The GWR group has joined forces with Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) to apply for the second digital radio multiplex licence for London. The first licence was awarded to the CE Digital consortium, which comprises Capital and Emap Radio, earlier this year (see Capital And EMAP Win First London Digital Licence).Awarding the first licence the Radio… Continue reading GWR And Scottish Radio Unite In London Licence Bid
Emap’s share prices jumped 80p to 970p yesterday as the media group reported better than expected interim results (see Emap’s Profits Beat Expectations).Pearson rose by 9p to 1,484p as it increased its internet presence with the announcement of an $800 million share deal with DBC which gives the group a one-third stake in leading financial… Continue reading Sharewatch
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
Today sees the launch of digital radio in the UK. The Digital One consortium, which won the award for Britain’s national commercial digital multiplex licence over a year ago (see Radio Authority Awards Digital Radio Multiplex To Sole Applicant) begins broadcasting today.Over the last year the group, a joint venture between GWR and NTL, has… Continue reading Digital Radio Launches In The UK
Kirsty Young is to move from Channel 5 to ITV in an exclusive deal. Her unique style of presentation has influenced the news across all the main channels. She will take up her new position on 1 January 2000 and will present the ITV Lunchtime News with John Suchet and the science series What Will… Continue reading Kirsty Young Moves To ITV
Carlton Television is attempting to halt the recent trend in advertising which means peak time programming takes the chunk of ad revenue. It is trialling new initiatives which depart from traditional spot advertising to increase ad revenue during daytime viewing.Managing director of sales Steve Platt explained the reasoning behind the planning: “In recent years the… Continue reading Carlton Looks At Initiatives To Increase Daytime Ad Revenue
Cable & Wireless Communications released a statement today in which it declared its disappointment at Stephen Byers’ decision to refer the cable group’s proposed merger with NTL to the Competition Commission. The secretary of state issued referrals to two recent media purchases to prevent further consolidation within the industry.French group Vivendi’s recent proposed acquisition of… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Communications “Disappointed” By Stephen Byers Move
Emap reported a rise of 17% in pre-tax profits in its interim results released today. The publishing and media group defied analysts expectations by posting profits of £89.1 million, excluding exceptional items, but admitted that it had had a bad year overall.Shares in the group have fallen dramatically during this period from a high of… Continue reading Emap’s Profits Beat Expectations
The new Virgin Mobile group has cut a sponsorship deal with Associated Newspapers. Today Richard Branson covered the Metro with a red supplement about the launch of his new product.Aiming to “paint the town red” the Virgin boss introduced his new mobile phone service to Londoners today with all copies of the Metro, the city’s… Continue reading Virgin And Metro Paint The Town Red
US research group, Forrester Research, has acquired UK internet specialists, Fletcher Research, for an undisclosed, the two companies announced today. Fletcher specialises in internet research and recently launched the Internet User Monitor, the UK’s largest Net usage survey undertaken so far (see Fletcher Launches Largest Ever Poll Of UK Internet Users). Forrester is an independent… Continue reading Forrester Acquires Fletcher Research
