IPC Southbank has nabbed Emap Digital’s executive director, Tim Brooks, to join its executive board as managing director. He will take over the position at the end of October, following the retirement of Colin Reeves-Smith, who has been at the company for 34 years.Brooks will report to IPC chief executive Sly Bailey. She commented on… Continue reading New Head For IPC Southbank Poached From Emap Esprit
RevenueAccording to agency estimates, year on year growth in terrestrial television including GMTV was 4.5% during July, with the total now at £203m. Channel 5 managed an increase of 26.7% to £15.9m, while Channel 4 rose 8.5% to £45.3m. ITV saw a small increase of 1.6% to reach £138m, but GMTV saw a drop of… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – July 2000
Emap announced yesterday that it is to dispose of 25 business magazines and directories, mainly in Germany and Switzerland, to Bertelsmann. The deal will be for £14.3m in cash. Shares in Emap held steady in the light of this news, falling just 1p to end at £11.14.Daily Mail & General Trust dipped below the £10… Continue reading Sharewatch
Sony is to launch a new digital set-top box in this country on 1 September. It will have a slimline design which it is hoped will appeal to image-concious consumers and will form part of Sky Digital’s free digibox and minidish offer.Steve Dowdle, deputy managing director and head of consumer products group for Sony UK,… Continue reading Sony To Launch New Slimline Digital Set Top Box
Greg Dyke, the director-general of the BBC, is expected to announce today that BBC1’s evening news will move from 9pm to 10pm. The plans have been revealed in a week when ITV has announced its intention to take legal measures against regulators the Independent Television Commission (ITC) regarding a ruling that ITN’s Nightly News must… Continue reading BBC May Move Nine O’Clock News To Ten
GWR group’s new media arm, ecast ventures (see GWR Group Launches New Internet Company), has invested £1 million in a media partner agreement with interactive business directory Countyweb.Simon Ward, commercial director of GWR Group and chief executive of ecast ventures said, “There are definite synergies between GWR’s radio brands, our new internet portal and Countyweb’s… Continue reading Ecast Invest £1million In Web-Based Business Directory
Wednesday night’s packed Media Research Group (MRG) Evening Meeting covered the issue of Interactive television, the future for BARB and direct response versus traditional research methods.The speakers were ‘Action Man’ Hugh Johnson, head of commercial marketing and research at Channel 4, Julian Dobinson, head of research at BSkyB and Karen Mayer, head of interactive TV… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting – Interactivity
With the (occasionally) sunny days of August nearly over, the nights will soon be drawing in and the cold winds of autumn will take over from the equally nippy ones of summer. Having given us a reason to be indoors over the last few months with the morally questionable, ratings winning and highly addictive Big… Continue reading Channel Four Unveils Autumn Programming
Details of this year’s European Television Symposium have just been released and promises one of the strongest line-ups yet. David Brook, strategy and development director at Channel 4, will join president of CanalSatellite, Bruno Delecour and Andrew Wallace from Pace as the opening speakers of the two-day conference which is entitled “Redefining the Medium.”From 9-10… Continue reading TV Conference Looks To Redefine The Medium For The Digital Age
SMG’s favourable interim results (see SMG’s Expanded UK Presence Lifts Profits By 25%) continued to boost share prices yesterday. SMG shares rose 17p by the end of the day’s trading, ending at £3.41½, an increase of more than 5%.Rumours which rattled investors with regard to BSkyB on Tuesday (see Sharewatch) still seemed to be having… Continue reading Sharewatch
