The Digital Radio Group (DRg) (see Digital Radio Group Announces Final Shareholder Line-Up) has submitted a bid for the North West England regional digital radio multiplex licence. The licence is due to be awarded by the Radio Authority in the Spring of this year and will comprise 10 radio services and capacity for data services.DRg’s… Continue reading Digital Radio Group Submits Bid For North West Digital Multiplex
Joint owners of Channel 5– RTL and United Business Media (UBN) have been engaged in a legal battle about funding for programming on the channel. RTL wanted more of it to develop the quality but UBN opposed the budget increase. Yesterday RTL won the scrap, which boosted its share price by nearly 5.5% to £64.12,… Continue reading Sharewatch
The media sector is about to face a tough six months, according to the latest forecasting report from ABN AMRO. The broker yesterday cut its stance on the sector to “underweight” and downgraded its recommendation on 22 out of 32 media stocks. The reasoning behind the decisions is partly the problems being faced by dotcoms… Continue reading Brokers Warn Of Tough Six Months, Downgrades Media Sector Shares
Brokers Warn Of Tough Six Months, Downgrades Media Sector Shares The media sector is about to face a tough six months, according to the latest forecasting report from ABN AMRO. The broker yesterday cut its stance on the sector to “underweight” and downgraded its recommendation on 22 out of 32 media stocks. The reasoning behind… Continue reading Brokers Warn Of Tough Six Months, Downgrades Media Sector Shares
The end of year cinema admission figures released by the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) show that the number of people visiting the cinema during the year reached 142.5 million – the highest number for 26 years, and an increase of 2.5% on the previous year’s total of 139 million. As a consequence the total box… Continue reading Cinema Admissions For 2000 Reach Record Numbers, Despite Weak Second Half
Ali G is lined up to kick off the launch of E4 tonight. Channel 4’s new entertainment channel will go on air at 8:15pm with Ali G unveiling his new “ghetto pimp” look.Brand new series of Friends and ER will be feature in the opening night’s broadcast, followed by new comedy Banzai, Best of Borat… Continue reading Ali G Launches E4
The underlying rate of inflation has fallen to its lowest rate since records began. Figures for December from the Office of National Statistics showed it had dropped to 2.0%Having risen in November to 3.2%, the headline rate of inflation also dropped, to 2.9%.The Retail Prices Index for December was 172.2.Subscribers can access RPI trends by… Continue reading Underlying Inflation Rate Falls To Lowest Figure Since Records Began
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has announced the appointment of Hamish Pringle as its new director general. He currently works for the IPA on a consultancy basis as director of marketing strategy, as well as being the director of a music dotcom company and a business author. In addition to his previous involvement… Continue reading IPA Announces Appointment Of New Director General
ISBA has welcomed ITV’s new approach to performance targets, unveiled at its annual report on Monday (see ITV Presents Annual Report And Plans For Future). The channel has said that instead of focussing on peaktime audience share targets it will aim for two primary goals: maintaining share gap advantage over BBC1 and retaining its status… Continue reading ISBA Welcomes ‘Pragmatic’ New ITV Targets
A strong final quarter brought ONdigital sales up to its one million subscriber target by 31 December, the company has announced. ONdigital’s customer base grew by 134,000 during the quarter, reaching 1,012,000 by the end of the year, an 83% increase compared to December 1999.Churn continues to be an issue, however, with 15-20% continuing as… Continue reading ONdigital Hit 1 Million Subscriber Target In Time For New Year
