Details of this year’s European Television Symposium have just been released and promises one of the strongest line-ups yet. David Brook, strategy and development director at Channel 4, will join president of CanalSatellite, Bruno Delecour and Andrew Wallace from Pace as the opening speakers of the two-day conference which is entitled “Redefining the Medium.”From 9-10… Continue reading TV Conference Looks To Redefine The Medium For The Digital Age
SMG’s favourable interim results (see SMG’s Expanded UK Presence Lifts Profits By 25%) continued to boost share prices yesterday. SMG shares rose 17p by the end of the day’s trading, ending at £3.41½, an increase of more than 5%.Rumours which rattled investors with regard to BSkyB on Tuesday (see Sharewatch) still seemed to be having… Continue reading Sharewatch
This edition is a revised version of the original report.Recent launches dominated the market in the first half of 2000, with 6 titles reporting for the first time. Nintendo magazines suffered badly at the expense of the more popular Sony Playstation and Sega Dreamcast, according to the latest ABC figures for the six-month period to… Continue reading ABC Report Update: New Launches Steady Volatile Gaming Market
A fall in Reuters’ subsidiary Tibco in the US led to a drop in Reuters’ own shares, which ended down 29p at £12.78. BSkyB shares also fell, by 55p to £12.21, apparently thanks to rumours about the possibility of a share placing.Scottish Media Group shares soared yesterday, ending up 24½p at £3.24½- a rise of… Continue reading Sharewatch
The subscribers’ edition is a revised version of the original report.Recent launches dominated the market in the first half of 2000, with 6 titles reporting for the first time. Nintendo magazines suffered badly at the expense of the more popular Sony Playstation and Sega Dreamcast, according to the latest ABC figures for the six-month period… Continue reading ABC Report Update: New Launches Steady Volatile Gaming Market
As part of its enquiry into the Gannett UK/Johnson Press/Guardian Media Group/Regional Independent Media Holdings (RIM) mergers, the Competition Commission has sent issues letters to the main parties.The issues to be considered include the reasons for the proposed mergers and how they would be financed and managed; the financial position of the merged groups; any… Continue reading Competition Commission Sends Issue Letter For RIM Inquiry
The huge surge in home ownership of PCs and gaming consoles has created some fertile publishing ground for consumer magazine groups over the last few years. The PC leisure and internet market – excluding gaming titles – has gone from strength to strength. Ten years ago this sector was served by just one title, What… Continue reading Feature: Changing Trends Affect Gaming Magazine Market
ITV2’s distribution across UK digital cable will be complete from 8 September, when NTL’s digital customers in England and Wales will be added to the UK viewers able to receive the channel.The channel, which says it now has close to 3 million subscribers, launched in December 1998 (see ITV2 Ready For Take-Off). It was initially… Continue reading ITV2 To Be Carried On NTL Franchises From September
Major commercial radio broadcasters are preparing to go head to head as the Radio Authority invites bids for two new major commercial analogue licences in the UK. The deadline for bids for a new West Midlands licence closed yesterday, and a similar licence in the Yorkshire area has started receiving applications.The Radio Authority said it… Continue reading Radio Stations Appeal To The Older Generation In Bids For New Commercial Licences
ITV has today confirmed that it has been granted a judicial review of the Independent Television Commission’s (ITC) direction regarding the scheduling of the ITV Nightly News. The judge has made an order for expedition and directed that the hearing shall be no later than the end of September.Today’s move came after the television industry… Continue reading ITV Granted Judicial Review Of ITC News Direction
