer Titles
The Times and Sunday Times websites have received an ABC //electronic audit which shows that during March they received combined impressions of 10.321 million. This is compared to just over 11 million last November (see Usage Grows At Times’ Websites).Individually, the Times site proved slightly more popular, with 5.2 million impressions, while the Sunday Times… Continue reading Usage Drops At Times Websites
Executives at ITV have said that they will not allow BSkyB to carry ITV’s channels on the digital satellite service scheduled to be launched by Sky in June.This represents a significant blow to the value of Sky’s digital service as users of it will have to switch out of the digital receiver equipment back to… Continue reading Sky’s Digital Service Will Go Without ITV Channels
It has just been announced that Capital Radio has entered into an agreement to acquire 90.1% of Xfm , the London-based alternative music radio station.More details will be available shortly.Capital Radio: 0171 766 6000
Virgin Cinemas is launching a television service which will appear in the foyers of its cinemas. The VCTV service will show an hour-long programme of film trailers, music and ads.Advertising for the first programme has been taken by Snickers and The Gap, which will each receive six 70-second ad breaks during the programme’s broadcast from… Continue reading Virgin Launches Cinema TV
The Newspaper Publishers Association has said that the results of a research report into the National Readership Survey are due in tomorrow. The NPA stressed that the analysis, conducted by consultants, is private and its results may not be published publicly.It is understood that the analysis is concerned with the new test questionnaire for newspaper… Continue reading NPA NRS Analysis Due Tomorrow
Sky One’s Hot Summer Down Under series is to be sponsored by Castlemaine XXXX. The series begins on Sunday 3 May at 10:00pm and runs for eight weeks.…Paramount Comedy Channel’s Gayle’s World has secured a sponsorship deal with Diet Tango after the show’s star, Gayle Tuesday, apparently said she liked the drink. The association begins… Continue reading Sponsorship News
The ITC’s new website has been launched at http://www.itc.org.uk/. It is aimed at providing easy access to ITC material for licensees, the TV industry and the viewing public. It includes latest news from the Commission, a licensees database and on-line versions of the ITC’s codes.Watch out for a review of the site in a forthcoming… Continue reading ITC Launches New Website
Commercial radio continued to pull away from the BBC in terms of share of listening for RAJAR Q1 1998: all commercial achieved a share of 50.1% (up from 49.4% last year) while the BBC’s share stood at 47.7% (down from 48.4% last year). Overall, all national commercial stations had a listening share of 10.2% (up… Continue reading Commercial Radio Grows At BBC’s Expense
