ONdigital has announced a joint venture with SDN, a consortium in which United News is a member, to launch a pay-per-view service to launch on digital terrestrial television. The new service will be available later this year, and make available movies, sports and other events on a pay-as-you-go basis.The service will use up to 5… Continue reading ONdigital To Launch Pay-Per-View
The Mirror Group, which recently rejected a bid from Trinity worth around £1 billion (see Newsline), lost 2p from its share price by the close of trading. The group releases is financial results today, details to follow on Newsline.Portsmouth & Sunderland, currently being bid for by range of media groups, gained 25p on its share… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Mirror Group confirmed to Newsline this afternoon that it has abandoned plans to relaunch its title The Sporting Life.The group merged the title into The Racing Post early last year (see Newsline), but maintained that it intended to relaunch the title as the first daily sports-only newspaper.It emerged today however that the group will… Continue reading Mirror Group Abandons Plans To Relaunch Sporting Life
The Mirror Group, which has been in the spotlight recently due to a number of takeover bids for the group (see Newsline) released its financial results for 1998 today. The group reported an annual turnover of £697 million (1997: £559 million), and pre tax profit increased by 9% from £92 million to £100 million. Underlying… Continue reading Mirror Group Reports Pre-Tax Profit Of £100 Million
The Radio Authority (RA) has been exonerated from allegations of misconduct made last year about the way in which the Authority awarded its licences. John Norrington, the former secretary of the RA, made the accusations, some of which were repeated by BBC Newsnight (see Newsline). The allegations involved the awarding of the East England regional… Continue reading RA Cleared Of Allegations Of Misconduct
Latest data from CAA/EDI shows cinema admissions for January 1999 fell substantially year on year, dropping by 29.7% compared to January 1998. Compared to December 1998, when cinema admission stood at 8.9 million, admissions for January 1999 rose by 15.2% to 10.2 million.Average weekly admission during January 1999 were 2.31 million.
Newscom, which used to be called Southern Newspapers (see Newsline) released its interim results this week for the twenty-six weeks ended 16 December 1998.The group reported a 17.8% increase in turnover, rising to £70.1 million. Earnings per share were 25.30p, and pre-tax profit stood at £9.3 million.Newspaper advertising revenue rose by 9.1% for the group,… Continue reading Newscom Reports Interim Results
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has fined cable company Telewest £10,000 for continually breaching the ITC rules on the amount and scheduling of advertising, in relation to local advertisements.In November 1998, the broadcaster screened an ad for an 18-rated film on the Cartoon Network during a local advertising slot on Telewest Cable in the Bristol… Continue reading ITC Fines Telewest £10,000
Cable company NTL has extended its contracts with the ITV companies and Channel 4 to cover the remainder of the analogue era. Effectively, the deal clears the way for the eventual ending of the conventional analogue age.Under the £500 million deal, NTL will continue to transmit ITV and Channel 4 broadcasts until the government and… Continue reading NTL To Carry ITV And Channel 4 Broadcasts Until Analogue Switch-Off
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk ‘This is Money’ is the new website from Associated New Media, the new media publishing division of the Daily Mail & General Trust, owners of The Daily Mail and The Evening Standard. It bills itself as ‘your personal financial advisor’ and is targeted straight at the money-loving heart of Middle England, offering advice on… Continue reading Website Of The Week – This Is Money
