Former Sun editor Kelvin McKenzie has taken the first steps in a flotation of his radio company The Wireless Group (TWG). It is hoped that the move will generate funds with which the loss-making company can repay existing debts and finance further acquisitions and new media developments.TWG was formed when McKenzie bought out The Radio… Continue reading TWG Prepares For Flotation
Jeff Henry, chief executive of Granada Sky Broadcasting, is to leave the company in the near future, after assisting shareholders in finding a replacement. After his appointment to the company he created a strategy for the redefinition of the Plus, Breeze and Men & Motors brands. He now says he wants a new challenge. Colin… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Nova, the epitome of fashion and feminism from 1965-75 has been relaunched today by IPC. Aiming to offer an edgier alternative to women’s fashion glossies, the last time its target readers saw the bubble-print masthead -retained for the re-launch- they were probably in nappies and orange terry towelling, if they had even been born.This may… Continue reading First Issue Review: Nova: The Fashion Magazine Reborn?
Channel 4’s new digital entertainment channel, E4, is still awaiting board approval but expectation of its launch has already forced other major broadcasters to look carefully at their digital entertainment offerings. BSkyB decided to reposition Sky One after it lost the rights to Friends and ER to the new venture (see Sky One To Compete… Continue reading E4 Forces Broadcasters To Consider Digital Entertainment Offerings
An announcement made yesterday that Elisabeth Murdoch is quitting her post at BSkyB to pursue other ventures (see Elisabeth Murdoch To Quit Sky) helped shares in the company drop by 32p to £17.06.Meanwhile Pearson which, along with other media companies, had seen a jump in shareprices on Tuesday (see Sharewatch) yesterday fell again, by 174p… Continue reading Sharewatch
This week sees the launch of ONrequest, the world’s first digital terrestrial pay-per-view service. A joint venture between ONdigital and SDN, the service went on air on Bank Holiday Monday with the screenings of Shakespeare in Love and The Rugrats Movie.Deals have been signed with Paramount and Universal to bring top movies to DTT viewers… Continue reading ONdigital’s PPV Service Unveiled
The number of residential internet users in the UK has risen by 17% in the past half year and once logged on, people are spending more time online than ever before. In addition to this, the idea that most users are young ABs no longer holds true. These are the latest findings of research company… Continue reading UK Internet Population Grows One Fifth In Six Months
There was a rebound yesterday amongst media and internet stocks in the FTSE 100 index. BSkyB ended up 163p at £17.38, Reuters rose 51p to £12.00 and Pearson jumped 123p to £23.34. Cordiant rose 43p to £3.47 while Telewest Communications rose 19½p to £4.09.As the news emerged that Taylor Nelson Sofres will not be involved… Continue reading Sharewatch
The end of a century which saw the birth of mass- and multi- media has even made the advertising industry nostalgic. As a result, the last six months has seen the compilation of several “best ever ad” lists. Saturday night’s “Top 100 TV commercials of all time” put together and aired by Channel Four with… Continue reading Feature: Advertisers And Viewers Differ On All Time Best Ads
In a national newspaper first, the Observer is to launch a standalone magazine title. Observer Sport Monthly will be free with the Sunday newspaper from 7 May but will also be available separately from June.The 68-page title aims to break with the conventions of sports writing and widen the readership by focusing on the social… Continue reading Observer Rewrites Sport With Monthly Title
