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Pay-TV group Flextech has signed a major carriage deal with Telewest Communications’ recently-launched digital television service, Active Digital (see Telewest Launches Digital Service). Under the deal, all of Flextech’s channels, including the UKTV portfolio, will be available on Active Digital.Flextech’s wholly-owned stations are Bravo, Trouble, Living and Challenge TV. UKTV, which is a joint venture… Continue reading Flextech And UKTV Sign Carriage Deal With Telewest Digital

Pay-TV group, Flextech, rose 95p yesterday to a best-ever 1,102˝p as rumours spread that Granada may buy its 18.6% stake in Scottish Media Group (SMG). Granada acquired Mirror Group’s 18.6% stake in SMG earlier in the year (see Granada To Buy Mirror’s Scottish Media Stake).Emap made further gains as both Goldman Sachs and CSFB boosted… Continue reading Sharewatch

The Local Radio Company (TLRC) has bought Plymouth-based radio station Victory FM for an undisclosed sum. Victory was launched in September this year, backed by a number of local and trade investors. The station broadcasts to a potential audience of over 300,000 people, but is not currently on the RAJAR survey.Commenting on the deal, TLRC’s… Continue reading Local Radio Company Acquires Portsmouth Station

Hello! magazine has reached an out-of-court settlement with OK!, which has finally capitulated in the long-running circulation figures row between the two rivals. Dating back to October last year (see Battle Of The Gossips), the dispute began when Hello! claimed that OK! had distributed inaccurate estimates of its sales figures to advertisers and journalists. The… Continue reading Newsline Brief

Twenty million people watched coverage of England’s win over Scotland last Saturday, according to ratings estimates released this week. The match, the first leg of the Euro 2000 play-off, was watched live on Sky Sports 2 and shown two hours later on BBC1.Sky estimates that 10 million watched the live game which was broadcast over… Continue reading Twenty Million Tune Into England v Scotland Match

A newspaper circulation war broke out on the streets of Manchester on Friday as two rival free morning newspapers launched, both with the same name. The Guardian Media group had been planning its Manchester Metro News since August (see Guardian To Launch Manchester Morning Paper) but its planned trial launch this Wednesday was brought forward… Continue reading Manchester In Local Newspaper War

The underlying rate of inflation – which excludes mortgage interest payments – was 2.2% in October, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics this morning. This is up 0.1% points compared to September. The headline rate also rose slightly from 1.1% last month, to 1.2% for October. The Retail Prices Index for… Continue reading Underlying Inflation Up Slightly In October

Media group Emap has restructured its operations by developing four ‘community networks’, each with its own chief executive, to focus the group’s activities in different marketplaces. The strategy has been instigated by Emap’s chief executive Kevin Hand and follows similar strategic setups in the Emap Business Communications and Emap Petersen divisions.The area of lifestyle, automotive,… Continue reading EMAP Creates Dedicated ‘Community Networks’

Culture secretary Chris Smith has held a meeting with the UK’s digital television operators at which he stressed the need for cooperation in promoting the digital platform as a medium and not just the individual branded services. Smith is still concerned that there is too much consumer confusion about the benefits of digital television and… Continue reading Smith Tells Broadcasters To Cooperate In Promoting DTV

Month On MonthThe latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the ABC yesterday, show a very slight overall decline in sales between September and October. However, for the first time in a while the Daily Mail is recording a monthly loss of sales, of just under 20,000 copies, whilst its long-suffering mid-market rival, the Express,… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – October 1999