Personal video recorder (PVR) manufacturer, TiVo, has signed a channel highlights deal with UKTV.UKTV will be the fourth broadcaster to run a TiVo highlights channel, with services from BSkyB, BBC and Channel 4 already up and running. TiVo says that this, the second advertising partnership to be announced in the last four months: “Demonstrates a… Continue reading TiVo Strikes Channel Highlights Deal With UKTV
Carlton Communications has lost millions of pounds on the sale of its Technicolor production business to Thomson Multimedia (see Carlton Shareholders Approve Sale Of Technicolor), after shares in latter have fallen by more than a third since the deal was agreed, a report in the Sunday Telegraph claims. This affects Carlton’s proceeds from the disposal… Continue reading Carlton’s Technicolor Sale Loses Value
A sharp fall in the market value of Future Network has led the company to issue a reassuring statement this morning. Future says that there has been no deterioration in its financial condition, the performance of its businesses or in the company’s expectation of its performance since the previous trading statement was posted on 8… Continue reading Future Reassures Investors Following Dramatic Shares Slump
Week on week analysis revealed another poor week for media companies with only six seeing an increase in share price.Future Network suffered the most significant loss with shares diving 47.13% to finish at 23p, a loss of 20˝p on the previous week. Taylor Nelson Sofres followed close behind, dropping 12.47% to close at £1.79, a… Continue reading Sharewatch
A quarter of Europe’s economic growth will come from e-commerce by 2004, according to a new report by Andersen. It estimates that between 2000 and 2004, 24% of European economic growth will come from e-business – providing investments are made in broadband connections. The report claims that without e-business revenues, annual European economic will be… Continue reading E-Commerce Will Boost European Economic Growth, Says Andersen
Emap have used the launch of their latest online offering, kissonline, to create a cross-media package for Ford and its rebranded Ka.The three month cross-platform advertising campaign is the first to make use of the recently launched website and will target Kiss 100 FM listeners. The promotion will be driven by a strong online and… Continue reading Emap To Push Ka With Kissonline
Derek Carter has been appointed the new chairman of the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA). Carter succeeds Kevin Hand in this role, after Hand quit both this and his role as chief executive of Emap in May following the company’s ill-fated US investments (see Emap Chief Executive Resigns).The new chairman has been the chair of the… Continue reading New PPA Chairman Appointed
John Brown Publishing has taken on Dean Fitzpatrick as managing director of its UK division. Fitzpatrick set up the company’s US contract division in New York and has been acting publishing director since returning to the UK. He will cover some of the responsibilities left by chief executive Andrew Hirsch, who transferred to the US… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Digital One has reached 80% transmission coverage of the UK mainland population by switching on four new transmitters. Digital radio is now available to a potential 44.85m people in the UK, although only a fraction of this number have the equipment to listen to digital radio broadcasts.The licence requirement for Digital One is to reach… Continue reading Digital Radio Reaches 80% Coverage
In its latest report, Digital Dragons, The Boston Consulting Group reports that despite dot-com gloom lingering in Europe and the US, Asian e-commerce markets are booming. Business to consumer commerce in the Asia-Pacific region is growing at a rate of more than 100% a year mainly due to increased online activity from large, established consumer… Continue reading Boston Consulting Reports That B2C Markets In Asia Are Booming
