The UK media group Pearson this weekend agreed to take a stake in the Spanish media. Through the group’s subsidiary, Recoletos, Pearson is seeking to purchase up to 30% of the shares of Unidad Editorial S.A, publisher of El Mundo, one of Spain’s leading daily newspapers.Pearson steps up its foreign interests in the wake of… Continue reading UK Pearson Invests in Spanish Publisher
According to reports over the weekend, the new owner of Talk Radio, Kelvin MacKenzie’s consortium TalkCo, is in conflict with the original senior management of Talk, who left the group after MacKenzie took over (see Newsline), over redundancy pay-offs. TalkCo bought the radio group for £24.7 million (see Newsline)According to Talk’s new controllers, the contracts… Continue reading More Rumblings At Talk Radio
Channel 5 has announced the promotion of its head of regional independent productions, Adam Perry, to the position of controller, special events.Perry was responsible for the surprisingly welcome return of Miss World on Channel 5 last week, after its 10 year absence. Live overnights from Initial showed that 3.2 million viewers tuned into watch Miss… Continue reading Channel 5 New Special Events Controller
This month’s Broadcasting Standards Commission Bulletin featured complaints against ITV’s The Bill, concerning violent scenes and the use of bad language before the watershed. The Commission decided to uphold the complaints after ruling that the episodes in question would have exceeded family expectations.Eastenders was also in the spotlight after over 20 complaints were received concerning… Continue reading Sex And Violence On TV Gets Complaints
Scottish Radio Holdings has released its preliminary financial results for the year ending 30 September 1998, revealing a 17% increase in turnover, taking it up to £43.8 million for the year.Pre-tax profit rose 30% to £12.5 million, and earnings per share are at 29p, a rise of 26%.The group intends to apply for local digital… Continue reading Scottish Radio Group Announces 17% Increase In Turnover
New research by US company, Nielsen Media Research, has shown that in America, households that gain Internet access do not watch less TV than they did before going online.The study measures the relationship over time between gaining access to the Internet and TV usage. Using Nielsen’s National People Meter Sample, TV usage was measured both… Continue reading US Research Shows The Net Doesn’t Steal TV Viewers
Monday Scottish Radio Holdings releases its preliminary financial results for the year ending 30 September 1998.Tuesday Carlton Communications releases its annual results, likely to include an update on the group’s recently launched ONdigital DTT service.Wednesday NRS data for September is released. A look at the readerships of the national newspapers will be available on Newsline.Thursday… Continue reading The Week Ahead
www.Jamba.co.ukJamba is one of the three websites to have been launched by Carlton Online this month. Totally dedicated to games, trivia and general mental acrobatics, it is the ultimate refuge for office-bound bodies and computer spods seeking relief. It is, of course, bad news for employers who are destined to lose a considerable number of… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Jamba
According to figures just released by GfK Marketing Services, BSKyB sold an estimated 58,300 of its Sky Digital set-top boxes during October, the first month of its launch. During the same period only 3,100 units for Sky’s analogue service were sold.Sky Digital is hoping to have around 200,000 subscribers by the end of this year.… Continue reading Sky Shifts Almost 60,000 Digital Boxes In First Month
Regional newspaper group, Bristol United Press (BUP) has made £2.2 million from Wessex Newspapers, which it bought in October last year, in the six months ending 30 September 1998.BUP has also reported pre-tax profits of £11.4 million, up 64% on the same period last year. Turnover at the publisher stood at £36.7 million of which… Continue reading Bristol United Press Benefits From Wessex Acquisition
