At the Marketing Week Conference on the National Newspaper Cover Price War held on Monday, Derek Terrington of Kleinwort Benson Securities predicted that the national cover price war has reached a peak, and is now entering a second phase.He warned that this second phase would be very expensive for the industry; price will go up… Continue reading Cover Price War Has Peaked – Conference
Vox, the German satellite television group that went into liquidation in April received a boost yesterday when Canal Plus, the French subscription television group took a 24.9% stake. It now appears unlikely that Vox will stop broadcasting; this is bad news for NBC Super Channel, which would have taken Vox’s place on the Astra satellite,… Continue reading Canal Plus Takes Stake In Vox
… NBC is to take legal action against Rupert Murdoch’s Fox network, accusing it of acquiring more television stations than is permitted.
Yesterday Flextech announced a deal with Hallmark Entertainment of the US, to make original programmes for cable and satellite channels. The deal could involve total spending of up to $140m (£89m).Flextech, which owns 20% of HTV, is controlled by TCI of Denver, the largest US cable operator. Flextech also has stakes in The Children’s Channel,… Continue reading New Drama Deal For Cable
Newspaper Publishing, publisher of the Independent, lost £12.6m in the first half of this year as a result of restructuring and the effects of the price war, said its Italian shareholder La Repubblica.Editoriale La Repubblica, which has a 17.6% stake in Newspaper Publishing, released the figure in its own results statement for the first six… Continue reading Repubblica Reports Loss At Independent
Yesterday saw the launch of a new national telephone network operated by Energis, part of the National Grid Company, which transmits electricity throughout Britain. Energis, as well as offering 10% less on weekdays and 15% less on weekend calls than BT, are also intending to offer a range of multimedia services, including video on demand,… Continue reading New Energis Phone Network
MTV Networks, the US owned music television group is to make London its international headquarters for all activities outside the US. London has been given increasing importance because MTV Europe is becoming bigger than the US operation.
The latest circulation figures for the Irish newspaper market show further losses in circulation by the daily titles. The titles have been in decline in the last couple of years, hit by the poor economy and increased competition from British titles.However, the losses this period are less severe than previously and, according to Fiona Scott,… Continue reading Irish Newspaper Market Round Up
HTV’s overall interim pre-tax profit figures released today show a £1.19m(74%) increase on the same period last year, although turnover is down nearly 28% to £58.43m. HTV’s TV interests show a 339% increase on the same period last year – up from £0.97m to £3.29m.
The PPA have launched the 3rd edition of their magazine handbook, which for the first time includes a section on the customer magazine market. Additionally there is a breakdown of both consumer and business magazines by display revenues.The overall figures for the number of consumer and business magazines in the UK stand at 2430 and… Continue reading New PPA Handbook
