The first in the planned series of James Bond films, Goldeneye, saw ITV gain an audience of 12.1 million last night, according to unofficial overnight figures from the Network Centre. This represents an average 52% share of all viewing across the film’s two hour slot, from 9pm to 11pm.ITV’s peak-time salvo against the BBC was… Continue reading Goldeneye Nets 52% Share For ITV
http://www.empireonline.co.uk/Empire magazine is, as you all know, shiny colourful and lightweight – a fluffy compendium of Hollywood gossip and glossy pictures of attractive stars. It’s cinema glamour as seen by teenage boys and romance as imagined by girls infatuated with Leonardo Di Caprio (why? Why?).So I was expecting the online version to be full of… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Empire
Pearson suffered an 85p drop in its share price, falling to 1,337p. This follows a fairly positive set of financial results released yesterday, which reported a 19% leap in operating profit (see Newsline). By 10:30am today, the group’s price had fallen a further 13p to 1,324p.Carlton Communications, on the other hand, saw a 7˝p rise… Continue reading Sharewatch
Granada showed a substantial rise in its share price of 47p to 1293˝p yesterday. Granada Television owns a number of franchises in the ITV Network, which this week launched its new schedule after the removal of its News At Ten bulletin (see Newsline).BSkyB’s shares rose 18źp yesterday to 560źp. It emerged this week that the… Continue reading Sharewatch
The UK telecommunications watchdog, OFTEL, has decided not to change the current telephone pricing system which has enabled the rapid growth in free internet access services over the recent months. In a long-awaited consultation (see OFTEL Consultations To Examine ISP Phone Pricing), OFTEL today said that it will not alter the revenue pricing system of… Continue reading OFTEL Decision Safeguards Free Net Access For 2˝ Years
The Pearson Group, publisher of the Financial Times, today released its results for the year ended 31 December 1998, recording a 19% leap in operating profit, which rose to £389 million during 1998. Adjusted earnings per share climbed 20% to 42p.Pearson acquired US publishing group Simon & Schuster from Viacom for $4.6 billion (£2.8 billion)… Continue reading Pearson’s Overseas Interests Boost Profit
Talk Radio is to launch a promotion for its new breakfast show using scratch cards in the Sun, the Mirror and the Daily Record. The new show, the Big Boys Breakfast, starts next Monday, 15 March (see Newsline).The promotion also begins next week, and runs for a fortnight. It will be backed up by a… Continue reading Talk Radio In Breakfast Prize Giveaway
Regional publisher Northcliffe Newspapers has developed online shopping facilities for its This Is… network of sites through a deal with multimedia retailer Internet Movie and Video Shop (iMVS). Visitors to one of the nine current Northcliffe regional This Is… websites will be able to purchase CDs and videos with a 10% discount until 31 March.Northcliffe… Continue reading Northcliffe Drives Online Shopping Via ‘This Is…’ Sites
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) fielded complaints against Emap Metro’s ad for its Kerrang! publication in Playstation Plus magazine. The watchdog supported the complaints for the ad, which showed four words spelt out in British sign language with a reference key at the bottom to translate the letters. The sentence transpired to read ‘Turn it… Continue reading Advertising Watchdog Clamps Down On Emap Ad
Carlton Communications today has announced the acquisition of Bob Geldof’s production company, Planet 24. The deal is estimated to be worth around £15 million.Carlton’s other television businesses include Carlton Television and Action Time, and the group also owns the ITV franchises Central and West Country and 20% of GMTV, as well as having a 50%… Continue reading Carlton Acquires Planet 24
