BSkyB was boosted yesterday by the Restrictive Practices Court’s decision to uphold the broadcaster’s TV rights contract with the Premier League (see Newsline). BSkyB closed up 14p at 580p.Rumours that Granada may put together a bid for rival ITV company, Scottish Media Group, pushed Granada up 22p to 637p. Another ITV franchise, Ulster TV, remained… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Restrictive Practices Court has this afternoon ruled that the Premier League football clubs were not acting as a cartel in the sale of television broadcasting rights to BSkyB and the BBC. This ruling goes against the case presented by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which claimed that the League was acting illegally and… Continue reading Premier League TV Rights Given All-Clear By Court
Sky has this afternoon said that it is delighted with the Restrictive Practices Court’s decision not to alter the way Premier League football TV rights are sold (see Premier League TV Rights Given All-Clear By Court). The Court rejected the claim from the OFT that BSkyB’s exclusive agreement with the Premier League is essentially against… Continue reading Broadcasters Welcome Court’s Decision On Premiership Football Rights
The Wireless Group, previously TalkCo, has announced a number of management changes following its acquisition of The Radio Partnership this week (see Talk Radio Buys The Radio Partnership). Jonathan Goodwin, previously chief operating officer at Talk Radio, becomes group managing director of the Wireless Group. Ashley MacKenzie, moves from commercial director of sport at Talk… Continue reading Radio Appointments Brief
Telewest Communications performed badly yesterday as investors reacted to the cable company’s failure to seal a merger deal with Cable & Wireless Communications, itself snapped up by NTL this week (see NTL Spends £8.2bn On Cable & Wireless Communications). Telewest finished down 13žp at 270˝p; CWC closed up 10p at 700˝p.Rumours of a possible takeover… Continue reading Sharewatch
According to the latest Sensor survey from CIA MediaLab, 76% of the population have never heard of digital radio or do know what it is. Only 4% of people claim to be very familiar with the format, compared to 15% for digital television. The survey also shows that only around 7% of people would be… Continue reading Three Quarters Of People Know Nothing Of Digital Radio, Finds Survey
The Restrictive Practices Court will today pass judgement on the legality of the Premier League’s £743 million football broadcasting rights contract with BSkyB and the BBC. The Court is acting on evidence given by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which claimed that the League’s 20 clubs are effectively acting as a cartel in the… Continue reading Premier League’s BSkyB Contract To Receive Court Judgement
The ITV Network took an average viewing share of 31.4% for the twelve months ending June 1999, according to the Independent Television Commission’s (ITC) quarterly viewing report. This includes viewing to breakfast television franchise, GMTV. BBC1’s share came in at 28.7%, slightly down on the previous quarter’s figures (see ITV Wins Majority Viewing Share For… Continue reading ITV Takes Majority Viewing For Year Ended June
The Advertising Association (AA) today told a London conference that a pan-European ban on children’s television advertising would be unworkable. The evidence is drawn from an interpretation of legislation in Sweden which currently prohibits TV advertising to children.The AA believes that the guidelines interpreting the Swedish model show the legislation to be ‘knotted with detail’;… Continue reading Advertising Association Claims Ban On Children’s TV Ads Is Unworkable
Despite closing the sale of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) to NTL yesterday (see NTL Spends £8.2bn On Cable & Wireless Communications), parent company Cable & Wireless dropped back 20p to 745˝p by the end of trading. Investors did not favour the deal for CWC either, which also finished down 8˝p at 690˝p. Conversely, Telewest,… Continue reading Sharewatch
