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
ISBA has announced the imminent launch of a Scottish Advertisers Group to provide a forum for information sharing on issues relating to the developing and increasingly independent Scottish advertising market.The group will be officially unveiled today at the Scottish IPA Advertising Effectiveness Awards and will operate as a satellite of the London-based ISBA. Pam Hyder,… Continue reading ISBA To Unveil Scottish Advertisers Group
Month on MonthNational newspaper circulation data for April 2001 has now been released. The figures reveal that the loss sustained in circulation across all titles has not been too severe in a month on month analysis, falling just 0.5% or just over 120,000.The greatest loss in terms of percentage change in circulation was at the… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – April 2001
Month on MonthNational newspaper circulation data for April 2001 has now been released. The figures reveal that the loss sustained in circulation across all titles has not been too severe in a month on month analysis, falling just 0.5%.The greatest loss in terms of percentage change in circulation was at the Financial Times, which lost… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – April 2001
Commercial radio stations continued their slump today with both Carlton and Emap showing losses. Carlton suffered a 3.2% loss with a drop of 25p finishing at £7.60. Emap followed suit showing a loss of 3.6% to finish at £7.81.Telewest was the worst performer of the day with a total loss of 7.22%. BSkyB also slumped… Continue reading Sharewatch
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
According the first National Internet Study by Scarborough Research, 23% of online consumers said that they watch less television now than they did before they started using the internet. Although 50% of internet users reported that a tv was on in the room where the internet was used most often and 91% said that they… Continue reading TV Viewing In Decline As Net Popularity Increases
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… Continue reading Carlton And Granada New Media Departments To Plan ITV Web Presence Boost
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
