Pearson continued to see shares fall yesterday after releasing its interim financial results on Monday (see Pearson Results Show FT Profits Hit By Ad Downturn). Stock dropped 1.29% to finish at £10.73 for the day, a loss of 14p on the previous day.ITV partners, Carlton and Granada continued to see shares rise in yesterday’s market.… Continue reading Sharewatch
Following the release by BSkyB of Sky+, a new integrated personal video recorder, Datamonitor foresees rapid uptake of new set top boxes across Europe. Datamonitor predicts that by 2005, 48% of set top boxes will include PVR technology. 42% of households with digital TV are also forecast to have more than one set top box… Continue reading A New Era For Set-Top Boxes Dawns, Says Datamonitor
Capital Radio has appointed David Andrews as marketing chief, with responsibility for Capital’s FM music stations and Gold Network.In line with Capital’s intention to build strong brands, Andrews will be responsible for defining and developing the marketing and business strategy for the CHR network (the umbrella brand for Capital’s FM music stations) and the Gold… Continue reading New Marketing Chief At Capital
The NRS figures for the six month period ending June 2001 show national newspaper readership continues to decline. The sector overall was down 3% compared with the same period last year, with all but six titles losing readership.The Daily Express continued to see its readership decline, seeing the largest percentage drop, with readership down 20.9%… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – June 2001
Granada has completed its acquisition of Border Television from Capital Radio for £50.5m, reinforcing the media group’s position as ITV’s leading shareholder.Granada, which agreed to buy Border from Capital last April (see Granada Agrees To Buy Border TV Assets), now owns six of the 14 ITV regional licences and has increased its share of the… Continue reading Granada Completes Border Deal
Go Racing, the consortium which owns the rights to British horseracing, has renamed itself “attheraces” and rebranded with a new corporate identity.The consortium, made up of by BSkyB, Channel 4 and Arena Leisure, was forced to rename itself after discovering that the domain name, ‘Goracing’ was unavailable and could not be used for the company’s… Continue reading Go Racing Rebrands
A recent survey of leading online brokerage firms by Deloitte & Touche reveals that average use of online accounts has declined 42% as investors are taking a more conservative approach to their portfolios due to market volatility. The slowdown and unease in the US economy which began in early 2000 has significantly affected investment in… Continue reading Use Of Online Brokerages Falls In US
The row surrounding Channel 4’s controversial satire programme Brass Eye continued today as the broadsheet newspapers weighed in with opinion on satire, taste and the role of the government and regulators in policing the media.The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has confirmed that it has already processed around 700 complaints about the show, which aired on… Continue reading Brass Eye Row Continues
Despite slow short-term growth, the worldwide B2C market is set to be worth £428 billion by 2004 according to new research by eMarketer. Currently, due to the failure of many dotcoms over the past year, B2C commerce accounts for only a small percentage of all retail but eMarketer forecast that this will change after 2002… Continue reading Worldwide B2C Commerce Worth $428 Billion By 2004, Says eMarketer
