The weekly communications news magazine, New Media Age, has been revamped. The masthead is bolder with the title appearing in different colours. It now appears in a non-glossy format and pagination has increased from 16 pages to 24 pages. There are also additional sections which are Finance, Data Page and Gadfly & Mole. Finance looks… Continue reading Magazine Briefs
The ITC has awarded the Central Cumbria local delivery franchise licence to Central Cumbria Cable & Telecoms Ltd. A bid of £7756.98 was made and Central Cumbria Cable & Telecoms are committed to provide 70,518 homes by the year 2002.The ITC is also inviting applications for the local delivery franchises of Thanet and Canterbury and… Continue reading ITC Awards Central Cumbria Licence
United News & Media put in a strong performance on Tuesday when it announced its £592m purchase of exhibition group Blenheim, rising 40 to 693.5p.BSkyB also rose reasonably steadily throughout the week.. On Monday it advanced 8.5 to 658.5p on speculation that DFI, the German pay TV channel was about to buy a 5% stake.… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 18/10/96
Nynex CableComms releases its third quarter results tomorrow. Nynex’s *Nynex Losses Decrease, published in August, showed an increase in revenue from its cable television service by 74% to £29.2m. Penetration rate also increased from 18.8% to 19.6%.September NRS figures are released on Wednesday. MediaTel subscribers will be able to access the figures via Talking Windows.… Continue reading The Week Ahead
According to a report by NOP at last week’s Research ’96 conference, Internet users are more interested in receiving good information than fancy graphics and clear layouts. In a survey of 3.6m Internet users, 43% said that information was the most important feature on the Internet with ease of use coming in closely at 37%.… Continue reading Internet Users Prefer Information To Graphics
According to the Independent BSkyB is looking to take control of Pearson, the media and entertainment group.Reports suggest that BSkyB would have to pay around £6bn to take overall control of the group which owns the FT and Thames Television. Analysts believe that Thames would greatly complement Rupert Murdoch’s existing TV production business and the… Continue reading BSkyB In Pearson Bid Rumours (Updated since 10:57am)
IPC magazines has announced an exclusive advertising venture with Cussons UK, the toiletries manufacturer.Imperial Leather for Men launches in November and Cussons are promoting the product to women as potential buyers of the product. The campaign starts in the November 11 issue of Woman’s Own and the December issue of Woman & Home. The campaign… Continue reading IPC Announces Cussons Ad Deal
According to this week’s Campaign Paul Twivy, former chief executive of Bates Dorland, is threatening to sue the agency over alleged breach of contract.The wrangle concerns Twivy’s departure from the agency in September *Dorland Chief Exec Leaves. He is claiming wrongful dismissal, accusing Michael Bungey, Dorland’s chairman, of reneging on a promise to make him… Continue reading Twivy Issues Writ Against Dorlands
According to agency estimates total TV ad revenue for September reached £184.71m, an increase of 2.29% year-on-year. ITV’s revenue remained reasonably static, increasing 0.18% to £141.71m, while Channel 4 rose by 9.9% to £43m. The ratio between ITV and Channel 4 for September was 77:23.Overall among the ITV contractors there was very little change. Only… Continue reading TV Revenue – September
Channel 5 has carried out a test transmission in Cumbria to assess how many of those homes which had not been retuned actually experienced interference.According to C5, less than 20% out of 37,000 homes received a bad signal – far less than the 50% which had been anticipated. A high profile publicity drive through newspapers,… Continue reading C5 Claims Low Interference Levels
