BBC1 has extended its annual ratings lead over ITV1, with the success of the World Cup, extra investment in drama and more landmark factual programmes helping the channel to increase its share of viewing during 2002.Despite the recent success of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and Popstars: The Rivals, ITV has been… Continue reading BBC1 Extends Annual Ratings Lead Over ITV1
Has There Been A U-Turn On Global Media Strategy?It seems that the big media players are in trouble and a lot of this could be to do with the exploitation of content rights, says a new report from Accenture.UK Radio Listeners Turn To New TechnologiesListening to radio via new technologies, such as mobile phones, the… Continue reading On MediaTel Insight Today…
IPC tx has launched its biggest ever consumer marketing campaign to promote its weekly What’s On TV magazine.The promotion runs for six weeks and gives readers the chance to ‘Live For Free In 2003’ by winning a range of prizes including a family car, free holidays for a year, £15,000 towards a mortgage and a… Continue reading IPC Backs What’s On TV With Biggest Ever Promotion
Vivendi Universal has moved to ease its debt burden by selling the US educational publisher Houghton Mifflin to an investment consortium for $1.66 billion. The sale, which was initially announced in November, is a welcome fillip for Vivendi which is coming off a disastrous 2002 during which its stock and reputation took a battering. The… Continue reading Vivendi Completes Sale Of US Publisher
NTL, the financially troubled cable company, is being sued by Morgan Stanley over £7 million in allegedly unpaid fees dating back three years. The legal move comes as a blow to NTL which is in the process of a complicated financial restructuring (see NTL And Telewest Press Ahead With Refinancing Plans). Morgan Stanley remains one… Continue reading NTL Sued By Banking Adviser
Shares in Radio First, operator of the football club-based Fan Radio Network, have been delisted from the AIM today after the group failed to release its interim financial results on 31 December 2002. Radio First is in discussions to acquire an overseas media group in a deal which would allow the combined business to secure… Continue reading Radio First Shares Delisted As Overseas Acquisition Is Delayed
The UK market ended its most lacklustre year for two decades on a relatively positive note, with the FTSE 100 showing signs of improvement towards the close of trade.Trinity Mirror, which recently announced that IPC chief executive, Sly Bailey, is to replace Philip Graf as chief executive (see Bailey Leaves IPC To Replace Graf At… Continue reading Sharewatch
More than two thirds of the population have never visited any of the Government’s 3,000 websites, according to new research from IT consultancy firm, Hedra.The study shows that fewer than 3% of UK adults regularly use Government websites to access public services, despite the fact that nearly two thirds of the population now have internet… Continue reading Government Websites Fail To Captivate
JanuaryThe BBC began the year by claiming victory over ITV in the annual ratings war, with BARB figures for 2001 showing that across all hours more people watched BBC1 than ITV1 (see BBC Claims Ratings Victory Over ITV). Over at ITV things were less than rosy, as the channel announced it would no longer publish… Continue reading End Of Year News Round-Up: Television
BBC Radio Five Live’s football phone-in show, 606, is to be given an interactive element and is to launch on digital TV and the internet in time for the FA Cup Third Round.For the first time, digital BBC1 viewers will be able to join Five Live’s post-match discussion by pressing the red button on their… Continue reading Five Live Takes Football Debate Show Interactive
