Capital Radio was seen in the spotlight yesterday, rising 5.97%. However, dealers have attributed the increase to a squeeze in low volume trading.Elsewhere, BSkyB was also in focus, up 2.13% following chief executive, Tony Ball’s, tour de force at last weekend’s International Television Festival, in which he made numerous bullish comments about the Sky and… Continue reading Sharewatch: Capital Radio Rises As Traders Squeeze
The long awaited merger of ITV giants Carlton and Granada will have little impact if the two companies are forced to divest their sales houses, according to analysts at Lehman Brothers. Advertisers and rival broadcasters claim that the merger, in its proposed form, is unacceptable because it will result in the creation of a single… Continue reading ITV Merger Likely To Be Watered Down, Says Lehman Brothers
Channel Five has secured Cadbury Fingers as the sponsor its new family movie strand, in deal thought to be worth £1.7 million over the next 12 months.The deal comprises promotional spots around all films scheduled on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, with titles including The Addams Family, Flubber and the movie premiere of animated children’s favourite,… Continue reading Five Secures Cadbury For Film Sponsorship Deal
Only around 13% of European mobile users are interested in using their phones to make payments for services, according to a report by Forrester Research. A survey of mobile users across twenty European countries found that only 13% of users claim to be likely or very like to use mobile payment services if they were… Continue reading Few Mobile Users Interested In Mobile Payments
British broadcasters need to take more risks if they are to produce international television hits to rival The Sopranos and Sex And The City, according to Chris Albrecht, chief executive of subscription-funded US cable channel HBO.Delivering The Worldview Address at this year’s Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, Albrecht, who oversees all of HBO’s original… Continue reading MGEITF 2003: HBO Boss Calls Form More Risky UK Television
More than 1.68 billion person to person text messages were sent across the four UK GSM networks in July 2003, up from 1.3 billion in the same period the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA). JulyÂ’s figure takes the total number of text messages sent so far during… Continue reading Reality Boost For Text Messaging In July
The latest ABC regional newspaper figures for the January to June 2003 period once again paint a mixed picture for the top ten paid regional newspaper groups. The strongest performance came from Kent Messenger Weekly Newspaper Group, which saw the total circulation of its titles increase by a solid 8.6% year on year to 166,995.… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 2003
Mobile operators are in a good position to boost their revenues by offering users compelling mobile phone content, according to a new report by consulting company Ovum. The efforts of operators worldwide to create attractive content services for consumers will pay off, says Ovum. If they keep momentum mobile companies should prove more successful at… Continue reading Wireless Operators To Reap Content Revenue Benefits
ITV’s director of programmes, Nigel Pickard, has outlined plans to revitalise the schedules at the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, despite news that ITV1’s programming budget for next year will remain static at around £835 million.Speaking at this year’s Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, Pickard, who took over from David Liddiment last year (see He… Continue reading MGEITF 2003: Pickard Outlines Plans To Revitalise ITV
Radio 1 is the most listened to radio station in Great Britain among adults under 45 years-old, according to the latest wave of research from electronic measurement company, GfK.The third set of results from the contentious National Broadcast Media Survey bring welcome news to the beleaguered station, which saw its weekly reach decline by 6.2%… Continue reading New GfK Survey Shows Radio 1 Is Top Of The Charts
