Total terrestrial television was estimated to have brought in ad revenue of £198.61 million. Of this, ITV brought in £138.64m (down 6.4% year on year), C4 £43.9m (down 0.2%), C5 £10.57m and GMTV £5.5m (down 14.1%).There was little change among the ITV franchise holders, with only LWT showing a substantial change in revenue share –… Continue reading TV Revenue – March
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has decided to hold a meeting with BSkyB and British Digital Broadcasting (BDB) following their dispute over digital set-top box technology.Last week Sky issued a writ claiming that BDB had broken an agreement between the two companies by choosing decoder technology which is incompatible with Sky’s services; BDB denied that… Continue reading ITC Attempts To Smooth Set-Top Box Dispute
NTL Internet has announced the acquisition of NetChannel UK, the internet-TV access and content provider, for $1 million.NetChannel will now become a division of NTL Internet, providing web-TV across all of NTL’s cable franchises. These include areas such as the South-East of England and the main cities of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.It has been… Continue reading NTL Buys NetChannel UK
Virgin Radio ‘s new DJ Ray Cokes has launched a new slot on the station’s FM wavelength. London Calling began broadcasting in the South East at the weekend and will run from Sunday-Thursday between 6:45pm and 7:30pm. It is described as an “exciting blend of celebrity chat, live music and spontaneous outside broadcasts.”Cokes, who previously… Continue reading Ray Cokes Gets New FM Virgin Show
Total terrestrial television was estimated to have brought in ad revenue of £198.61 million during March. Of this, ITV brought in £138.64m, C4 £43.9m, C5 £10.57m and GMTV £5.5m.There was little change among the ITV franchise holders, with only LWT showing a substantial change in revenue share – it slipped 1.7% points to 11% though… Continue reading TV Revenue – March
Luxembourg-based broadcasting company, CLT-UFA recently put its stakes in a number of UK radio stations up for sale. Following this the company has received proposals from a number of interested parties which it is currently examining.CLT holds a 62% share in Talk Radio, an 80% share in Atlantic 252 and all of RTL Country 1035… Continue reading CLT To Examine Bids For Its UK Radio Stations
Three of The Economist‘s display sales executives will be running in this Sunday’s London Marathon. Steve Middleton is running for the TV Times Leukaemia Research Fund, Patrick Williams for Save the Rhino and Rupert Harrow for Whizz-Kids. The Economist has pledged to double the sponsorship money they raise so if you would like to give… Continue reading Gluttons For Punishment
In an unexpected and late development to the takeover saga of Home Counties Newspapers, the company’s ruling shareholders today agreed to sell the local publisher to Eastern Counties Newspapers.Although Eastern’s bid of £58.3 million is just short of the £59 million offer which Southnews announced yesterday (subscribers see Southnews Launches £59m Home Counties Bid), Home… Continue reading Home Counties Surprise Sell To Eastern
The Radio Authority has said that between January and March of this year it received 60 complaints about advertising and sponsorship issues, of which 15 were upheld. 7 of these related to misleading ads, 4 to offensive content, 1 was deemed to be harmful, 1 related to sponsorship issues and 2 to other matters.There were… Continue reading 60 Ad Complaints Received By RA
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has announced that its director, Ray Hall, has left the organisation. Hall has been at the ABC for three years during which he developed its Verified Free Distribution (VFD) system.Hall also played a key role in the bulk sales dispute between the ABC, News International and the Mirror Group… Continue reading Ray Hall Leaves ABC
