Carlton and Granada remained in the spotlight yesterday as analysts continued to revise their forecasts for the group after the Competition Commission cleared the way for their planned £4 billion merger (see ITV Cleared To Merge With Sales Houses Intact)The stocks still saw heavy volumes and continued to rise, despite assertions that valuations had spiked… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Partners See Heavy Volumes
ITV’s largest commercial rivals are understood to be launching discussions to consider consolidating their advertising sales houses to counteract the threat of a combined Carlton and Granada. Channel 4, Five, BSkyB, Interactive Digital Sales and a number of other broadcasters are pondering whether to combine their advertising sales houses operations to compete more effectively with… Continue reading ITV Rivals Pushed Towards Sales House Consolidation
BT group has signed a joint marketing agreement with Freeview, the free-to-air digital television service, and has plans to enter the pay-per-view TV market, according to reports this week.The telecoms giant, which already has a similar deal with BSkyB, will be selling set-top boxes on the BT website. Regular Freeview receivers offering the 30+ free… Continue reading BT To Sell Freeview Digital TV Boxes In Joint Agreement
It has been cable operators, not incumbent telecommunications companies, that have driven the growth of broadband internet access, according to a new report on global broadband developments. The study was carried out by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in order to review the broadband policy experiences of selected countries from the Organisation for Economic… Continue reading UK Lags Behind In Broadband Uptake, Finds FCC
Channel 4’s head of entertainment, John McHugh, has become the latest senior executive to leave the station before Kevin Lygo takes up his position as director of television next month.McHugh’s departure comes just weeks after head of Channel 4’s entertainment group and controller of E4, Danielle Lux, stepped down following a change in the broadcaster’s… Continue reading McHugh Departs Channel 4 Ahead Of Lygo’s Arrival
The market for cable set-top boxes will be flat for the second year running in 2003, according to new research from In-Stat/MDR. The report, As Demand Stays Flat, Cable Set-Top Boxes Evolve claims that demand for digital cable receivers remains soft as cable TV operators continue to reduce their capital expenditures. Global set-top box unit… Continue reading Cable Set-Top Box Sales To Remain Flat, Says InStat/MDR
ITV’s largest commercial rivals are understood to be launching discussions to consider consolidating their advertising sales houses to counteract the threat of a combined Carlton and Granada.Channel 4, Five, BSkyB, Interactive Digital Sales and a number of other broadcasters are pondering whether to combine their advertising sales houses operations to compete more effectively with a… Continue reading ITV Rivals Pushed Towards Sales House Consolidation
ITV’s share of television advertising revenue is set to steadily fall over the next five years, possibly to as low as 41%, according to forecasts from MindShare. This is at the bottom end of a set of figures compiled by the Competition Commission this summer as part of its inquiry into the merger of Carlton… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Market Forecasts For ITV
The ASA has cleared EasyJet for using an image of Major Charles Ingram, the convicted Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? cheat, in an advertising campaign to promote its low cost flights.The major and his wife complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after the budget airline featured the couple in a nationwide press campaign without… Continue reading EasyJet Cleared Over Millionaire Cheat Ads
The Competition Commission has called for a wide ranging review of the television advertising sales market after expressing ‘disquiet’ at the way the industry currently operates. The regulator said that Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading should launch an investigation into the way television companies sell advertising following the Government’s decision to allow Carlton… Continue reading Television Advertising Market Set For Wide Ranging Review
