Following Sky chief executive Tony Ball’s attack on ITV Digital in last week’s Financial Times’ Creative Business supplement, in which he blamed the group’s “bad management” for its problems, in this week’s edition his opposite number at ITV Digital, Stuart Prebble, accuses Sky of abusing its control of content and appeals to the government for… Continue reading Prebble Blames Sky For DTT’s Difficulties
More Group has appointed Guy Beresiner as head of client sales with responsibility for developing the company’s portfolio of brands including Adshel, More O’Ferrall and Taxi Media.In the newly created role Beresiner will be charged with communicating the ways in which the outdoor industry can help advertisers get the most from their campaigns. He will… Continue reading More Group Appoints New Head Of Client Sales
The Radio Authority will invite applications for the latest digital multiplex licence to come up for grabs from Friday this week. The licence to be advertised will serve the South Hampshire area, and include coverage of the cities of Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester. The potential adult audience will be just over 1 million.As before with… Continue reading Radio Authority Advertises New Multiplex
The Government has reportedly shelved plans to pay for millions of people to switch to digital TV, fuelling speculation that the current 2006-2010 deadline for the switchover will not be met. A report in today’s Financial Times claims that a scheme enabling millions of UK households to go digital was abandoned by the Government last… Continue reading Digital Deadline Thought ‘Optimistic’, Says FT
Reuters reports that following the 11 September attacks in the US, the major TV networks there – ABC, CBS and NBC – lost a combined $880 million in advertising revenue for the third quarter. This represents a 28.6% decline on Q3 2000. The figures, which come from the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association, represent the… Continue reading US TV Networks Lose Record $880m In Q3 Ad Revenue
The Wireless Group (TWG) is to finance the repayment of its remaining bank debt through the sale of Wave 105 FM to Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) for £18.0 million. Following the disposal, TWG will be left with a cash balance of £1 million. The move follows the £25.5 million sale of Scot FM to the… Continue reading Wireless Group Offloads Wave 105 To Scottish Radio In Debt Clearance
BSkyB, which released its third quarter results on Friday showing a 24% increase in revenues and net subscriber growth of 190,000 (see Sky Reports Revenue Increases), saw stock rise 0.51% in week on week analysis. Shares closed at £7.94, an increase of 4p on the previous week.Telewest, which has rebranded as Telewest Broadband (see Telewest… Continue reading Sharewatch
Consumers’ first reaction is to reject mobile phone advertising, unless it is of some specific use to them, according to Mobile Advertising: Not as Bad as You Think – a report from Cahners In-Stat originally published in July 2001. The study found that 64% of Cahners’ Wireless Internet Panel (WIP) respondents are not enamoured with… Continue reading Mobile Advertising Growth Contingent On Consumer Benefit, Finds Cahners In-Stat
The Government has reportedly shelved plans to pay for millions of people to switch to digital TV fuelling speculation that the current 2006-2010 deadline for the digital switchover will not be met.A report in today’s Financial Times claims that a scheme enabling millions of UK households to go digital was abandoned by the Government last… Continue reading Digital Deadline May Be Threatened
Telewest and its regional subsidiaries are rebranding as Telewest Broadband in a move intended to strengthen the company’s position in the UK broadband market.The rebranding includes Yorkshire Cable, Cable London and Cable Birmingham, which will be united under a new corporate logo designed to represent Telewest’s combined telephone, internet and broadband services.Managing director of Telewest’s… Continue reading Telewest Announces Rebrand
