Grampian TV releases its results today, and Cable & Wireless Communications’ shares begin trading today; both these stories are being followed by Newsline.Marketing Week is holding a conference on Wednesday looking at Marketing To The Pink Economy; a Newsline reporter will be covering the event.Pearson and Scottish TV’s AGMs are on Thursday and a television… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Financial Times has put its weight behind the Labour Party; the paper will be backing Blair from tomorrow. By endorsing Labour, the paper follows the example set by The News of the World, The Sun and The Independent on Sunday.The Mail and The Telegraph remain true blue, while The Times is said to be… Continue reading The Pink Paper Turns Red
Dealing in Cable & Wireless Communications began today. The share price opened at 299p in London.CWC, an amalgamation of Cable & Wireless’s Mercury subsidiary, Bell Cablemedia, Nynex and Videotron, represents the biggest threat yet to BT’s hold on the domestic telecommunications market.The new company is Britain’s second largest telephone company. C&W will hold a 52%… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Open At 299p
It was rumoured that Channel 4 would be announcing Grade’s replacement following today’s board meeting. The channel, however, said that it has still not reached a decision. This suggests that, despite earlier predictions, no obvious candidate has emerged *Latest On Race For C4 Job.Channel 4’s web site has a tongue in cheek feature on the… Continue reading Grade Announcement Delayed
The Scottish ITV broadcaster Grampian has this afternoon announced financial results for the year ended 28 February which show pre-tax profits of £11.82 million, up 24% from last year. The figure received a considerable boost however from the sale of Scot FM to the Independent Radio Group for £4.66m. Turnover was up slightly at £23.558m,… Continue reading Record Results For Grampian
More than a third of 15-24 year olds do not like Channel 5, according to the latest CIA sensor. This age group is a key target audience for 5.5 is trying to attract young viewers, and the advertisers targeting them. Yet 35% of the 15-24 year olds surveyed think that the channel is worse than… Continue reading Young Don’t Like 5
A party political broadcast by the British National Party was broadcast on Friday night by BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 5. Prior to the broadcast, there were large public protests outside the TV channels involved.Channel 4 banned the broadcast on behalf of the far right group. 4 said that the broadcast did not comply with… Continue reading BNP Banned By 4 Shown By 4
The release date for March national newspaper NRS figures has been put back from April 22nd to April 28th. The delay is due to the continuing testing of the new supplements survey, and all subsequent NRS release dates are subject to revision. The new release dates will be publicised when the March NRS figures are… Continue reading NRS Release Date Put Back
http://www.ft.comThe FT’s site is a year old this week, but it doesn’t stand still, new sections and features are continually being added. Like the newspaper, the site doesn’t muck about, there are no abstract clickable links. Every aspect of the site is laid out in a clear and simple way which makes it easy to… Continue reading Web Site Of The Week – FT Com
Broadcast is reporting that United News & Media is poised to buy into S4C’s Digital Networks, the Welsh channel’s digital terrestrial TV bid. However, Newsline sources reveal that UN&M has no immediate plans to invest in SDN, although it is not something to be ruled out altogether.Channel 5 has a guaranteed slot on multiplex A,… Continue reading United In Talks With S4C
