Shares in Reuters began to climb back yesterday after its recent falls, which saw the stock almost half in value (see Sharewatch). The information group bought back 4.7 million shares on Wednesday and press comment has further boosted its status. Prices closed up 31˝p to 569˝p.Flextech saw a leap in its prices as the pay-TV… Continue reading Sharewatch
Billed as ‘young urban thinking’, Limb by Limb magazine is the first product from Speakeasy Media, the multimedia publishing company launched by Jasper Gibson last year. It mixes highly-stylised features and articles designed to appeal to the target audience of professional men and women, aged 18-35 who live and work in London.Commenting on the launch,… Continue reading First Issue Review – Limb By Limb
Flextech yesterday signed a deal to provide shopping services on Open, the interactive television service which launched earlier this month (see Interactive TV Launches In The UK). The five shopping outlets will be available to subscribers of Sky Digital.The pay-TV group will initially offer two services, both of which are linked to its own channels.… Continue reading Flextech Launches Shopping Services
BSkyB is to promote its Sky Digital service with an £8 million advertising campaign in the run-up to Christmas. Sky has developed the campaign after research showed that many consumers were still unaware that the company is giving away its set-top box hardware for free. ITV is looking for a senior executive in preparation for… Continue reading Newsline Brief
BSkyB has this morning effectively denied reports that the company has approached two major Premiership football clubs offering a £1 billion deal which would secure the company’s broadcasting rights to Premiership games until 2003.The Financial Times this morning reports that Sky has held informal negotiations, ahead of the official tender process, with the chairmen of… Continue reading BSkyB Denies Having Made £1bn Football Rights Bid
Capital 95.8FM continued its reign as the top commercial station in the London area in the latest RAJAR figures, released yesterday. Despite a 2.8% drop in its weekly reach, the station’s share of London listening remains healthy at 13%. Capital Gold, however, saw its weekly reach drop by 9.8% period on period to 1.2 million;… Continue reading September 1999 RAJAR: London Stations
Capital 95.8FM continued its reign as the top commercial station in the London area in the latest RAJAR figures, released yesterday. Despite a 2.8% drop in its weekly reach, the station’s share of London listening remains healthy. Capital Gold, however, saw its weekly reach drop by 9.8% period on period.Chrysalis Radio’s Heart 106.2FM also sustained… Continue reading September 1999 RAJAR: London Stations
Local commercial radio listening, including the London stations, dropped around 100,000 listeners (3.6%) period on period according to the September RAJAR survey. The sector’s share of listening fell by 0.9% points to 39.2%; average hours per listener per week increased by 0.1 to 14.9.Galaxy 105-106 reported its first RAJAR figure in this survey. The Chrysalis-owned… Continue reading September 1999 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
The internet this week received two new sites targeting their content at the growing number of women online. The UK’s most popular internet service provider (ISP), Freeserve, has created iCircle, a spin-off site dedicated to women, and Associated New Media (ANM) has unveiled the fruits of its charlottestreet.com project (see Associated Plans Women’s Website Launch).The… Continue reading ANM And Freeserve Unveil Women’s Web Offerings
Shares in Capital Radio jumped yesterday after the announcement that it is to launch its first national radio station (see Capital Radio To Launch Its First National Station). Prices closed up 28p to 985p.The radio sector as a whole will be in the spotlight today as the latest RAJAR results are released (see BBC Steals… Continue reading Sharewatch
