Football may remain a game of two halves, but its broadcasting rights are set to be divided into a lot more parts. Yesterday’s bidding, which saw the BBC lose yet another element of its ailing sports schedule and the Premier League significantly increase its income from rights revenue will end in a complicated set of… Continue reading How The Premier League Will Cash-In On Kick-Offs
It is unlikely that TV presenter Keith Chegwin ever thought that the more private parts of his anatomy would come under close media scrutiny. Having made his name in children’s television shows some twenty years ago he’s better known these days for location slots on breakfast television. Neither genre is known for its smut, but… Continue reading Feature: Channel Five Stirs Up A Storm With Naked Programming
Cable group NTL has signed a £31m media partnership with Rangers football club. The deal will see the Scottish team and the Premium TV subsidiary of NTL working together to maximise media and commercial rights.NTL also revealed that it has made a similar offer to the team’s rival Celtic. Amid news reports that Celtic felt… Continue reading NTL Signs Media Deal With Rangers
Channel Television has been sold to a management buy-in team for £16.3 million. Media Holdings is to take over the ITV licensee for the Channel Islands in a deal which also includes Creative Channel, the TV production business which is a subsidiary of Channel Television Ltd.The new owners of the company include former directors from… Continue reading Channel Television Sold In £16.3m Deal
Wpp.com, the parent company for the interactive activities of the WPP Group, has announced a series of investments in internet companies. A total of five deals, costing the company almost $16m, are aimed at increasing the interactive solutions available to its clients.The investments include 10% stakes in software solutions group Imagine; e-commerce solutions group Metapack;… Continue reading WPP Ups Its Interactive Investment
Channel Four has announced a series of sponsorship and commercial deals for pay-tv channel Film Four. Sony and Stella Artois have been signed as major sponsorship partners and Renault has agreed an airtime deal allowing it car exclusivity on the cult and alternative film channel.Sony will sponsor Film Four’s Director’s Seasons and Stella will sponsor… Continue reading Film Four Signs Major Sponsorship Deals
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made by internet service provider AOL Europe against advertising by its rival Freeserve. The advertisement in question appeared in the national press and stated “2.8 million people choose Freeserve”. AOL felt that the statement made was misleading as the number did not represent how many subscribers… Continue reading ASA Upholds Complaints About Freeserve and Hello!
Reed International was the best performer in the FTSE 100 yesterday, thanks still to a recommendation by Deutsche Bank (see Sharewatch). Shares ended up 47p at £5.62.Daily Mail increased its stake in GWR yesterday, through GWR’s acquisition of DMG Radio Group (see GWR Acquires DMG Radio Group). For GWR, the move prompted a positive response,… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Radio Advertising Bureau has launched a new publication to give advertisers a greater understanding of the radio market. Understanding Radio acknowledges the increased importance of radio as an advertising medium during the last decade.It is a consolidation of eight years of research by the RAB into the way radio works and includes advice on… Continue reading RAB Launches Manual For Advertisers
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has appointed Patricia Hodgson as its new chief executive. Currently director of public policy at the BBC, she will take up the position at the beginning of September, replacing Peter Rogers, who announced his retirement last year (see ITC Begins Search For New Chief Executive).Sir Robin Biggam, chairman of the… Continue reading ITC Appoints New Chief Executive
