Confidence in BSkyB in the light of the Premier League bidding (see Sharewatch) continued to be low on Friday. Shares fell again, this time by 118p to £10.53.Telewest’s boasts on Thursday of having signed up 156,000 customers for its Active Digital service (see “Broadbandcaster” Telewest Signs Up 156,000 Digital Customers) failed to inspire confidence in… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Scottish Radio Holdings releases its interim results.Tuesday Regional newspaper publisher SouthNews reports final results for 1999.Wednesday Carlton Communications publishes interim results.Thursday The Wireless Group floats on the London Stock Exchange (see Wireless Group Sets Price For Flotation).Also this week…Television market and… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Carlton Communications announced today the acquisition of America’s largest cinema advertising company, Screenvision. The group, which already owns Carlton Screen Advertising, the largest cinema ads company in the UK, is to pay $93.3 million in the deal.Screenvision accounts for over 65% of the US screen advertising market, selling ads in 32% of cinemas across Europe,… Continue reading Carlton Buys US Cinema Ads Group
The BBC’s commercial e-commerce site, www.beeb.com is planning further expansion. BBC Worldwide has announced a series of appointments and says it is close to finding a joint venture partner to inject capital into both beeb.com and beeb.net, the company’s free to access ISP (see Beeb.com Minority Stake May Go To Flextech Or NTL).Jeanette Angell has… Continue reading Beeb.com Sets Sights On Expansion
MediaTrader, the online media availability service launched by MediaTel just over five weeks ago, has signed up IPC Magazines as its fortieth media owner to commit to adding inventory to the new service.IPC Magazines joins a wide range of media owners including virtually all the radio sales houses, Carlton, TDI, Pearl & Dean and Taxi… Continue reading MediaTrader Signs Up IPC Magazines And Launches WAP Access
The Wireless Group has set a price for its flotation, announced earlier this month (see TWG Prepares For Flotation). The radio company, which owns TalkSport and a network of local stations, will issue shares at 190p each, valuing the group at £183 million.In a statement the group said it would issue just over 21 million… Continue reading Wireless Group Sets Price For Flotation
The number of banner advertising networks and ad-supported sites increased by 22% in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest Online Advertising Report from US company AdKnowledge Inc.The research also found that 33% more “conversion events”, where users purchase, register and so on, came from users who had just viewed an ad,… Continue reading Study Reveals Increase In Online Advertising
Virgin Radio has struck a deal with mobile internet service provider iobox for a six month sponsorship of Virgin’s WAP service. The campaign begins on 22 May and will include six months of ongoing on-air support, advertorials, online promotions and promotion during the early evening Pete and Geoff show.Virgin launched its WAP service in March… Continue reading Virgin WAP Signs Sponsorship Deal With IoBox
OK Magazine is to supply content to interactive channel Open TV. Viewers will be able to access exclusive gossip and previously unreleased coverage of celebrities. The interactive element will be provided in the form of celebrity quizzes and opportunities to compete for prizes. The deal will also see Open become major advertisers within the print… Continue reading OK! To Provide Content For Open
This week saw the second Electronic Media Trading conference in London, at which over 200 delegates, representing a number of major agencies and media owners, met to discuss the future of Electronic Trading in Media.This was a timely conference following last week’s comments by Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP. In Campaign magazine he is quoted… Continue reading Conference Discusses Future Of Media Trading
