The BBC has set out the details of its digital plans in a letter to the DCMS. In accordance with new guidelines, which require the Corporation to seek approval of its digital proposals (see Government Lays Out Criteria For BBC’s Digital Services), it has revealed that plans for an extra 5 digital radio channels and… Continue reading BBC Reveals Cost Of Digital Plans As Public Welcomes Proposals
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
When ITV introduced self-imposed peak time audience share targets early in 1998 the industry was surprised and sceptical at how they could be achieved. Within a few months of the announcement it became clear that ITV intended to remove the News At Ten, replacing it with a later bulletin and opening the way for more… Continue reading Insight Feature: Moving Targets At ITV
Revenues at information services company Reuters rose by 15% to £3.6 billion for the year ended 31 December 2000, according to financial results released this morning. Pre-tax profit rose by 4% from £632 million to £657 million and earnings per share were up 26% at 37.9p. During 2000 Reuters began laying foundations for a new… Continue reading Collapse In Internet Value Does Not Affect Reuters Strategy, Says Chief Executive – 13 February 2001
ISBA Welcomes ‘Pragmatic’ New ITV TargetsISBA 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… Continue reading ISBA Welcomes ‘Pragmatic’ New ITV Targets
Contract publisher Dennis & Beyond is joining forces with its sister company Dennis Interactive to offer new media capability alongside its print publishing arm. A website for the National Childbirth Trust (nctpregnancyandbabycare.com) will be the first client to benefit from the partnership when it launches next month.The group, which publishes in the key areas of… Continue reading Dennis & Beyond Unveils First Media Website Initiative
Two US-based online trading systems for advertisers have joined forces in an attempt to create a one-stop shop for net-based transactions. Mediapassage and OneMediaPlace have announced the merger of their two companies in a move which is designed to create a market leader in the USA.“Major buyers and sellers of advertising will appreciate the clarity… Continue reading USA Online Media Trading Players Set To Merge
