Scottish Media Group (SMG) has given up on its plans to move into video publishing through the acquisition of VCI (see SMG Makes £31m Offer For VCI Video Publisher), and has sold its 26.4% stake in the company to rival bidder, Kingfisher (see Battle For VCI Mounts).SMG originally made an 80p per share takeover offer… Continue reading Scottish Media Surrenders VCI Bid
Channel 5’s coverage of the European Championships qualifier between Luxembourg and England last night was watched by an average of 5.31 million people, with a peak audience between 9pm and 9:15pm of 6.13 million, according to unofficial overnight terrestrial viewing data.This figure is the highest audience that Channel 5 has received since it came on… Continue reading England v Luxembourg Gives C5 Record Audience
Express Newspapers has announced 46 job losses at its Daily Star newspaper, following the departure of editor, Phil Walker, after five years with the paper. Walker is succeeded by his deputy, Peter Hill.Express Newspapers: 0171 928 8000
The takeover of Classic Gold 954/1530 by Murfin Music International (see Murfin Music To Buy Classic Gold 954/1530) has been given the go-ahead following the Radio Authority’s public interest test.The station broadcasts on AM in an area covering Hereford and Worcester. The Authority conducted a public interest test because Murfin already owns a station broadcasting… Continue reading Murfin/Classic Gold Takeover Given All-Clear By RA
Emap Online has been named as a winner of a 1998 Award for Innovation in E-Business. Winner of the travel, retail and transport category, the award recognises Emap Online’s achievement with its websites Aloud.com and Bargainholidays.com.Emap Online is one of the largest online retailers in Britain, and its other online products include 1ski.com, Ab2Travel.com and… Continue reading Emap Online Is A Winner
Front Cover – Frontfront is a new men’s lifestyle magazine and one of the first new launches by Cabal Communications. In an interview with Newsline, Cabal Communications’ managing director, Andy Sutcliffe, stated that front ‘aims to provide for young men what magazines like Sugar and Bliss provide for young women.’ This is a sector in… Continue reading First Issue Review – Front
Chris Smith, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, yesterday said that the Government is considering allowing the BBC to receiving funding which is supplementary to the licence fee. This would include advertisements carried on some of the Corporation’s channels which have so far remained non-commercial hallowed ground.Whilst arguing that it is not… Continue reading BBC Channels May Carry Ads
It is understood that the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) is currently discussing with its members ways of changing the system by which TV airtime is bought for advertisers.According to this week’s Campaign, the Society is recommending to members that they encourage their agencies to demand more guarantees of audience delivery from the broadcasters.… Continue reading ITV Trading System Comes Under Further Scrutiny
The Daily Telegraph tomorrow launches a new weekly media section, pitting it against The Times‘ Friday media pages. The section begins as just one page of media coverage, edited by Tom Leonard.MediaTel’s weekly media industry focus and analysis, mediawatch, appears each Friday in The Times’ media pages.Daily Telegraph: 0171 538 5000
