The Mirror Group has announced that it is creating a new group division – Mirror New Media and Interactive Services. The branch, headed up by David Clarke as chief executive (formerly chief executive at Virgin Net), will launch a free Internet service, ic24.co.uk (see Newsline). These developments are a result of the review which the… Continue reading Mirror Group Announces New Media Division and Free ISP
Talk Radio has sealed a deal for the exclusive rights to broadcast cricket’s Coca-Cola Cup, which takes place in Sharjah, Dubai. The tournament, a warm up to the World Cup in May, takes places between 7 and 16 April and will see England face up to Pakistan and India.Talk will broadcast coverage of the matches… Continue reading Talk Radio Catches Coca-Cola Cricket Coverage
News International (NI) today unveiled its new free internet service, which is branded through the Sun and is dubbed CurrantBun.com. It has been expected for some time that NI, publisher of the Times, was to launch its own free internet service provider (ISP) (see News International Expected To Launch Free ISP Services); a Times-branded site… Continue reading The Sun Serves Up CurrantBun
The overall feeling at the Independent Television Commission’s Annual Review press conference this morning, was that whilst ITV is making efforts to redress any short-fallings it might have, the Network’s current output is not quite the Commission’s vision of ideal.On the one hand, the ITC report notes that: “ITV showed a determination to refresh and… Continue reading ITV Is Making The Effort, But Could Improve, Says ITC
Northcliffe Electronic Publishing (NEP), the new media division of Northcliffe Newspapers, has launched This Is Lincolnshire, the latest in its series of This Is… websites.The site is hosted by Northcliffe’s Lincolnshire Echo and provides the Lincolnshire community with ‘interactive entertainment and online business opportunities’.Northcliffe has been quick to augment its regional newspaper publishing business in… Continue reading Northcliffe Launches ‘This Is Lincolnshire’
NTL is preparing to launch the country’s first interactive TV (iTV) service tommorrow on schedule, offering a comprehensive selection of home shopping, news, sport, travel and local information sources to viewers across the nation. The iTV service is backed by a number of leading retail and online information providers, including Tesco, ITN, Flextech, Sporting Life,… Continue reading NTL Interactive Launch On Schedule
Shares in regional newspaper group Adscene have leapt after the group announced it had received a possible takeover approach. The Canterbury-based group did not name the prospective buyer but shares still pulled ahead by almost 24%, adding £8 million to the value of the group.The announcement of a potential takeover comes amid a flurry of… Continue reading Adscene Jumps On Takeover Approach
Monday Poster advertising group Maiden announces its 1998 financial results today. More details to follow on Newsline.Also reporting today is market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres. Details of the results will be available shortly.Tuesday The Independent Television Commission is holding a press conference to launch its Annual Report and Performance Reviews. Details of the report… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Impacts on ITV were up across the board during February. The biggest was once again in the Housewives/Children audience category, up 7.3%.Channel 4 impacts increased in all categories bar Women, which dropped slightly by 0.5%. Channel 5 continues to improve its impacts in all categories.Costs for all the main terrestrial channels rose year on year… Continue reading TV Round-Up – February 1999
Maiden, the outdoor posters group, has this morning posted a fall in profits during 1998, a year which chief executive, Ron Zeghibe, describes as ‘financially testing’. Maiden’s pre-tax profits fell by 35.4% year on year to £6.5 million. This was largely due to poor trading in poster ad sites during the World Cup months.Sales were… Continue reading Maiden Profits Drop After ‘Testing Year’
