A new web-based media trading system that will allow media buyers and sellers to trade inventory online is currently being developed by a company called iMediaPoint.com. The system, which is due for launch in the fourth quarter of this year, will offer a broad range of media space including radio, internet and television.Heading up the… Continue reading Internet Media Trading System Developed By iMediaPoint.com
Information group Reuters continues to sustain losses after a negative meeting with analysts last week caused stock to plummet (see Sharewatch). Shares were down a further 27˝p to 682˝p; in total they have dropped 25%.Shares in Ulster Television rose by over 5% yesterday to 196p. A new managing director, John McCann, who takes over the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Freeserve, the UK’s largest internet service provider (ISP), has announced a strong increase in subscriber numbers, alongside deepening losses over the last quarter. In the 16 weeks to 21 August the free ISP saw subscribers increase by 19% quarter on quarter to 1.4 million.The rate of growth in Freeserve’s subscribers increased by 19% over the… Continue reading Subscribers And Losses Rise At Freeserve
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for August 1999 (including GMTV) stood at £188.4 million, according to agency estimates. Of this ITV took £131.0 million, a year on year rise of 10.7%; Channel 4 took £39.8 million, up 13.6% year on year and Channel 5’s revenue came in at £13.1 million, up 42.7%.GMTV’s revenue made a… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 1999
Carlton Communications had a good day yesterday with share prices rising 25žp to 436žp. Talk of a possible deal between the broadcasting group and its French rival Canal Plus boosted the stock.Shares in Carlton’s ONdigital partner, Granada, also rose. An analysts’ meeting planned for today is expected to give the group a positive forecast. Prices… Continue reading Sharewatch
The latest offering from Emap, Escape Routes, is the first UK brand to launch simultaneously in both print form and as an e-commerce-enabled website. Dubbed ‘the ultimate travel and leisure guide’, the magazine has features and ideas for forthcoming trips which can be booked immediately online via www.escaperoutes.co.uk.Available quarterly, the first edition of the magazine… Continue reading First Issue Review: Escape Routes
Record-breaking cinema admissions have been recorded for the second successive month. The latest figures from the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) show that films like Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Notting Hill pushed admissions during July to a massive 14.6 million, the highest recorded since July 1971.Average weekly admissions were 3.3 million, an increase of… Continue reading Cinema Admission Figures Continue To Break Records
Take-up of cable television continued to rise in the second quarter of this year. The latest figures from the Independent Television Commission (ITC) show that 12.6% of all homes in the UK now watch television over broadband cable. This compares to 12.4% in the last report (see Cable TV Take-Up Rises).Of the 12.1 million households… Continue reading Cable Television Growth Continues
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for August 1999 (including GMTV) stood at £188.4 million, according to agency estimates. Of this ITV saw a year on year rise of 10.7%; Channel 4 was up 13.6% year on year and Channel 5’s rose by 42.7%. GMTV’s revenue made a 1.3% jump total ad revenue for satellite television… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 1999
The £4.2 million spent by Ulster Television on a staff restructuring programme has hit the group’s interim profits for the six months to 30 June 1999. Year on year UTV’s pre-tax profits fell from £4.5 million to £2.0 million this time. The company’s restructuring programme included changes remuneration policy, voluntary severance packages and early retirement.Turnover… Continue reading Ulster TV Restructuring Programme Dents Profits
