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UK venture capital group Cinven has tabled a E2 billion offer for Vivendi’s business to business (B2B) magazine portfolio, the French media group revealed this morning. The management of Vivendi is supporting the offer despite ‘several’ other approaches for the business, reportedly from the likes of Reed Elsevier, Pearson, VNU and EMAP (see EMAP May… Continue reading Cinven To Acquire Vivendi Magazine Portfolio For E2bn

MXR, the digital radio group, today launches the West Midlands digital radio multiplex, delivering digital programming to an area with an adult population of around 3.3m.The consortium, whose shareholders include Chrysalis, Capital Radio, Guardian Media Group, Jazz FM, Soul Media and UBC Media, was awarded the licence by the Radio Authority in February (see MXR… Continue reading MXR Launches Third Digital Radio Multiplex

The late start to the ad-buying period for the 2001-2002 US television season is starting to cause concern for the TV networks, according to an article in the US’ Mediaweek yesterday. The site reports that with only three weeks before the start of the season advertisers have placed formal orders for only around a third… Continue reading US TV Networks Suffer Very Low Pre-Season Ad Bookings

David Liddiment’s stirring MacTaggart lecture may have captured the largest number of column inches for this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF), but the issue of TV’s soul was not necessarily the one which occupied the delegates over the bank holiday weekend.Events on the festival programme provide a respite from the relentless networking that… Continue reading GEITF Special: Who’s Next At Four?

Almost 70% of retailers are wrongly judging the success of their internet investments on top-line return on investment (ROI) metrics such as online sales and profits, according to research from Jupiter Media Metrix released last week. Companies that look at the non-transactional benefits of their sites ÂÂ- including online influenced sales and improved payroll productivity… Continue reading Retailers Wrongly Judge Online ROI, Says Jupiter

ITV’s Saturday night Premier League offering, The Premiership, attracted even less viewers than at its launch last week (see ITV’s The Premiership Fails To Score) when it aired for a second time during the weekend. The 7pm show attracted an average of just 3.1m viewers or a 19.3% share during what is usually key family… Continue reading Premiership Slips Down Ratings League

Two of the smaller US-based wireless carriers in the US are more successful in taking web page visitors to the secure areas of their sites – where transactions are potentially made – than the larger carriers, according to new research from Jupiter Media Metrix. Jupiter found that Sprint PCS and Nextel convert almost three times… Continue reading Small US Wireless Carriers More Effectively Attract Customers, Finds Jupiter

In the absence of the minister for culture, media and sport casting light on the future of UK digital TV, David Liddiment’s MacTaggart Memorial lecture became a focal event of this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF).In a passionate speech which impressed all but a few BBC executives, he declared “Saving the soul of… Continue reading GEITF 2001 MacTaggart Lecture

Channel 4 may find itself with a £100-200 million charge for the use of its broadcasting spectrum under the new communications legislation proposed by the Government, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. Other commercial broadcasters are already subject to the spectrum fee, but Channel 4 has so far been exempted due to its… Continue reading Channel 4 May Be Hit By

RevenueJuly saw falls across the board in TV revenue. A year on year analysis showed that total terrestrial revenue fell 12.2%. Channel 5 was worst hit, dropping 19% to less than £13m, while ITV saw a heavy fall of 14.5%.Satellite revenue showed an unusual fall, dropping 3.2% in a year on year analysis, against its… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up July 2001