Tomorrow sees the publishing of Continental Research’s pre-launch report on the UK market for digital television, which shows that terrestrial TV operators will lead the way in the race to secure digital television customers.Continental’s research shows that digital terrestrial television (DTT) will command more subscribers in 2003 than either digital cable or digital satellite individually.… Continue reading Terrestrial To Lead Digital TV Uptake, Says Survey
Pearson TV has acquired a 12.3% stake in the Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC), a consortium which plans to launch a ‘distinctive’ digital TV film service early next year (see Digital Broadcasting Company Plans ‘Distinctive’ Movie Service).DBC was established in January this year by St James’ Investment Partnership and is lead by Richard Dunn, previously chief… Continue reading Pearson Television Joins Digital Broadcasting Company
John Madejski, the multi-millionaire chairman of Reading Football Club, and his partner Paul Gibbon have sold Hurst Publishing to BC Partners, an investment group specialising in company buy-outs, for £260 million.Madejski held a 67% stake in Hurst, publishers of Auto Trader, and was apparently hoping to get £300 million for the company. He shall remain… Continue reading Auto Trader Goes For £260m
Commercial radio group, GWR, has welcomed the Government’s Green Paper, Regulating Communications: Approaching Convergence In The Information Age, which was published yesterday (see Government ‘Green Paper’ Sets The Scene For The Fundamental Restructuring Of The Information Superhighway).GWR chief executive, Ralph Bernard, said: “The broadcast and communication industries are developing rapidly – it is essential that… Continue reading GWR Welcomes Government’s Communications Green Paper
The Radio Authority issued a new directive today in response to several complaints regarding wind-up calls. The new trend involves presenters making ‘hoax calls’ on air posing as someone else to unsuspecting victims.Complaints have revealed, however, that unwitting victims may suffer some distress. For example, an incident on Viking FM in Hull in which a… Continue reading Radio Watchdog Stands Guard Over Hoax Calls
Over the duration of the British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone, the ITV Formula One website (http://www.itvf1.com/) had over 500,000 visits. Sponsored by Ford, and produced in conjunction with Haymarket Publishing F1 magazine, the website proved itself to be an unprecedented success during the weekend according to ITV figures.Ian McCullough, operations director at ITV sales… Continue reading Silverstone Success For ITV Formula One Website
The Commission has warned the US that it will seek redress from the World Trade Organisation unless the US Government places new legislation before Congress on labels of origin for European textiles by 20 August. In July 1996 the US introduced rules forcing EU textile manufacturers to label finished goods with the name of the… Continue reading EU: Pressure on the US
The annual report of the Data Protection Registrar has warned about an increasing threat to data privacy posed by the public sector. The DP Registrar cautions that the data matching activities of local authorities may be illegal, despite their objective of combating benefit fraud.
A new survey conducted by MediaTel and the Electronic Telegraph has shown that the media community has invested heavily over the last year in the technology required to receive and utilise net-based services.However, there is still relatively little activity when it comes to developing online advertising campaigns, according to the research conducted across the 125… Continue reading Media Industry Invests In The Internet But Is Less Keen To Advertise On It
More European Union funding for Europe’s audiovisual industry is expected to be agreed in 1999. A Communication adopted by the EC stresses the need for a financial instrument to attract more private-sector investment to audiovisual production. It recognised a number of ideas put forward at a recent conference in Birmingham under the banner of the… Continue reading EU: More funds for industry?
