ITV1 and the BBC are preparing themselves for the annual Christmas ratings battle and both appear to be depending on the pulling power of long-established programmes.ITV1 is hoping that Celebrity Big Brother hasn’t drained the public’s obsession with celebrities and is offering up Celebrity Blind Date, a Stars In Their Eyes Celebrity Special and Celebrity… Continue reading ITV And BBC Gear Up For Christmas With Old Favourites
Half of UK firms now order goods and services online, a 52% increase on 2001, according to a new study by the Department of Trade and Industry. The International Benchmarking Study 2002 revealed that UK companies are becoming increasingly acquainted with the merits of e-business. Over 90% of businesses now have access to the internet,… Continue reading UK Businesses Keen To Develop The e-Economy
Guardian Media Group has announced that it is to move Jazz FM’s sales operation from Clear Channel Radio Sales (CCRS) to Chrysalis.CCRS was only acquired last month but is to be sold on to Radio Investments Limited, in which GMG is a major shareholder.Chrysalis will now represent nationally all five GMG Radio stations – Jazz… Continue reading Chrysalis To Represent All GMG Stations
The Irish telecoms sector saw revenues increase by 4% and there was a 10% movement of customers from the incumbent to other fixed line operators in the last quarter. A report from the newly-created Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) found that 162,000 Carrier Pre-Selection (CPS) lines are now rolled out in the country and at… Continue reading Irish Telecoms Industry In Good Heart
The Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, John Whittingdale, has launched an attack on the new Communications Bill, claiming it may “introduce statutory regulation of newspapers through the back door.”Speaking at the second reading of the Bill in Parliament yesterday, Whittingdale commented: “This Bill, far from protecting press freedom, does quite the… Continue reading Tories Warn Ofcom May Jeopardise Press Freedom
This year will witness the start of a ‘massive expansion’ in the growth of digital television (DTV) in the Asia Pacific region, with growth forecast to be 57% over 2001, reaching 7.9 million homes. These figures come from a new report from Informa Media Group, produced in association the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association (CASBAA).… Continue reading Asia-Pacific Digital Television Forecasts From Informa Media
Guardian Media Group has announced that it is to move Jazz FM’s sales operation from Clear Channel Radio Sales (CCRS) to Chrysalis. CCRS was only acquired last month (see GMG Set To Consolidate Radio Ad Sales) but is to be sold on to Radio Investments Limited, in which GMG is a major shareholder. Chrysalis will… Continue reading Chrysalis To Represent All GMG Stations
With last week’s MRG Conference in Budapest still fresh in everyone’s minds, Media Planning Group’s Denise Turner considers how far the media research industry has come and what lessons it still has to learn.I had the good fortune to spend most of last week in the lovely city of Budapest, the setting for this year’s… Continue reading NewsLine Column: What Now For Media Research?
A merger of the two leading pay-television operators in Spain has been given the go-ahead by the country’s Government, according to a report in the Financial Times. Via Digital will be joined with Canal Satellite Digital creating a group with an 80% market share of the pay-TV sector. Via Digital is owned by telecoms group… Continue reading Spanish Pay-TV Groups Given Merger Go-Ahead
The NRS audience accumulation initiative could fundamentally change the planning and buying of national press in the UK, according to director of NOP’s media division, Alan Higgs.Addressing delegates on Friday afternoon’s session of the MRG Conference in Budapest, Higgs explained that the planning and buying of national press ad campaigns is currently largely based upon… Continue reading MRG Conference: Readership Data Will Never Be The Same
