Granada Group is to be split into two divisions following its merger with contract caterer Compass Group (see Sharewatch). The group’s media division will be renamed Granada Media as a result of the separation, and will float on the stock exchange later this year.The hospitality and media divisions are to be split within 12 months… Continue reading Granada Group To Float Media Arm
Internet access is now available to 45% of the UK adult population, giving a total of 21 million potential users. Of these, 14 million (30%) use the internet at home, work or college at least once a month. Research published by Continental Research in its Internet 2000 Quarter 2 Report has revealed that this level… Continue reading Internet Access Now Available To Nearly Half Of UK
Commercial radio revenue for the first quarter of 2000 reached £120 million, the highest ever spend for a first quarter. This included an increase of almost 29% from national advertisers, compared to the same period last year.The figures are the latest to be released by the Radio Advertising Bureau and show total revenue for the… Continue reading Radio Adspend Highest Ever In First Quarter
Virgin Radio has been given a £75,000 fine, the largest ever imposed by the Radio Authority, for breaching impartiality rules in a broadcast during the London Mayoral Elections. The broadcast by Chris Evans went out nationally and locally and therefore could have earned a fine of up to £1m, 5% of revenue gained from advertising… Continue reading Chris Evans Earns Virgin A Record Radio Authority Fine
BBC News Online is to supply content to Yahoo! UK. No money is exchanging hands in the deal, whereby Yahoo! will be supplied with top stories from the BBC’s UK, British politics, world, business, sport and science and technology news service sections. In return the BBC will introduce more people to its service, which is… Continue reading BBC News Online Signs To Supply Content For Yahoo!
News International is to invest in its Times website in an attempt to transform it into the most popular online news service. Times Online will undergo a major relaunch in August which will see the group ploughing millions into the site.Currently the site is little more than a web-based version of the newspaper. But plans… Continue reading Times Online Plans Revamp As Report Finds News Services Lacking
Confirmation that Granada group is considering a merger with catering company Compass (see Sharewatch) had a positive effect on Granada’s share prices, which ended up 6½p at £6.39½.Share holders in WPP are thought to be concerned about the details and timing of its merger with Young and Rubicam (see WPP Buys Young & Rubicam For… Continue reading Sharewatch
A Clint Eastwood film which averaged 3.1m viewers when it aired on Channel 5 helped give the station its second best ever weekly audience share. Unofficial overnight figures showed that when Absolute Power went out on Tuesday it achieved a 17% share. This helped give the channel an 8.4% share for the day, beating Channel… Continue reading Eastwood Thriller Has Absolute Power Over Channel 5 Ratings
Month On MonthMonthly national newspaper circulation figures for April, released by the ABC this week, showed a overall drop in sales of 1%. Sunday Sport saw the greatest fall in circulation, down by over 6% in a month on month analysis, while Sport First shed a further 6% over the same period.Only six titles showed… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round Up – April 2000
Sky Sports News was found to have been in breach of three rules of the Independent Television Commission’s Code of Programme Sponsorship when it broadcast an edition of Fox Sports News. The US sports news programme included one item sponsored by Yahoo! and one by Burger King. The ITC ruled certain references made to both… Continue reading Sky Sports Breaks ITC Code For Programme Sponsorship
