ONdigital is expected to announce a growth of 70,000 customers when it unveils its Q1 2001 subscriber figures this week. This is down on the 121,000 new customers it signed up in the first quarter last year. The slowing growth is mainly the result of churn – the number of customers leaving the ONdigital service.Analysts… Continue reading ONdigital Subs Growth Hampered By High Churn
In a trading week shortened by the Easter Bank Holiday, media shares staged something of a recovery as US interest rate cuts restored some confidence mid-week.Despite renewed downgrades to ITV revenue forecasts (see Further Downgrades Made To ITV Forecast), Granada Media finished among the top four media performers of last week, having added 27¼p or… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Federal Communications Commission in the US has amended its merger rules so that one of the four major television networks can now acquire the smaller, ’emerging’ networks, UPN and WB. The four majors – ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC – could each now take control of one or both of the emerging networks. The… Continue reading FCC Allows Major US TV Networks To Buy ‘Emerging’ Networks
RTL Group and Vivendi Universal have reached an agreement to acquire the sports marketing group ISMM, which would give them the broadcasting rights for the next two World Cup competitions, according to a report in Financial Times Deutschland. ISMM owns the broadcasting rights to non-European sporting events and is close to bankruptcy. FIFA’s Emergency Committee… Continue reading Vivendi And RTL Acquire World Cup Rights Through ISMM Deal, Says FT
UBC Media Group and RadioScape have agreed to work together exclusively to develop an electronic programme guide (EPG) service for digital radio, the companies announced this morning. The alliance will offer EPG services to existing multiplex owners, before then expanding the service to European multiplex groups as they go to air. An active trial of… Continue reading UBC Media And RadioScape To Develop Digital Radio Programme Guides
Advertising revenues at ITV are expected to show even sharper year on year declines in the second quarter than the first, according to estimates from media buyers compiled by ABN Amro. The broker says that a 15% fall in Q2 is now on the cards – a deterioration on the 8% drop that was experienced… Continue reading ITV Ad Revenue Shows Further Decline In Q2
ONdigital is expected to announce a growth of 70,000 customers when it unveils its Q1 2001 subscriber figures next week. This is down on the 121,000 new customers it signed up in the first quarter last year. The slowing growth is mainly the result of churn – the number of customers leaving the ONdigital service.… Continue reading ONdigital Subs Growth Hampered By High Churn
A further blow was struck for those impatient for digital switchover today as research revealed that in some cases you can’t even give digital TV away. CIA MediaLab has just completed a survey into the public’s attitude to multi-channel TV, and discovered that 35% of those surveyed who do not currently watch multi-channel TV would… Continue reading Public Still Not Convinced By Digital TV, Says Survey
Channel 5 has been promised an additional £6m funding this year by its owners RTL and United Business Media (UBM). The sum will be added to the existing budget of £140m for the year. Chief executive Dawn Airey is expected to spend the extra funds on high profile, original programming which is designed to please… Continue reading Channel 5 To Receive £6m Cash Boost From Owners
Programmes The top rated programme of the month was the whodunnit shooting of Phil Mitchell in Eastenders. The programme shown on 1 March was watched by an average audience of 18.01m.Despite the hype surrounding the shooting of the ‘nice’ Mitchell brother, the must-see programme of the month had to be Raw Spice. Featuring behind-the- scenes… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – March 2001
