The amount of people taking up cable television subscriptions has risen for the ninth successive quarter, according to the latest figures from the Independent Television Commission (ITC). During the final quarter of 1999 the penetration rate rose to 25.7% of all homes passed and marketed by broadband cable operators.A total 13.5% of all TV homes… Continue reading Cable TV Take-Up Rises Again
An Extraordinary General Meeting at the London Stock Exchange today will see members voting on proposals to demutualise the institution. Intended to improve commercial freedom within the Exchange, demutualisation will lead to windfalls for its owners, which could equal £8m for its most senior chief executives. The vote is due to start at noon today… Continue reading Sharewatch
Weekly titles showed the most steady performance year on year in the latest regional newspapers circulation figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this week. The sector is led by Cornwall’s West Briton Series which had a weekly circulation of 50,616 copies for the July-December 1999 period; this is virtually no change on… Continue reading Top Regional Weeklies Hold Steady In Latest ABCs
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has this morning unveiled a £116 million takeover bid for radio and ITV franchise company, Border Television. The official announcement follows a surge in Border’s shares at the end of last week, on the back of rumours that SRH was planning the move (see Border Stock Soars On Scottish Radio Rumours).Scottish… Continue reading Scottish Radio Launches £116m Hostile Bid For Border TV
EMAP announced today the acquisition of AutoLocate, an internet business focusing on the car trade market. The deal is part of the group’s ongoing development of its online and offline media for this sector.AutoLocate provides software and information sources allowing dealers within the used car trade to source vehicles, and trade and sell online. The… Continue reading EMAP Acquires Online Car Trade Business
Weekly titles showed the most steady performance year on year in the latest regional newspapers circulation figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this week. The sector is led by Cornwall’s West Briton Series which had a weekly circulation of 50,616 copies for the July-December 1999 period; this is virtually no change on… Continue reading Top Regional Weeklies Hold Steady In Latest ABCs
TalkSport has called on the Office of Fair Trading to investigate the BBC’s successful bid for test cricket rights last week. Britain’s first national sports station bid substantially more for exclusive radio rights to the Series but lost out in favour of the BBC after what it claims was an “anti-competitive abuse of [the BBC’s]… Continue reading TalkSport Asks OFT To Investigate BBC’s ‘Anti-Competitive’ Deal
The world’s largest market research group, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), has announced an agreement to acquire US-based Competitive Media Reporting (CMR) for US$88 million (£56 million). CMR provides advertising tracking services in the US and will strengthen TNS’ presence in the media monitoring market.CMR’s current owner, publishing group VNU, was required by the Federal Trade… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Sofres Acquires US Ad Tracking Business
IPC’s Music and Sport Division has announced the departure of Loaded man he was”, and it is now on the look-out for a replacement.Having helped launch the title in 1993 Southwell spent four years as deputy editor before leaving to write a book about the creation of the magazine. He had been editor since 1998,… Continue reading Loaded Editor Quits
The Radio Authority has this morning cleared the £225 million acquisition of Ginger Media Group by Scottish Media Group, saying that the merger of the two companies would not be expected to operate against the public interest. However, the Authority has attached the condition that SMG must not conditionally sell advertising between Ginger’s Virgin 1215AM… Continue reading Scottish Media Gets Regulator’s Approval For Ginger Takeover
