Southern, the newspapers group which floated on the AIM last year, has unofficially been linked in a bid for the set of local newspapers put up for sale by United News & Media.A spokesperson from Southern said: “No official statement has been made but Southern has had its name linked with the titles.”United News &… Continue reading Southern Linked In Bid For UPN
The Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL ) has announced new controls on the prices charged by National Transcommunications Limited (NTL) for the broadcast transmission services to the ITV companies, Channel 4 and S4C.Don Cruickshank, managing director of OFTEL said: “In line with OFTEL’s goal of achieving the best deal for the customer, the price control will… Continue reading Price Control Imposed On NTL
According to reports from ITV’s 1997 schedule presentation for advertisers, the network is planning to spend around £800 million in a bid to make it the most popular channel.Approximately £230 million is being spent on drama with 23 new drama projects. ITV also plan to revamp its Saturday night schedule as it faces stiff competition… Continue reading ITV Ready For 1997
According to a recent survey by The Survey Shop, research on the Internet is primarily based on the World Wide Web and does not take into account its other uses such as e-mail, relay chat, newsgroups or file transfer.The survey showed that e-mail was the second most used application on the Net with newsgroups in… Continue reading E-Mail Could Become The Standard
ITV has today announced that Murray Walker will join ITV for next season’s coverage of Formula One Motor Racing. Walker has signed a two-year deal as principal commentator for the Grand Prix.BBC’s coverage of the 1996 season is currently attracting over five million viewers.Live Viewing Date Country Individuals 4+ 08/09 Italy 5,043,000 25/08 Belgium 5,270,000… Continue reading Murray Walker Joins ITV
HTV is thought to be considering a share swap with CanWest as protection against any takeover attempt by Carlton Communications. The swap would involve the Canadian media giant taking a 49% share in HTV and in return HTV would receive around £200m of shares in CanWest.CanWest has been seeking an entry into the British television… Continue reading HTV Share Swap
Mirror Group’s shares increased by 9.5p to 222p on Friday. According to the weekend’s newspapers, stockbroker Salomon Brothers recommended the stocks as a potential buy.Granada’s share prices had a significant increase on Friday from 884.5p to 892p. Last week Granada exercised £2 million of its shares in YTT TV to Allquiet Investments *(Granada Move Raises… Continue reading Sharewatch
ITV reveals its new schedule today. Further details for the coverage of Formula One Grand Prix 1997 will be announced after the contract was awarded to MACh 1 on Thursday *(MACh 1 Gets F1 Contract).Capital Radio launches its Internet site on Tuesday. Expect a full review in Website of the Week.Southern Newspapers publishes its full-year… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The UK arm of ABC has held a meeting with the European Audit Bureaux and agreed on a standard method of measuring accesses to Internet sites. As well as the countries represented at this meeting (Sweden, Switzerland and Germany), Spain and Denmark have also added their approval to the new certificate. The International Federation of… Continue reading ABC Agrees On Web Auditing
GSkyB denied rumours that next week’s launch will not reach over 500,000 of its intended audience. According to speculation certain cable companies were refusing to broadcast the service because they wanted to reserve space for a BBC six-channel package.A spokesperson from Granada confirmed that the launch will be going ahead as planned on October 1… Continue reading GSkyB Launch Will Go Ahead As Planned
