Monday MediaTel’s weekly industry focus, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Interactive television company, Open, this week launches its service on the Sky Digital platform.Tuesday The Retail Prices Index for September is released by the Office For National Statistics. Last month underlying inflation stood at 2.1%, below the Government’s current target of 2.5% for… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Shares in digital partners Granada and Carlton Communications dropped yesterday despite reporting a 66% rise in subscription figures for their ONdigital service yesterday (see ONdigital Sales Up By 66%). Carlton fell by 7źp to 426p; Granada was down 6˝p to close at 526p.Shares in Reuters rose 3˝p after the Lehman Brothers set its December 2000… Continue reading Sharewatch
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
The Independent Television Commission has embarked on a review of the digital points system, the results of which will be announced on October 11. It is believed the system, which was designed to prevent one broadcaster dominating the platforms, will be overhauled and the Sky Sports 2 problem (see Digital TV Wrangles Continue Over Sky… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Hull-based telecoms operator Kingston Communications is set to launch Europe’s first interactive television service to run over normal telephone lines.Kingston Interactive Television will use ADSL (asymmetrical digital subscriber line) technology to transform ordinary phone lines into high-speed digital lines and the service will include up to 55 digital channels, video-on-demand, internet access and email through… Continue reading Kingston Communications To Launch Interactive Television Service
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
