Programmes June must have been torture for those people who don’t enjoy sport. If you somehow managed to avoid football’s Euro 2000 tournament on either of the main two terrestrial channels, you probably couldn’t miss Test Match cricket, Formula One grand prix or the first week of Wimbledon 2000.Surprisingly, considering how badly England played and… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – June 2000
Carlton Communications and United News & Media have called off their plans to merge in the wake of the DTI’s decision on their proposals a week ago (see DTI Clears Way For ITV Merger). The merger was given the go-ahead by Stephen Byers, provided United divest of its Meridian licence, a condition which the groups… Continue reading Carlton And United Call Off Merger Plans
The battle for consolidation within the UK television industry reached its final round this morning when Carlton and United abandoned their plans to merge. The stage is now set for Granada Media to step in and create a duopoly within ITV.Stephen Byers’ condition that United sell its Meridian licence, which serves the south and south-east… Continue reading United “In Talks” As Deal Collapses
Telewest Communications has been forced to put its digital plans on hold due to a shortage of set-top boxes. The cable group said that it has stopped actively marketing its digital services until the problem is resolved.The whole of the cable industry is being affected by the shortage, as demand for services increases. There is… Continue reading Telewest Puts Digital Strategy On Hold As Box Shortage Affects Cable Industry
Programmes June must have been torture for those people who don’t enjoy sport. If you somehow managed to avoid football’s Euro 2000 tournament on either of the main two terrestrial channels, you probably couldn’t miss Test Match cricket, Formula One grand prix or the first week of Wimbledon 2000.Surprisingly, considering how badly England played and… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – June 2000
ITV has dominated the news this week, with yesterday’s insistence by the ITC that the Nightly News must be moved (see ITC Says ITV Must Reschedule Nightly News) and the aftermath of the approval of the proposed franchisee mergers last Friday (see DTI Clears Way For ITV Merger) ending in this morning’s announcement that Carlton… Continue reading Sharewatch
New media is not killing traditional print media, according to a new study from Fairfield Research. The US-based survey has found that the amount of time spent reading has increased in recent months.While consumption of TV and radio dropped this year, readership of books, trade and business magazines and newspapers has increased since last year.… Continue reading New Media Is Not Supplanting Print, Says Survey
Granada Media regained ground after fears earlier in the week that it would over pay for Carlton or United News & Media (UNM) in the ITV merger (see Sharewatch). Shares ended up 4¾p at £5.95¾. UNM ended up 2½p at £9.32½, still buoyant from the sale of Miller Freeman (see United Disposes Of Miller Freeman… Continue reading Sharewatch
UK companies planned to spend more in the second quarter of this year than they did in the same period of last year, but business optimism for the coming year may well be down. These are the findings of the first Bellwether report from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA). The largest increase was… Continue reading Bellwether Report: UK Marketing Budgets Up, Says New IPA Survey
UK companies planned to spend more in the second quarter of this year than they did in the same period of last year, but business optimism for the coming year may well be down. These are the findings of the first Bellwether report from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA).The largest increase was recorded… Continue reading UK Marketing Budgets Up, Says New IPA Survey
