The world of the Internet offers a seemingly inexhaustible hive of information on all kinds of people’s lives, their hobbies, their clubs; it allows discussions, has chat rooms and, almost certainly, creates electronic love affairs. A young American woman however, has offered her whole private life up for scrutiny – 24 hours a day. Jennifer… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 10/10/97
It has been reported that On Demand Management, a cable consortium led by Telewest and including NTL and General Cable, is in discussions with major Hollywood film companies with a view to striking a deal which would allow On Demand pay-per-view rights to blockbuster films. The On Demand cable consortium represents more than half the… Continue reading On Demand Plan Pay-Per-View Deal With Hollywood
The general sports magazine market is rather a puzzle at the moment. Although there are only a couple of mainstream titles, namely Total Sport and Sported! which are both published by Emap, it would appear a difficult arena to enter – a number of titles have struggled in the sector and been forced to close,… Continue reading First Issue Review – Inside Sport
British Telecom are to wait for MCI to make the next move following WorldCom’s counter-bid of $30bn for an MCI merger (subscribers see BT Considers Options. WorldCom’s offer outstrips BT’s by about $7bn and BT are not planning to make a higher competing offer.There is the possibility of a three-way merger deal although a BT… Continue reading BT Puts The Ball In MCI’s Court
The Ordnance Survey has launched a new Website ( http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk) which features samples of a mapping product which covers the entire country at scales of up to fifty inches to one mile. The site hosts a number of further samples of OS services and products as well as information about the company and links to… Continue reading Mapping In Cyberspace
Future Publishing’s PC Plus magazine is to feature a full version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 4.0 on CD ROM on the cover of the November issue (at newsstands 8 October). The software, which can take over an hour to download from the Internet, is featured free with video tutorials.The December issue also sees £1000’s worth… Continue reading PC Plus Promotions
TuesdayThe Retail Prices Index for August will be announced.NRS data for August will be released and featured on Newsline.ThursdayMonitoring Media Performance conference, City Conference Centre, London.Also this week: Website of the Week will cover the Daily Telegraph ‘s Juiced site and there will also be a Web Round-Up looking at the latest developments in the… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Revenue Agency estimates put August’s terrestrial television revenue at £143 million. ITV brought in a total of £104.8m, up 3.9% year on year, while Channel 4 came in at £31.5m, up 0.5%. Channel 5’s revenue was estimated to be £6.7m, down from £8m last month. GMTV’s revenue fell 8% to £5.3m.There were relatively minor year… Continue reading TV Round-Up – August
Pearson are contemplating selling their 4% stake in BSkyB if their offer of £233m for US television production company All American comes off. A spokeswoman for Pearson said the sale of the BSkyB stake, and the possible sale of other broadcasting company stakes held by Pearson, would be completed in order to further distance the… Continue reading Pearson May Sell Stakes In TV Companies
Maid, the online information provider, has announced that it will be taking over its formal rival Knight-Ridder Information.The deal, worth £261m, will see Maid become the world’s largest online information company as it changes its name to the Dialog Corporation when it begins trading next month. Dan Wagner, founder of Maid, will become chief executive… Continue reading Maid Acquisition To Go Ahead
