The Guardian Media Group has announced plans to launch the first 24-hour “internet-only” radio station in the UK. The group’s Variety brand will broadcast on the web ahead of its formal applications for the West Midlands and Yorkshire analogue licences.The group began trials of its Variety FM brand in the Selby area this month (see… Continue reading Guardian Group To Launch Radio Brand On The Web
The Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) body has this morning announced the appointment of Jane O’Hara as its new managing director. She replaces current executive director, Peter Jenkins, who is planning to leave the group at the end of May 2000 (see RAJAR Director To Leave In Spring 2000). O’Hara currently works as a consultant… Continue reading RAJAR Appoints New Managing Director
UK cinema admissions rose by 21.2% year on year for December 1999 according to the latest figures released by Carlton Screen Advertising. Total admissions across the month came to 10.7 million, mainly from two films which topped the charts the previous month as well – The World Is Not Enough and The Sixth Sense.Average weekly… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Up 21% In December
A new magazine for the radio industry has been launched. Airplay will be the sister publication to Broadcaster’s Bulletin and will cover all aspects of radio broadcasting.Establishing itself as a quality magazine for the developing radio market, it will contain features and industry news. It will be distributed to station managers, managing directors and other… Continue reading Radio Market Gets New Magazine
BSkyB this morning denied that it has made a preemptive bid for the new Premier League contract, following the second report claiming such a move in four months. In October last year, a Financial Times article reported that Sky had held informal negotiations with a number of key clubs in the League with a view… Continue reading Sky Denies Premier League Bid For A Second Time
The UK’s largest regional newspaper sales house, Amra, is restructuring its operations following the integration of the Mirror Regional Sales business. Amra, which is owned by Trinity, took on Mirror Regional Sales when Mirror Group and Trinity formed to create the UK’s largest regional newspaper group, Trinity Mirror (see Trinity Mirror Consolidates Regional Sales Into… Continue reading Amra Restructures Sales Teams
Shares in WPP suffered their biggest decline yesterday, falling 105p to £10.29, despite the company reporting rising profits in its annual results (see Network Inflation Drives Advertisers Away From TV, Says WPP). Commerzbank downgraded the advertising group on the basis that its share price was not matched by its growth prospects.Radio group GWR was one… Continue reading Sharewatch
Global advertising and PR group, WPP, says that the real cost of advertising on network television, the primary media medium, is continuing to rise by as much as 5-10% a year on both sides of the Atlantic. WPP says that this is caused partly by increased pricing by an oligopoly of media owners and partly… Continue reading Network Inflation Drives Advertisers Away From TV, Says WPP
HSBC bank has renewed its sponsorship of all ITV drama premiere’s in a deal worth around £3 million. The contract will see HSBC associated with ITV’s drama premiere one-offs and mini-series for the duration of 2000 and kicks off with a feature-length edition of Poirot this Saturday.It has also been reported that NTL has won… Continue reading HSBC Renews ITV Drama Premiere Sponsorship
Radio group GWR rose 52˝ to a record 790p after announcing the launch of its internet arm, Ecast Ventures (see GWR Group Launches New Internet Company).Telewest jumped almost 9% to close at 456ź as bid rumours pushed the stock.Granada, however, continued to shed after a poor recommendation earlier in the week (see Sharewatch).The closing prices… Continue reading Sharewatch
