ITV is investing in its interactive television capabilities by appointing Eckoh Technologies to provide interactive telephony services for the channel. Eckoh is one of Europe’s largest speech application service providers.Eckoh offers technology that will build on ITV’s existing interactive elements in programmes including This Morning, CiTV and Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. Eckoh claims… Continue reading ITV Builds Interactive TV Platform With Eckoh Deal
Radio revenues across the US remained weak during the final quarter of 2003, but the industry is showing signs of rejuvenation for 2004, according to Merrill Lynch.Subscribers to MediaTel Insight can access more national and international media analysis, forecasts and news by visiting the site.
The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London. Top/Bottom 10 Weekly Reach (000s) % Change Station Survey Period Ending Dec 2002 Ending Dec 2003 % Change Signals Big AM (was Signal Two) H 31 73 135.5 Delta… Continue reading RAJAR Results: Q4 2003: Local Commercial Stations
Highbury House Communications, publisher of Front and Fast Car, today issued an upbeat trading report. Trading in the last two months of 2003 had been in line with expectations, it said, and it expects profits for the full year to be as forecast. The company said that its shift towards becoming a pure consumer publisher,… Continue reading Highbury House FY Profits In Line With Market Forecasts
Independent News & Media (INM) is to sell its 50% stake in its Irish cable operation, Princes Holdings, to Liberty Media International for an undisclosed sum. INM had already confirmed that it did not intend to hold its investment in Princes Holdings – which trades under the brand name Chorus – for the long-term, as… Continue reading INM Sells Irish Cable Group Stake To Liberty Media
GWR was seen in focus yesterday with shares dipping by 3.15% following the announcement that Patricia Hodgson, former chief executive of the Independent Television Commission, has been appointed to its board of directors.The radio group also recently denied speculation that it is holding £840 million merger talks with Capital about a potential £840 million merger… Continue reading Sharewatch: GWR Sees Stocks Dip As Hodgson Joins Board
Ofcom has surprised the broadcasting industry by announcing that Luke Johnson, owner of The Ivy and the man who floated Pizza Express, will replace Vanni Treves as chairman of Channel 4.It had been expected that the £66,000 a year non-executive position would be handed to former Coca-Cola executive, Penny Hughes, whose name appeared at the… Continue reading Ofcom Names Johnson As New Channel 4 Chairman
The lack of an industry agreed standard for web-advertising technology has prompted a number of leading online agencies to call on media owners to get their ad-serving software audited.Real Media, Profero, Outrider, Media.Com and i-level have come together to put their weight behind an initiative that will see third party ad-servers independently audited to industry… Continue reading Online Agencies Call For Ad-Serving Software Audit
ITV’s commercial airtime revenues will barely grow during 2004, as its share of television advertising dips from 51% to 50%, according to new a forward-looking report from Billetts Media Consulting.Billetts says that ITV’s revenues will rise by a meagre 0.3% in 2004, whilst multi-channel advertising jumps by 11.0% year on year. As a result, multichannel’s… Continue reading Television Advertising Revenue To Rise By 3% This Year
Chris Moyles could be facing an uphill struggle as the self-styled saviour of BBC Radio One with the station recording its lowest weekly reach of 2003, according to the latest unofficial listening figures from GfK.The National Broadcast Survey, which electronically measures radio and television audiences, shows that Radio One had a weekly reach of 11.8… Continue reading GfK Claims Listening Hits All Time Low At Radio One
