Potential bidders for the Financial Times Newsletters division have begun to emerge. The most likely suitors expected to make a bid for the group next Tuesday are Informa and Euromoney with Emap, Metal Bulletin and Wilmington Press also rumoured to be interested.Euromoney Publications, part of the Daily Mail & General Trust group, has plenty of… Continue reading Bidders For FT Newsletters Emerge
Carlton Communications is understood to be planning to close three of its pay-TV channels – Carlton Select, Carlton World and Carlton Kids – as part of a broader restructure of the group’s pay-TV and digital operations.According to trade press magazine, Broadcast, Carlton’s managing director of programmes, Lord Waheed Alli, has been considering axing the stations… Continue reading Carlton Expected To Axe Pay-TV Channels
EMAP has promoted Tom Moloney to chief executive of the media group’s US magazine publishing division, EMAP Petersen. Moloney, previously chief operating officer, takes charge of the company after a period of poorer than expected ad revenues which have caused EMAP’s stock price to drop dramatically in recent weeks (see Sharewatch).Despite this EMAP describes Moloney’s… Continue reading Management Changes At EMAP Petersen
Digital One, the only commercial digital radio multiplex to operate on a national basis, has joined forces with BBC Digital Radio to push the introduction of digital provision. In the deal, struck yesterday, the two rival groups will collaborate on a range of marketing and research initiatives.The main aim of this long-term partnership is to… Continue reading Digital One And The BBC Unite In Digital Push
ONdigital has added a further 164,000 subscribers since June, with a record 82,000 signing up during September. The digital terrestrial television broadcaster announced its latest figures today which showed an increase in sales of 66% to 411,000.The joint venture between Carlton Communications and Granada has had a difficult quarter with a number of high-profile resignations,… Continue reading ONdigital Sales Up By 66%
The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) is to publish a list of guidelines for strategic marketing on the internet. Called Guide To The Internet – A Practical Guide For Marketers, its aim is to lead the way in the promotion of good practice and self regulation within new media.The guide was written by Matt… Continue reading ISBA Publishes List Of Guidelines For Internet Marketing
Hallmark Entertainment Network, the US-based 24-hour general entertainment service, is to launch on BSkyB’s digital platform early next year. The family-based channel, which is famed for its original movies and mini-series, will be especially tailored for the UK.Its programming will be acquired from Hallmark Entertainment, the station’s parent company, and third parties including BSkyB. Day-time… Continue reading Hallmark Entertainment Network Gets Carriage On BSkyB
In the second quarter of this year customer take-up of cable television services hit its lowest ever quarter on quarter growth rate of just 1.9%. Between April and July, only 55,157 new homes subscribed to cable TV, according to the latest figures from the Independent Television Commission. At the same time investment in the construction… Continue reading Cable Television Take-Up Hits All-Time Low
GWR Group has signed a 15 month advertising with Coldseal Windows, believed to be the biggest in radio history. The £6 million deal will see Coldseal ads aired from September 1999 to 31 December 2000 across GWR’s local stations. Coldseal has boosted its coverage with this latest deal, by including four new GWR stations in… Continue reading GWR And Coldseal Sign Largest Ever Radio Advertising Deal
Shares in Carlton Communications fell 8˝p to 433źp after Charterhouse Securities cut its numbers for this year and next by 5% and 6% respectively. Carlton’s digital partner Granada also took a tumble, falling 19p to close at 532˝p. Their joint venture ONdigital announces its subscriber figures today.Shares in publisher Emap continued to fall. The Stock… Continue reading Sharewatch
