An additional licence fee for digital television services would not breach EU regulations. A spokesperson for the European Commission denied reports earlier this week that proposals backed by the BBC to charge an extra £24 supplement for digital TV would breach state aid regulations.Stefan Rating, competition spokesman for the European Commission, said that it was… Continue reading BBC Digital Licence Fee Would Not Breach EU Rules
Shares in BSkyB jumped 8p yesterday ahead of the group’s A.G.M today in which healthy subscriber figures for its satellite television services are expected to be announced. Prices closed at 611˝p.Advertising group WPP made gains after a large programme trade was placed by a US broker. Shares were up 9p to 623p.Shares in United News… Continue reading Sharewatch
Six of Britain’s largest regional newspaper groups have joined together to launch a classified advertising network on the internet. Under the umbrella brand Fish4, three online services will provide sites dedicated to selling and buying vehicles and homes and finding jobs.The sites – fish4cars, fish4homes and fish4jobs – are the joint venture of Newsquest, Northcliffe,… Continue reading Regional Press Groups Launch Classified Ad Network
ITV has signed a £1 million sponsorship deal with Ambrosia Splat! Custard for its Saturday morning kids’ television programme, SM:TV Live. The sponsorship is the first television deal for Bestfoods, owner of the Ambrosia Custard range.The Splat! Custard brand will be associated with SM:TV for one year under the deal, which was negotiated by BMP… Continue reading ITV Signs £1m Custard Sponsorship For SM:TV
BARB has developed a new version of its measurement system to collect digital television audience data. A probe inside viewers’ set-top boxes will allow the research board to measure audience data for digital channels.Channels are currently measured by checking the frequency being received by a television set. With digital broadcasts however the frequency is identified… Continue reading New Measurement Device For Digital Data
Stuart Feather, managing director of Edinburgh-based media agency Feather Brooksbank, has denied that his company is in talks with the Carat group. A report in this week’s trade press claimed that a deal, either a merger or an alliance, is close to completion. However, Feather claimed that the article is incorrect and that there is… Continue reading Feather Brooksbank Denies Merger Talks With Carat
Shares in Reed International bounced back after reaching their lowest point for four and a half years on Tuesday. Rumours were circulating that the publishing group may reopen merger talks with Wolters Kluwer. Prices closed up 8˝p to 361žp.BSkyB rose 6p to 603˝p amid merger speculation as the chief operating officer of Vivendi, the French… Continue reading Sharewatch
Trinity Mirror has appointed a sales director for its new media division. Jason Smith will supervise advertising sales over the local and national websites of the recently merged group (see Trinity-Mirror Deal Gets ‘Unconditional’ Go-Ahead).The new media operations of the group include the Mirror’s ic24 brand umbrella site which has links to the company’s national… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Appoints New Media Director
After discussions with the Football Association, BSkyB has decided relinquish its exclusive broadcast rights to the England v Scotland European Championship playoff match at Wembley Stadium. The crucial play-off fixtures were drawn by the FA this morning and pit England against Scotland in two-legs, the second of which is at Wembley on Wednesday 17 November.Sky… Continue reading Sky Relinquishes Exclusive Rights To England v Scotland Euro Clash
Media group United News & Media (UNM) was today reported to be in discussion to acquire a one-third stakeholding in digital terrestrial television company, ONdigital.UNM owns three ITV franchises – Anglia, Meridian and HTV – and Carlton and Granada, the other two ITV heavyweights, joint own ONdigital. United’s franchises account for 24% of the ITV… Continue reading UNM Reported To Be Interested In ONdigital Stake
