ITV announced its schedule for the Christmas and Winter season yesterday (see Traditional Tales And Traditional Faces In ITV’s Winter Schedule 2001), and there was some comfort and joy for the major ITV companies on the stock market, as Carlton rose 17½p to end at £5.35½ while Granada gained 1p to end at £3.78½.The recovery… Continue reading Sharewatch
United News & Media’s new media division, Xilerate, is to take a 46.5% stake in Spaced, a company which makes web-enabled, interactive ‘pods’ which are placed in nightclubs. The investment from UNM will allow further development of Spaced’s technology and content platform.The Spaced pods charge clubbers £2 to create a ‘photopage’ containing a digital image,… Continue reading UNM’s New Media Division Buys Into Interactive Pod Venture
ITV’s director of programmes, David Liddiment, today unveiled details of the channel’s forthcoming Christmas and winter schedules.Before launching the new programme schedule Liddiment made reference to the recently revamped BBC1 evening schedule. He stated that ITV had always competed with the BBC for audiences and that the channel didn’t have to move some of its… Continue reading Traditional Tales And Traditional Faces In ITV’s Winter Schedule 2001
Future Network made a step on the road to recovery yesterday, after last week’s share price plummet (see Future Shares In Freefall As True Cost Of Accounting Errors Is Revealed). Shares were up 14p by the end of the day’s trading, at £1.95, a rise of over 7% compared to Friday’s price.Other media shares made… Continue reading Sharewatch
United News & Media’s new media division, Xilerate, is to take a 46.5% stake in Spaced, a company which makes web-enabled, interactive ‘pods’ which are placed in nightclubs. The investment from UNM will allow further development of Spaced’s technology and content platform. The Spaced pods charge clubbers £2 to create a ‘photopage’ containing a digital… Continue reading UNM’s New Media Division Buys Into Interactive Pod Venture
The number of US households with high-speed Internet access will reach six million by the end of 2000, increasing to 28 million in 2004, according to Dataquest. Cable modem will remain the dominant broadband technology, with cable subscriptions growing from 3.3 million this year to 14 million in 2004. As carriers expand their services in… Continue reading Broadband to connect 28 million US households
Three out of the top four brands by adspend in outdoor advertising dropped the amount they spent year on year during 2000, according to the latest figures from CIA MediaLab. Top spender McDonalds dropped its spending from £9m for the year ending August 1999 to £5m for the year to August 2000, a 44% drop.… Continue reading Outdoor Adspend Drops And Entertainment Is Biggest Spender Say CIA MediaLab Findings
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has outlined plans for reform which include a 10% reduction in staff and a 5% cut in discretionary spending, in order to prepare itself for the digital future of TV. The new approach was developed after consultation with staff, and will be implemented between now and June of next year.“We… Continue reading ITC Plans Fundamental Reform In Preparation For Digital Age
ITV appears to have won the latest bout in the ongoing battle against BBC1 for prime time viewing figures. Last night, the first person ever to win the big one on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire defeated one of the BBC’s heavyweight offerings- the last ever One Foot In The Grave, featuring the death… Continue reading Millionaire Beats Meldrew In Prime Time Hit And Run
The Radio Authority has received two applications for the local digital multiplex service licence for the South Wales/Severn Estuary region. The applicants, who had to submit their proposals by 14 November, are the Digital Radio Group, a consortium including The Wireless Group, GWR Group, Emap Digital Radio and SMG (see Digital Radio Group Announces Final… Continue reading Radio Authority Receives Two Applications For Severn Region Digital Licence
