Radio and Television group Chrysalis has placed shares to raise an estimated £26.8 million as part of its ongoing strategy for investment in new media projects. One and a half million new ordinary shares have been placed with the hope of taking stakes in up to ten net start-up companies.The money will initially be used… Continue reading Chrysalis Unveils Web Strategy
EMAP has united all media serving health issues and professions. EMAP Espirit Network will incorporate eight consumer titles including Slimming, Here’s Health, Mother & Baby, Pregnancy & Birth, Yours, and the Nursing Times.The network publishes more than a million copies of its magazines each month and also operates exhibition, conference and digital media businesses. The… Continue reading EMAP Creates The Espirit Network
Trinity Mirror was one of the best performers on the FTSE 350 yesterday; shares jumped 71˝p to a record 705p as several brokers boosted the stock. The group is now the largest regional publisher in the UK, according to the latest figures from the Newspaper Society (see Trinity Mirror Heads Regional Press League).Advertising group WPP… Continue reading Sharewatch
Guardian Unlimited has signed agreements to distribute its content on three new digital platforms. The Guardian’s network of websites will be available via mobile phone, digital interactive television and handheld computing devices.A deal with BT CellNet’s WAP mobile phones gives users access to content from News Unlimited and the ability to follow the day’s news… Continue reading Guardian Unlimited Embraces Multi-Platform Distribution
Programmes It comes as no surprise that the top-rated programme of the year is ITV’s Coronation Street, with the episode broadcast on 7 March attaining an audience of 19.82 million. The second most watched programme of the year was hugely successful quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, which, shown immediately after the Coronation… Continue reading Annual TV Viewing Round Up – 1999
Pearson fell 62p as the media group placed a number of shares to raise money for further internet investment (see Pearson Places Shares To Fund Further Net Investment). Prices closed at £22.60.Capital Radio shares were up 80p to £15.72˝ as news of the group’s first national station, Life, due to launch on the Digital One… Continue reading Sharewatch
Trinity Mirror is now the largest regional publisher in the UK, according to the latest figures from the Newspaper Society. Weekly circulation figures for the group, which merged last year (see Trinity And Mirror Seal Merger In £2bn Deal), are now almost double the size of the second player in the regional press league, Northcliffe… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Heads Regional Press League
ProgrammesIt comes as no surprise that the top-rated programme of the year is ITV’s Coronation Street, with the episode broadcast on 7 March attaining an audience of 19.82 million. The number one film of the year was the terrestrial premiere of James Bond’s Goldeneye, which had 13.23 million viewers shaken but not stirred.Channel 4’s top… Continue reading Annual TV Viewing Round Up – 1999
RevenueITV’s annual revenue growth showed an improvement on last year as total revenue came in at £1.9 billion, ahead of the Network’s £1.8 billion target. This represents an annual growth of 6.3% and compares to last year’s 4.8%.Estimates from NTC’s Advertising Forecast put 1999 TV advertising expenditure growth at 8.2% and total UK display growth… Continue reading Annual TV Market Round-Up – 1999
RevenueITV’s annual revenue growth showed an improvement on last year as total revenue came in at £1.9 billion, ahead of the Network’s £1.8 billion target. This represents an annual growth of 6.3% and compares to last year’s 4.8%.Estimates from NTC’s Advertising Forecast put 1999 TV advertising expenditure growth at 8.2% and total UK display growth… Continue reading Annual TV Market Round-Up – 1999
