BSkyB is to launch a customer loyalty scheme to expand its subscriber base. SkyDigital customers will be offered tickets to entertainment and sporting events as well as discounts on magazines, books and hotel accommodation. The group’s listings mag, Sky, is to be relaunched as a customer loyalty title. Carlton Interactive, the internet arm of Carlton,… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Programmes The BBC would call it brand extension, others would say it’s scraping the barrel for all it’s worth. Whatever you want to call it When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force certainly proved popular with the viewing public, with an audience of 10.56 million tuning in to the one-off programme.The fifteenth anniversary celebrations of Eastenders,… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – February 2000
Programmes The BBC would call it brand extension, others would say it’s scraping the barrel for all it’s worth. Whatever you want to call it When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force certainly proved popular with the viewing public, with an audience of 10.56 million tuning in to the one-off programme.The fifteenth anniversary celebrations of Eastenders,… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – February 2000
It is understood that Peter Littlewood, a senior marketer for confectionary giant Mars, is currently the most likely candidate to take over as chief executive of the ITV Network. According to a report in this week’s Marketing, Littlewood last week came over to the UK from his current post in the States to meet with… Continue reading Mars Marketer Tipped For ITV Top Role
Following Budget Line 2000, a detailed Budget Review is now available on Newsline. Sponsored and provided by chartered accountants Brebner Allen Trapp, it comprehensively outlines the changes made in the Chancellor’s budget speech yesterday.To access the full report click here.For more information please contact Maurice Taylor ([email protected]) or John Craig ([email protected]) at Brebner Allen Trapp.
Shares in BSkyB fell 113p to £17.96 as the broadcaster’s proposed acquisition for a 24% stake in German group KirschPayTV was given the all clear by the European Commission.Johnston Press saw its shares rise after it reported strong financial results yesterday (see Revenues And Profits Strong At Johnston Press). Prices rose 5p to 305˝p.Dialog dropped… Continue reading Sharewatch
Online information group, Dialog, has revealed plans to sell off its core business in order to wipe away the debt which has been crippling the company since its creation in October 1997. Dialog was created by the £261 million takeover of Knight Ridder Information by MAID (see Maid Acquisition To Go Ahead) and has struggled… Continue reading Dialog To Sell Core Services To Ease Debt Burden
Newsline will provide coverage of the key developments in this afternoon’s Budget as it is delivered by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. Newsline‘s Budget page will be set to automatically refresh every few seconds ensuring a full, rolling coverage throughout the Chancellor’s speech which is expected to begin around 3:30pm.
Shares in Dialog surged 28% to 231˝p as the software and computer group announced plans to break its burden of debt (see Dialog To Sell Core Services To Ease Debt Burden). The proposed sale of its Information Services Division is in the pipeline and, if the disposal goes ahead, Dialog will be renamed Bright Station.The… Continue reading Sharewatch
Regional and local newspaper group, Johnston Press, has this morning posted a strong set of financial results for the year ending 31 December 1999 and is set to make significant internet investments over the coming year. Pre-tax profit at Johnston grew by 8.6% to £49.8 million and advertising revenues were up 5% on 1998.Johnston is… Continue reading Revenues And Profits Strong At Johnston Press
