Satellite giant BSkyB suffered a dip in share price yesterday, losing 2.12% to close at 495źp ahead of the launch of its free to air satellite service today.The company’s package of more than 200 television and radio channels is an attempt to compete with the BBC-backed Freeview service, but has been criticised by some analysts,… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Shares Fall Ahead Of FreeSat Launch
Kelvin MacKenzie’s talkSPORT saw its weekly reach jump up by 14.6% year on year in the third quarter to just under the 2.2 million million mark as the station cashed in on the football fever which gripped the nation during the recent Euro 2004 championships.The summer of sport also helped talkSPORT’s share of listening increase… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q3 2004: talkSPORT Boosted By Euro 2004
BBC Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons Station Survey Period Ending Sep 03 Ending Sep 04 % Ch 1Xtra from the BBC Q 331 312 -5.7 BBC 6 Music Q 154 228 48.1 BBC Asian Network Q 214 171 -20.1 BBC Asian Network UK H 495 473 -4.4 BBC Essex Q 252… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q3 2004: Performance By Ownership
The latest RAJAR listening figures for the third quarter of 2004 reveal a relatively disappointing performance for All Commercial Radio, which saw its share of listening decline by 1.3% points period on period to 43.7%. The corresponding increase experienced by All BBC helped it extend its lead as it pushed past the 54% mark.The situation… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q3 2004: BBC Extends Lead Over Commercial
Sky Media has appointed Paul Curtis to the newly created position of deputy managing director, following the departure of Mark Chippendale as head of advertising sales last month.Curtis, currently managing director of Viacom Brand Solutions, will report to Nick Milligan, managing director of Sky Media, with a brief to deliver more integrated solutions to advertisers… Continue reading Sky Picks Curtis As New Advertising Sales Boss
The latest RAJAR audience figures for the three months to September reveal a poor performance for leading London radio stations Capital and Heart, which saw their weekly reach decline year on year as listeners switched to rivals such as Magic and Kiss.Capital 95.8 FM continued to see its grip on London listening loosen in the… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q3 2004: Capital And Heart Feel The Heat
IPC’s veteran music weekly NME has secured Wella ShockWaves as the headline sponsor of its annual awards, which are to be broadcast on Channel 4 early next year.The event will be held on Thursday 17 February in London and will be promoted by a week of programming on Channel 4 featuring highlights from the awards… Continue reading NME Secures ShockWaves To Sponsor Annual Awards
The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London. Top/Bottom 10 Weekly Reach (000s) % Change Station Survey Period Ending Sep 2003 Ending Sep 2004 % Change Star 107 (Cambridge/Ely) Y 14 39 178.6 Classic Gold 1431/ 1485… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q3 2004: Local Commercial Stations
Advertising on the internet is seeing significant growth but it is set to remain a modest part of newspaper revenues for many years to come, says a new report from the World Association of Newspapers.The Profiting from Digital report from the Shaping the Future of Newspaper (SFN) project says, publishers need to look for other… Continue reading Newspapers Must Be ‘Cleverer’ To Profit From Digital Content
Global information and news group, Reuters, has confirmed it is in exclusive talks with telecoms giant, BT about the sale of its financial extranet, Radianz, which was set up as part of a joint venture with communications group, Equant. As part of the deal, Reuters has agreed to purchase Equant’s 49% stake in Radianz for… Continue reading BT To Buy Reuters Financial Extranet
