More people than last year chose to watch last Saturday’s Arsenal/Liverpool FA Cup final on ITV rather than Sky Sports 2.ITV’s coverage drew 7.8m viewers at its peak. An average of 6.8 million watched throughout the game compared to an average of 840,000 viewers watching on Sky Sports 2.ITV’s controller of sport Brian Barwick said:… Continue reading ITV Wins FA Cup Final Ratings Battle
The Outdoor Resource Centre has published the industry spending figures compiled by Concord for February 2001. These showed that despite tales of automotive advertising slumps in the US, in the UK car manufacturers remain high up in the top spenders on the outdoor medium. Three out of the top five spenders in the front two… Continue reading Cars And Films Boost Outdoor Income
The divide between the strongest and weakest Internet companies in Europe is widening according to the latest edition of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Internet 150, a rolling quarterly analysis of cash burn rates and share price performances of the top 150 publicly listed European internet companies. The top 25% of companies in the index are, on average,… Continue reading European Internet Market: Divide Grows Between Rich And Poor
talkSPORT is to take both legal and programming action after accusing the BBC of abusing its dominant market position by buying both radio and TV rights to England’s next football international.Kelvin MacKenzie, chief executive of The Wireless Group, which owns Talksport, said: “We have always warned the BBC that if we are cut out of… Continue reading Talksport Tackles BBC Over England World Cup Rights
With the latest RAJAR figures illustrating commercial radio’s loosening grip on its audience (see Rajar Figures Show Another Tough Quarter For Commercial Stations) Capital was the worst performer amongst media shares last week. The radio owner fell 10% to £7.85 week on week. Other owners also saw drops in share price over the week: Chrysalis… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Media Business.Wednesday Cable and Wireless releases its full year financial results.Thursday Capital Radio releases interim results for the six months ending March 2001.Friday Scottish Radio announces interim results for the six months ending March 2001.Also: ABC National Newspaper Round-Up for April appears on… Continue reading The Week Ahead
It is thought that talks will be initiated this week regarding the integration of Carlton and Granada’s new media divisions. Simon Shaps, managing director of Granada Broadband and Duncan Eaton, marketing and strategy director at Carlton Interactive are expected to meet with Stuart Prebble, chief executive of ITV to discuss the structure of ITV.com.Plans to… Continue reading Carlton And Granada New Media Departments To Plan ITV Web Presence Boost
The ITC has refused to uphold complaints regarding sex, violence and racism on TV programmes this month. The complaints of violence and racism were in response to a sketch on the Bremner, Bird and Fortune comedy show which showed Bremner “blacked-up” and parodying TV chef Ainsley Harriot. In the course of the sketch he cut… Continue reading Sex And Violence Passed By ITC
Go Racing have confirmed that a further 17 British racecourses have joined forces with the consortium (see Go Racing Gets Go Ahead For Racing Channel) following the expiry of its 11th May deadline.The acceptances of 49 of the 52 British racecourses, which represent 90% of the total betting revenue marks the next significant stage in… Continue reading Go Racing Announces Take-Up
The Council of Outdoor Specialists (COS) has been replaced by IPA Outdoor as the industry group representing outdoor specialists. Announcing the change, key members of the organisation have outlined its 2001 agenda covering accountability, trading and information supply.Carole Kerman, chief executive of Outdoor Connection and IPA Outdoor member responsible for accountability, said, “The IPA Outdoor… Continue reading Council Of Outdoor Specialists Replaced By IPA Outdoor
