Major commercial radio broadcasters are preparing to go head to head as the Radio Authority invites bids for two new major commercial analogue licences in the UK. The deadline for bids for a new West Midlands licence closed yesterday, and a similar licence in the Yorkshire area has started receiving applications.The Radio Authority said it… Continue reading Radio Stations Appeal To The Older Generation In Bids For New Commercial Licences
ITV has today confirmed that it has been granted a judicial review of the Independent Television Commission’s (ITC) direction regarding the scheduling of the ITV Nightly News. The judge has made an order for expedition and directed that the hearing shall be no later than the end of September.Today’s move came after the television industry… Continue reading ITV Granted Judicial Review Of ITC News Direction
This edition is a revised version of the original report.Recent launches dominated the market in the first half of 2000, with 6 titles reporting for the first time. Nintendo magazines suffered badly at the expense of the more popular Sony Playstation and Sega Dreamcast, according to the latest ABC figures for the six-month period to… Continue reading ABC Report Update: New Launches Steady Volatile Gaming Market
A fall in Reuters’ subsidiary Tibco in the US led to a drop in Reuters’ own shares, which ended down 29p at £12.78. BSkyB shares also fell, by 55p to £12.21, apparently thanks to rumours about the possibility of a share placing.Scottish Media Group shares soared yesterday, ending up 24½p at £3.24½- a rise of… Continue reading Sharewatch
The BBC and Telewest have today announced a long-term agreement for carriage of BBC licence-fee funded digital channels and interactive services on Telewest cable networks. The deal, which runs until 2006, will allow Telewest digital viewers access to the BBC’s radio services and digital versions of its terrestrial channels as well as BBC Choice, BBC… Continue reading BBC Services To Be Made Available On Digital Cable
BSkyB is to launch Europe’s first television channel devoted to the automotive industry. The Automotive Channel, which launches on the 28 September, will broadcast news, analysis, market information and training programmes on the Sky digital platform.The full schedule will begin on 9 October with programming going out between 8.30am and 1.30pm each weekday. The channel… Continue reading Sky Prepares For Launch Of Automotive Industry Channel
AltaVista UK has put its unmetered internet access service “on hold”, having found it economically unviable to run the service without a discounted call rate from BT.AltaVista, famous for its popular internet search engines, announced its intention to launch unmetered internet access in March this year (see AltaVista To Offer Unmetered Net Access). At the… Continue reading AltaVista Blames BT For Stalling On Free Internet Service
The BBC has today announced the creation of a new subsidiary to house its commercial internet holdings and a US venture capital partner to help fund it. Valued at £240m, the new company, beeb ventures, has signed an agreement with US-based internet investor, T H Lee Global Internet Managers (THLi).THLi will pay £32.5m to acquire… Continue reading BBC Creates New Net Subsidiary, Ends “Free” Trials With WAP Platforms
The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) is enhancing its audience measurement service by introducing new Lifestage classifications. Available to all BARB subscribers from 21 August, the new data will now include the living patterns of its participants.BARB subscribers will be able to include the various lifestages of audiences’ viewing of channels, programmes or commercials in… Continue reading BARB Introduces Lifestage Classifications
SMG, formerly known as the Scottish Media Group, has announced pre-tax profits of £30m for the six-month period to the end of June. This represents a 25% increase on the same period last year, helped by its successful acquisition of the Ginger Media Group in January (see Ginger Acquisition Strengthens SMG’s Presence). Total turnover increased… Continue reading SMG’s Expanded UK Presence Lifts Profits By 25%
