Fast-expanding regional publisher Southern Newspapers posted a big leap in profits as it unveiled plans to change its name and move to the main stock market.The company is planning to change its name to News Communications & Media, which in turn, will be shortened to NewsCom. This change has to be approved by shareholders at… Continue reading Southern Gets New Name For New Era
Agency estimates for August 1998 put total terrestrial TV (including GMTV) ad revenue at £166.98 million. Year on year, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 show increases in revenue and GMTV continues to lose advertising income.ITV’s total revenue was up by 12.9% to £118.3 million, C4’s rose by 11.2% to £35.0 million and C5’s revenue… Continue reading TV Revenue – August 1998
British Interactive Broadcasting (the joint venture formed by BT, BSkyB, Midland Bank and Matsushita to provide digital TV interactive services) has announced some reorganisation of its management team amid confusion as to whether it is to supply access to the internet for television viewers.The key appointments are as follows… Peter Hopper joins as commercial director,… Continue reading Reorganisation At BiB
Only a third of the population would be annoyed if the News At Ten moved to an early evening slot, but over half of the general public feel that Manchester United should not be sold to BSkyB. These are the findings of two new surveys from CIA Medialab.ITV’s contentious plans to move the evening news… Continue reading News At Ten Can Go, But Man Utd Should Not Sell To BSkyB, Find Surveys
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has announced that the BBC television channels which are distributed across pay-TV networks will be exempt from channel bundling restrictions.In June the Commission decided to discontinue minimum carriage requirements (MCRs) which stated that pay-TV operators must offer a minimum number of available channels (usually 80-100%). This meant that smaller channels,… Continue reading BBC Channel Bundling Exemption
Ian Helsby has rejoined Quadrant, the advertising and marketing group, after leaving Universal McCann, and has taken over from David Moss as managing director. David Moss will continue in a supporting role as non-executive director.Quadrant: 01925 411 217
Digital operators and broadcasters will be permitted to build TV sets that have the software needed to receive their services embedded into the set. This will allow broadcasters to market and sell hardware which is specifically designed to receive their digital services.This ruling is announced by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) this morning and follows… Continue reading Digital Broadcasters Allowed To Build Proprietary TV Sets
Virgin Records UK, www.vmg.co.uk, recorded 5.5 million page impressions, 436,257 users and 742,695 visits from 1-30 June, according to an ABC// electronic audit. This certificate makes Virgin Records the first major record company to have received a web audit.Danny Van Emden commented on the certificate: “This figure shows that we can deliver to a very… Continue reading Virgin Website Scores
Retail company Kingfisher has made a counter bid for the video, music and book publishing company VCI, following the initial offer of £31 million by Scottish Media Group (see Newsline).Kingfisher has offered £46.8 million for VCI, 120p per share, outbidding SMG by 50%. VCI is advising its shareholders to sit tight until SMG reacts to… Continue reading Battle For VCI Mounts
Atlantic 252 continues to shift its focus towards a younger, trendier audience by hiring MTV’s head of music, David Dunne, as its new programming director. Dunne already work’s on the station’s successful weekend evening dance show, bpm, but will join full time next month.Atlantic decided to shift the station’s feel to a ‘cooler, hipper’ approach… Continue reading Atlantic 252 Continues Youth Focus With Appointment Of MTV’s Programme Director
