EMAP has announced today the closure of its pre-teen magazine Big. The final edition of the entertainment title, which covers celebrity gossip, was distributed this week.The magazine has been losing readers since its peak of 300,000 in 1993. In the most recent report from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) its circulation rate had dropped… Continue reading EMAP Closes Big! Magazine
Cinema achieved its highest ever annual admissions last year, with a total of 139.1 million ticket sales. This represents a 2.9% increase on 1998 admissions which came in at 135.2 million. Box office sales across the year were up 11% on the previous year and have risen 117% over the whole decade, according to figures… Continue reading Cinema Achieves Highest Admissions In 25 Years In 1999
Two new companies have united to join Outrider, the digital media and marketing arm of Tempus Group. The combination of Good Technology, which will keep its brand name, and MVi, which will now trade as Outrider UK, will allow the division to provide its clients with a total digital marketing proposition.Managing director of Outrider UK… Continue reading Tempus Enhances Digital Marketing Arm
By October* last year cable penetration had reached one quarter of all UK homes passed. This means that of the 12.6 million homes that have been physical set up to receive cable services, 3.2 million (or 25%) have so far subscribed to either telephony, television or both. This is an increase in penetration of 2.0%… Continue reading Annual Cable & Satellite Round-Up – 1999
New measures to undertake a complete overhaul of the regulations surrounding broadcasting and telecoms will be unveiled later this year, culture secretary Chris Smith announced yesterday. A white paper will propose reforms to take account of convergence within the communications industries and allow British media groups to compete more fully in the global market.Broadcasters have… Continue reading TV Regulation Overhaul Set To Pave The Way For Digital Developments
Shares in Reuters climbed 80p to £10.46 as the group announced it was to form a joint venture with telecoms group Equant to develop an internet-based network for the financial services industry. This is the first major deal since rumours emerged that the information group planned to reposition itself in the technology market (see Sharewatch).Carlton… Continue reading Sharewatch
British Sky Broadcasting yesterday welcomed the Office of Fair Trading’s ruling on Sky’s acquisition of a 9.08% stake in Leeds Sporting. A spokesperson for Sky said that the ruling confirmed that Sky’s arrangements with Leeds did not warrant a review by the Competition Commission.Sky announced the acquisition of the stake in August last year (see… Continue reading BSkyB Welcomes OFT Decision On Leeds Stake
By October* last year cable penetration had reached one quarter of all UK homes passed. This means that of the 12.6 million homes that have been physical set up to receive cable services, 3.2 million (or 25%) have so far subscribed to either telephony, television or both. This is an increase in penetration of 2.0%… Continue reading Annual Cable & Satellite Round-Up – 1999
The Daily Mail & General Trust has been given the all clear by the Department of Trade and Industry to go ahead with its takeover of regional publishing group Bristol United Press (BUP). The £122 million offer for BUP (see Daily Mail Makes £122m Agreed Offer For Bristol United Press) has now become wholly unconditional… Continue reading Daily Mail Gets Go Ahead On BUP Bid
BBC’s GLR made significant gains in the December RAJAR figures, released this morning. Its weekly reach grew by almost 48% to 436,000; its share of listening in the capital now stands at 1.2%. The station has plans to rebrand itself this year (see Newsline Brief).Another success for the period ending December 1999 was the Premier… Continue reading GLR Makes Gains In Latest RAJAR Figures
