BSkyB saw shares rise yesterday, despite an advertising forecast downgrade by ABN AMRO earlier in the week. Stock was up 2.83% to finish at £6.17, an increase of 17p on the previous day.After releasing a reassuring trading statement yesterday, the Daily Mail saw shares climb 11.17% to close at 5.59, 56.2p better off than the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Reuters is launching Reuters television (RTV) on its website.RTV will appear in streamed video form on Reuters.co.uk this week and will provide users with a daily schedule of financial programmes, including live coverage of “market moving” events, footage of economic indicators and interviews with market figures.Reuters’ UK personal finance editor, Bernard Hickey, said: “The addition… Continue reading Reuters Launches Live TV Stream
Emap is cutting more jobs in its Digital division and is reintegrating the business into its off-line operations.A spokesperson for Emap today refused to comment on reports that up to 60 jobs were to go across Emap’s portfolio of websites but confirmed that redundancies would occur.“Emap’s digital operations will be reintegrated into various off-line networks,… Continue reading More Jobs To Go At Emap Digital
UK cinemas enjoyed their highest month of admissions for 31 years during August, according to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA), as 18.1 million came to see films including Planet of the Apes and Cats & Dogs. Research also suggests that cinema advertising so far continues to resist the downturn affecting the rest of the industry.According… Continue reading August Triumph For Cinema
BSkyB is to terminate its analogue service from midnight tomorrow, completing the transition to a digital service ahead of the original deadline of 31 December 2002.The broadcaster has been reducing the number of channels available through the analogue direct to home (DTH) service, despite some consumer concerns, (see More Channels Leave Sky Analogue) since the… Continue reading Sky Ends Analogue
BSkyB, dominant in the sports channel market, last year agreed to part with £1.1bn to retain broadcasting rights to Premier League football games for another three years, a scenario which demonstrates how money has become a primary factor in successful sports broadcasting, much to the BBC’s chagrin.Sky Sports 1 launched in 1993, joining Eurosport among… Continue reading Feature: Sports Channels
Parents still rely on TV’s “watershed” of 9pm as a major means of controlling their children’s viewing, according to new research commissioned by the BBC, ITC and BSC. Published today, the qualitative research document Viewers and Family Viewing Policy aimed to investigate the relevance of the watershed and family viewing policy in the changing media… Continue reading Parents Still Rely On Watershed
Channel 5 has signed a deal with mobile marketing company ZagMe to broadcast interactive TV ads that allow text message responses.The deal will allow advertisers on Channel 5 to encourage a direct response from consumers, who will be offered discounts on products if they reply to text message numbers featured in the adverts.The databases of… Continue reading Channel 5 Signs Text Deal
Shares on the UK stock market staged a recovery from the difficulties experienced recently, following a strong opening on Wall Street.In spite of a advertising forecast downgrade by ABN AMRO, BSkyB saw a rise of 56p or over 10% to finish at £6.Carlton, which saw heavy losses over last week (see Sharewatch), rallied yesterday, finishing… Continue reading Sharewatch
Programmes This month saw the addition of an extra episode of BBC1’s top soap opera, Eastenders, to the schedules. In a move seen by many as an attempt to lure viewers back to BBC1 from ITV1’s double header of Coronation Street and Emmerdale, the first Friday episode managed to outperform its northern rival with 9.84… Continue reading TV Viewing Round-Up – August 2001
