A Net tariff war commenced yesterday as cable company Telewest announced plans to launch SurfUnlimited, a residential unmetered internet access service, for just £10 a month. When it is introduced on Valentine’s Day 2000 it will be the first unmetered service in the UK.The news comes just one week after BT announced its own unlimited… Continue reading Telewest To Launch Britain’s First Unmetered Internet Service
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has backed the proposed merger between cable companies NTL and Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), but has said that there are competition issues raised by Vivendi’s plans to take a 24.4% stake in BSkyB. Both proposed deals were referred by the secretary of state for Trade and Industry to the… Continue reading ITC Backs Cable Merger But Raises Questions Over BSkyB/Vivendi Tie In
Inflation has increased over the past month, putting further pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates. The November underlying rate of inflation was unchanged at 2.2%, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics this morning. However, the headline rate of inflation was 1.4% year-on-year, up from 1.2% in October.… Continue reading Headline Inflation Rises In November
Toyota will sponsor the last ITV commercial message of the millennium and the first of the next as the exclusive sponsor of all available programming on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.This is the third year that Toyota has been official sponsor of the New Year celebrations as part of a five year… Continue reading Toyota To Sponsor Last ITV Commercial Of The Millennium
Month On MonthThe latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) today, show an overall month on month decline in sales of 1.4% for November 1999. The only newspapers to increase their sales over the monthly period were the Sunday Business, which saw its monthly sales increase by just over… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – November 1999
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has upheld complaints about an episode of Jerry Springer UK. The 53 complainants were offended by the episode, entitled “Sexy Secrets”, which was broadcast at 8pm when large numbers of children were expected to be watching.Anglia, which broadcast the show, claimed that the subject matter was well within children’s terms… Continue reading ITC Upholds Complaints About Jerry Springer
ONdigital has won the contract to provide 65,000 Glasgow City Council homes with digital television. The digital terrestrial group, jointly owned by Granada and Carlton, won the contract against strong competition from Sky, NTL and Blick.Hugh McDonald, Glasgow’s assistant chief housing officer said: “Like all councils we need to be digital-ready. We carried out the… Continue reading ONdigital Wins Glasgow City Council Contract
Online advertising company Real Media has appointed a new president and chief executive officer. Christopher D. Neimeth will replace Dave Morgan who will become chairman.Mr Morgan spoke of the new appointment: “Chris Neimeth is practically a brand unto himself in the new media industry. He is an entrepreneurial professional with international experience and exceptional abilities… Continue reading Real Media Appoints New President
iMediapoint.com, an online media trading service unveiled in September (see Internet Media Trading System Developed By iMediaPoint.com), has secured deals with a number of key media groups to sell airtime, sponsorship and advertising packages via the internet. For iMediapoint’s launch, the company has on board Flextech, Granada and TSMS, each offering selected media inventory to… Continue reading iMediapoint Launches With Flextech, Granada And TSMS Inventory
Shares in regional newspaper group Newscom rose sharply as Gannett asked permission from the DTI to make a bid for the company (see Gannett Seeks Permission To Bid For Newscom). Prices closed up 235p to £12.52˝p.Flextech’s prices climbed 7˝p as merger talks heightened (see Telewest And Flextech Reveal Merger Talks); shares closed at £14.20p on… Continue reading Sharewatch
