The Radio Authority will advertise the local digital radio licence for Peterborough next week, in the latest stage of a plan to provide local digital services to the majority of the UK population over the next couple of years.Applications for the licence, which could deliver digital radio programming and data services to an area with… Continue reading Local Digital Multiplex Licence For Peterborough Up For Grabs
Shares in satellite broadcaster BSkyB were shaken yesterday by speculation that european media giant Vivendi Universal was seeking to sell its 23% stake in the company to institutional investors.Shares began the day’s trading at £7.16½, but as the speculation appeared across the media, shares dipped, dropping below the £7 mark by late morning.By the afternoon… Continue reading Sky Shares Shaken By Vivendi Stake Sale Speculation
Shares in BSkyB were affected by speculation that Vivendi was looking to sell its stake in the company(see Sky Shares Shaken By Vivendi Stake Sale Speculation). The drop by the end of the day may have been less than 2%, but this brought shares to their lowest price since November 1999.There was better news at… Continue reading Sharewatch
After the resignation of EMAP chief executive Kevin Hand last week and the company’s ill-fated US investment (see Emap Chief Executive Resigns) the group nevertheless managed a modest rise of 1.80% to close at £8.20, an increase of 14.5p on the previous week.Week on week analysis saw Bright Station take a 14.29% dive with shares… Continue reading Sharewatch
Outdoor advertising bookings for May have dropped significantly year on year according to the latest figures released by Concord. Downturn in the US advertising market, prolonged election uncertainty and the foot and mouth epidemic have been the primary causes.The industry wide lull is expected to continue into June, with both rates and volume of booking… Continue reading May’s Outdoor Bookings Down On Last Year
Carlton Communications and BT have held discussions about a possible media alliance, according to a report in the Financial Times newspaper. It says that BT would benefit from Carlton’s content as one of the two main ITV companies and Carlton in turn would be able to gain access to BT’s broadband networks. An alliance could… Continue reading BT And Carlton Reported To Be In Alliance Talks
Global marketing group, Cordiant Communications, is to merge its European subsidiary Scholz & Friends Group with Germany’s United Visions Entertainment (UVE). Scholz is an advertising and integrated communications network with offices in 14 countries across Europe. UVE is listed on the German Neuer Markt and specialises in the production of live entertainment programs for television… Continue reading Cordiant Creates German Advertising And Entertainment Agency
Former Gruner & Jahr show director Neil Levene has been appointed show director in the newly-formed team of IPC LIVE!, the events & exhibitions division of IPC Media. Times Newspapers has appointed the global brands chief at United Distillers & Vintners, Andrew Mullins, to head up its marketing operation for the Times and Sunday Times.… Continue reading Appointments Brief
The UK’s new advertising commercials are to be available to view each Monday morning from July onwards, on the website of the British Television Advertising Awards (BTAA), eventually forming an archived resource of creative executions.The new initiative, announced today, is called Adbreaks and will carry a voting programme allowing the organisation to identify the week’s… Continue reading BTAA To Create Weekly New Commercials Resource Online
UK advertising group TDI and its sister operations in Europe are to re-launch under a new corporate identity as Viacom Outdoor.The group, which became part of the Viacom media and entertainment consortium last year, will re-brand on July 1 with offices throughout the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Holland and Ireland taking on the new company… Continue reading TDI To Re-brand As Viacom Outdoor
