The investment means Liberty Global will own approximately 6.4% of the UK’s largest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, and will require no regulatory approval.
Showing 8131-54,377 of 54,377
More Industry News articles
The new site has been described as a mix of the best of the Independent and its sister title the i and combines new editorial formats including quizzes, voting, user curation and interactive graphics and maps.
Younger viewers of online video and TV find targeted ads more intrusive than older viewers do, according to STRATA.
The bizarre handling of such a hot topic saw the audience fall by 23% night on night, with a total of 2.7 million viewers watching.
The Q2 2014 IPA Bellwether Report, published today, reveals that marketing budgets continued to be revised up for the seventh successive quarter – the longest period of continuous growth in the survey’s 14-year history.
The current managing director of Metro UK, Steve Auckland, has been named as the new chief executive of ESI Media – owner of the London Evening Standard, Independent titles and local TV channel, London Live.
Why was the BBC able to average more than 12m viewers compared with ITV’s 2.9m during the World Cup? The answer is more complicated and far reaching than you might think, writes Raymond Snoddy.
The ad, which features Tom Hiddleston playing a suave villain driving a Jaguar F-Type, raised the issue of whether it encouraged unsafe driving and was therefore socially irresponsible.
An industry expert has suggested the new channel will allow Sky to “quarantine” the Champions League games from the Premier League and other sports rights so its disappearance is “less obvious” when the rights end next May.
Jo Baldwin, Bauer’s former digital commercial director of radio, will take up the role with immediate effect and will be responsible for leading increased digital and commercial opportunities across the company.