ITV’s first major bid to attract large scale web traffic has been declared a success by the company after its online Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? game achieved 45m page impressions during its first three weeks of operation.Comparing itself to last year’s TV/web success Big Brother, which averaged 3m page impressions per day on… Continue reading ITV’s Millionaire Proves Major Online Ratings Winner
Reuters announced yesterday that its bid to acquire some of the assets of Bridge Information Systems had been declared “highest and best” by Bridge. The company’s business operations were put up for auction following reorganisation proceedings.The Reuters bid was primarily for Bridge’s content and trading applications for US institutional securities businesses. It is thought that… Continue reading Reuters Shares Boosted By Bridge Information Systems Purchase
ONdigital and supermarket chain Tesco have teamed up to add Tesco’s online shopping service to the ONnet service. The new service, Tesco Access, will be available through the internet set top boxes distributed by ONdigital to its subscribers for £5 per month and non-subscribers for £8 per month.John Browett, chief executive of Tesco.com, commented, “We… Continue reading Tesco Signs Up To ONnet To Offer Groceries Via TV Set
Reuters heard that its bid for part of Bridge Information Systems’ assets had been accepted yesterday. The news pushed shares in the company up 25p to end the day at £10.25.Bright Station’s future was looking fairly dim as it announced a restructuring plan in the face of unsustainable expenditure (see Bright Station Seeks Funds As… Continue reading Sharewatch
Viewers are not convinced that the larger choice brought by digitalisation and convergence will mean a better offering, according to new research from the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC). In addition, viewers want more respect for their interests, intelligence and privacy from broadcasters. Lord Dubs, chairman of the BSC, said, “Broadcasters and regulators should ensure that… Continue reading BSC Study Reveals Public Attitudes To Regulation
Global market research group, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), has this morning announced the acquisition of Adscope, a provider of advertising tracking services in the US, for an undisclosed sum. TNS will run the Oregon-based business as a division of CMR, the US’ largest provider of advertising tracking services, acquired by TNS in June last year.… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Buys US Ad Tracking Service
Internet and ebusiness solutions company, Bright Station, has this morning announced that it cannot afford to maintain its current rate of expenditure and that it is to radically restructure its operations. Bright Station is attempting to gain additional funds in order to secure its financial position. At the end of March it had £7.4 million… Continue reading Bright Station Seeks Funds As Cash Runs Out
Former ITV chief executive Richard Eyre may be in line for the same position at media group EMAP, if reports in this week’s Independent On Sunday are correct. The paper cites unnamed industry sources as saying that Eyre is in line to replace Kevin Hand who is expected to step down once EMAP’s US business… Continue reading Eyre Reported To Be In Line For Top EMAP Post
AOL Time Warner and NTL are in discussions to form a distribution partnership, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. The paper says that AOL Time Warner – the world’s largest media company, with a host of on- and offline interests – may strike a deal with NTL to give its content broadband distribution… Continue reading AOL Time Warner And NTL In Talks, Says FT
BSkyB is carrying through its intention to apply to take over from ITN as news provider for ITV. The satellite broadcaster made its intentions known last year (see BSkyB Looks To Oust ITN As ITV News Provider) and has now formed a consortium consisting of Bloomberg, CBS News, Chrysalis Group and Ulster Television, which each… Continue reading Consortium Launches Bid To Become New ITV News Provider
