Two top radio executives at Chrysalis have announced their intention to start up their own internet company. Keith Pringle, group programme director, and Ande MacPherson, content director for Chrysalis Radio Online, plan to set up Ride the Tiger with backing from Chrysalis New Media.The group placed shares recently to raise an estimated £27 million to… Continue reading Radio Executives Move Online
BSkyB today extolled the success of its digital services, reporting sales of 2.6 million, despite blaming its rapid expansion in the digital world for a £61.5 million pre-tax loss in its half-year results.The broadcasting group has been giving away set-top boxes in the race to become the largest digital service provider in the UK. It… Continue reading SkyDigital Subscribers Up To 2.6 Million
As the deadline for bids in the auction of the Belfast Telegraph passed last night, a number of major media groups had joined the list. The expected line-up for the Ulster newspaper is expected to include Independent News & Media, Gannett, Regional Independent Media and a management buyout team backed by venture capitalists.The newspaper is… Continue reading Media Groups Line Up For Belfast Telegraph
Major internet companies have joined together to create the first Pan-European Internet Monitor. Research group Pro Active International is conducting the survey in alliance with net companies including AltaVista, RealMedia, Yahoo Europe, 24/7 and Excite.It will be conducted by telephone, face-to-face interview, and online between February and September this year in 14 European countries and… Continue reading Net Companies Unite In Pan-European Internet Monitor
EMAP On Air has signed a £500,000 sponsorship deal with Warner Village Cinemas. A film show, Moviezone, will broadcast on selected stations giving listeners up-to-date information about current releases.The station involved in the deal are part of the Big City network in Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Preston and Sheffield. This newly-formed network aims at the 15-34… Continue reading EMAP On Air Signs Deal With Warner
Information group Reuters plans to spend £500m moving its services onto the internet. Announcing its full-year financial results today the group unveiled a four-year net strategy which includes a host of technology deals.As the group posted strong results for the year it announced a joint venture with US firm Multex to launch a European net-based… Continue reading Reuters To Spend £500m On Net Plans
Information group Reuters is today expected to unveil a strategy to make its major financial products available on the internet. Plans for the partial flotation of its electronic trading business, Instinet, and the Greenhouse Fund, which invests in net start-ups, are also expected as the group announces its full-year financial results. Prices closed down slightly… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) and the Office for Telecommunications (OFTEL) today announced the provisional conclusions of their joint consultation into the bundling of television and telephony services. The consultation, announced in April last year (see ITC And OFTEL Consult On Cable TV And Telephony Bundling), was set up to investigate the ways in which… Continue reading Cable TV/Telephony Bundling Not Anti-Competitive Says ITC
Cinema achieved its highest ever annual admissions last year, with a total of 139.1 million ticket sales. This represents a 2.9% increase on 1998 admissions which came in at 135.2 million. Box office sales across the year totalled £606.1 million, up 11% on the previous year and rise of 117% over the whole decade, according… Continue reading Cinema Achieves Highest Admissions In 25 Years In 1999
Crimson Publishing has launched a new monthly computer title providing reviews and news of all the latest strategy games. PC Strategy Games will go on sale on 18 February priced £2.95 with an initial print run of 70,000. Waterside Publishing is set to launch a magazine title based around characters from the Fox Kids TV… Continue reading Newsline Brief
