Pay-TV group Flextech continued to suffer a dramatic drop in share price at the end of last week following a down-grade by Lehman Brothers (see Sharewatch). The group fell back by 45p (5.0%) to 847˝p by the end of trading on Friday.United News & Media, which releases its interim financial results at the end of… Continue reading Sharewatch
Desmond Lynam, presenter of sports programmes at the BBC for the last 30 years, has signed a four year contract with ITV, the Network announced today. Lynam will join ITV as its main football presenter where he will cover the UEFA Champions League and the FA Cup.The news will come as a further blow to… Continue reading Des Lynam Leaves BBC To Present ITV Football
Thursday Radio audience listening figures will be released by RAJAR. The data cover the period ending June 1999 and include all stations which are on the RAJAR survey.The data will be available on MediaTel from 2:00pm on Thursday and Round-Ups will appear on Newsline and the Radio features list shortly afterwards.Also on Thursday, Reed Elsevier… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Regional newspaper publisher, Trinity, has this morning finalised its merger with newspapers and television company, Mirror Group. After months of stalled negotiations, regulator investigations and the loss of Mirror’s chief executive (see Possibilities For Mirror Group), Trinity has secured a deal valuing Mirror at 271˝p per share, or £1.24 billion. Trinity is currently valued at… Continue reading Trinity And Mirror Seal Merger In £2bn Deal
Independent Newspapers, publisher of the Independent, has set up a dedicated new media department called Independent Digital. The division will have its own budget and will look it partnerships with other media owners. IPC Magazines is planning to establish a new media company, currently going under the name of IPC Electric. Although no details have… Continue reading Newsline Brief
The latest batch of national newspaper readership figures, released by the National Readership Survey (NRS) this morning, show that the tabloid Sunday papers are continuing to shed readers. With the exception of the Mail On Sunday all of the Sunday tabloids report a decline in readership year on year for the January-June 1999 period.The Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – June 1999
She may be too skinny, she may wear skirts that are far too short and may have feminists all over the world up in arms, but Ally McBeal is very funny and very popular. The second series of the fantasy drama series, which started on Channel 4 two weeks ago, attracted a viewing audience of… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 18/07/99
A downgrade by brokers Lehman Brothers caused shares in pay-TV group Flextech to plummet 60p (6.3%) to 892˝p. Lehman’s reduced Flextech’s target price from 1,140p to 1,010p.Telewest Communications continued to fall back following its failure to seal a merger with rival cable group, Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC). NTL beat Telewest to the merger, signing… Continue reading Sharewatch
The latest batch of national newspaper readership figures, released by the National Readership Survey (NRS) this morning, show that the tabloid Sunday papers are continuing to shed readers. With the exception of the Mail On Sunday all of the Sunday tabloids report a decline in readership year on year for the January-June 1999 period.The Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – June 1999
The latest figures from the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) show that films including Notting Hill, The Matrix and The Mummy have contributed to the highest June average admissions in 27 years. June admissions rose by a huge 61.9%, from 7.8 million in June 1998 to 11.0 million last month.This is also a 33% increase on… Continue reading Cinema Achieves Best June Admissions In 27 Years
