Independent News & Media’s £300 million bid for the Belfast Telegraph has been referred to the Competition Commission. The group made its bid earlier this month (see Trinity Mirror Sells Belfast Telegraph To Independent), and its referral is obligatory under newspaper merger rules.Disposal of the Belfast Telegraph Newspapers, which includes the Belfast Telegraph and Sunday… Continue reading Indy’s Bid For Belfast Telegraph Referred To Competition Commission
Manchester United is positive that live television rights to Premiership matches will be taken from BSkyB when the contract is renewed this year. The football club, announcing its half-year results yesterday, reportedly said that the new rights deal for the games would be split between operators.The rights to live Premier League games have been monopolised… Continue reading BSkyB Will Lose Monopoly Over Premier League Matches, Says Man Utd
Independent News & Media, publisher of the Independent newspaper, has this morning posted a 68% rise in pre-tax profits to £86.1 million for the whole of 1999. The Dublin-based company publishes a number of newspapers around the world and has begun investing in the development new media businesses, which it said are now starting to… Continue reading Independent News Profits Strong In 1999
BSkyB today announced an increase in the number of subscribers to its digital service. There are currently 2.8 million subscribers, with total sales of 3 million.Today’s figures show a slight increase on the previous quarter (see SkyDigital Subscribers Up To 2.6 Million). A statement from the group said that the rise was in line with… Continue reading SkyDigital Subscribers Rise To 2.8 Million
A quick glance at a selection of current ads will confirm the fact that sport most definitely sells; possibly even more effectively than sex in the case of Premiership football. It is perhaps surprising, then, that there are currently no general sports consumer magazines on the market, with most publishers concentrating on specific sports or… Continue reading Feature: Sports Mags Market To Broaden With New Launches
There has been a further increase in the overall decline in national newspaper readership, according to the latest figures released by the National Readership Survey (NRS). A year-on-year analysis shows the whole sector falling 3.1% – or 2.2 million readers – for the six month period ending February 2000.The largest falls came from the Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round Up – February 2000
There has been a further increase in the overall decline in national newspaper readership, according to the latest figures released by the National Readership Survey (NRS). A year-on-year analysis shows the whole sector falling 3.1% – or 2.2 million readers – for the six month period ending February 2000.The largest falls came from the Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round Up – February 2000
A year after ITV made the decision to ditch the News At Ten, CIA MediaLab’s Sensor survey has found that 29% of people would like to see it return, and 30% claim to miss it. However, the public does not support parliamentary pressure on ITV to bring the bulletin back, with only 6% agreeing with… Continue reading Public Does Not Want MP’s Pressure On ITV To Return News At Ten
Global advertising and communications company, WPP, yesterday benefited from a reiterated recommendation of the stock by Deutsche Bank. Deutsche said that WPP was well-placed to benefit from the fragmentation of media markets, particularly into the emerging digital delivery systems. WPP finished up 34p at £10.70.Stock in online information provider Dialog has continued to fall since… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) today said that continued care is needed to ensure acceptable standards of late night programming on Channel 5. Publishing its annual report for 1999, detailing performance reviews for Channel 4, Channel 5 and GMTV, the Commission praised the efforts of the channel but said there was still room for improvements.The… Continue reading Continued Care Needed For Late Night Programming On C5, Says ITC
