Initiative Media has set up a new division to house its technology-related clients. Initiative.com will be headed by Simon Foster and will include the Sun Microsystems account which the company obtained last week for £60 million. A new magazine from Company’s Good Housekeeping brand is set to launch on September 23. Buy The Best will… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Publishers are currently being judged on the strength of their planned internet strategies. United News & Media climbed 3˝p to 607p as it gets ready to unveil its internet plans for CMP Media and Miller Freeman.Reed International dropped 8p to 389p as Goldman Sachs warned of the threat to its business publishing division by Business… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Guardian Media Group (GMG), publisher of the Guardian and Observer, has this morning reported a 29% jump in pre-tax profits for the twelve months to 28 March 1999 to £68.2 million. Turnover grew 5.3% to £412 million and the group invested £33 million in new computer systems and production improvements.Lord Gavron, chairman of GMG,… Continue reading Profits Grow At Guardian Media Group
UK cable companies NTL and Telewest Communications have both announced plans to roll out video-on-demand (VOD) services across their TV franchises. The VOD system allows viewers to choose exactly when they want to watch a film or programme, which is then delivered to their home via cable at that time. As VOD is developed, the… Continue reading Cable Companies Promise Video-On-Demand
Programmes With no major new series starting in August, a number of special one-off programmes littered the schedules of the major terrestrial channels. The heavily publicised In Excess: The Death of Michael Hutchence managed to pull in 3.13 million viewers for Channel 4, while ITV’s An Unsuitable Job For A Woman had 6.31 million viewers… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – August 1999
Programmes With no major new series starting in August, a number of special one-off programmes littered the schedules of the major terrestrial channels. The heavily publicised In Excess: The Death of Michael Hutchence managed to pull in 3.13 million viewers for Channel 4, while ITV’s An Unsuitable Job For A Woman had 6.31 million viewers… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – August 1999
ONdigital has completed its senior director line-up with the appointment of Rob Fyfe to the newly-created position of chief operating officer. Fyfe joins the digital terrestrial broadcaster from Telecom New Zealand where he was general manager, consumer.Fyfe’s appointment to the ONdigital team of directors follows a stormy period at the company during which a number… Continue reading ONdigital Rebuilds Senior Team With Operating Officer Appointment
World Interactive Television (WIT) is set to launch today with an online astrology service. The world’s first internet-based interactive “pay-to-view” TV company has been formed by Kelvin MacKenzie, Stephen Kirk, the founder of Cable London, and Bruce Gyngell, former chairman of TV-AM.Kirk will be the chief executive of WIT and its first venture will offer… Continue reading World Interactive Television Launches With Astrology Service
The Independent Radio Group (IRG) is the subject of a rumoured takeover bid, the second in as many weeks. The group, which owns six commercial radio stations in the north-west and Scotland, is currently linked to a deal with Talk Radio, believed to value IRG at around £22 million.Reports add further speculation to rumours about… Continue reading Independent Radio Group In Bid Rumours
Regional newspaper publisher, Northcliffe Newspapers, has acquired Central Independent Newspapers (CIN) and Admag Newspapers in a deal worth about £40 million. The deal gives Northcliffe a further 21 regional papers as well as three magazines, making it temporarily the largest regional newspaper group in the UK with a weekly circulation of 8.4 million. However, when… Continue reading Northcliffe Newspapers Acquires CIN And Admag
