Sky Digital is to begin broadcasting British Eurosport, the new Eurosport service dedicated to UK, from this Sunday, 1 August. British Eurosport is currently only available via ONdigital’s terrestrial service and NTL’s analogue cable service, which have a combined reach of around 1.2 million homes.The deal with Sky Digital will increase British Eurosport’s penetration by… Continue reading Sky Digital To Carry British Eurosport
Adshel, the street furniture division of More Group, has teamed up with new media company Cityspace to launch the first outdoor network of kiosks, delivering customised internet services to the country’s bus passengers. The kiosks, called i-plus, will be installed across the Adshel/London Transport network of bus shelters, piloting in Southwark and Kensington and Chelsea… Continue reading More Group Innovates Outdoor Market With i-plus Kiosks
The Daily Telegraph has set up its own survey to provide advertisers with information about the readership of its separate sections. The research, called Telegraph Section Planner, preempts attempts by the National Readership Survey (NRS) to include all newspaper sections on its survey.The Telegraph is the first quality national newspaper to provide advertisers with details… Continue reading Daily Telegraph To Provide Sections Readership
BT has this morning announced plans to create a network of high-speed data lines capable of accessing services like the internet at between 10 and 40 times the speed of a conventional modem. The system, called asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), runs through ordinary phone lines, so streets and pavements will not have to be… Continue reading BT Creates High-Speed Internet Lines
BSkyB was boosted yesterday by the Restrictive Practices Court’s decision to uphold the broadcaster’s TV rights contract with the Premier League (see Newsline). BSkyB closed up 14p at 580p.Rumours that Granada may put together a bid for rival ITV company, Scottish Media Group, pushed Granada up 22p to 637p. Another ITV franchise, Ulster TV, remained… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Restrictive Practices Court has this afternoon ruled that the Premier League football clubs were not acting as a cartel in the sale of television broadcasting rights to BSkyB and the BBC. This ruling goes against the case presented by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which claimed that the League was acting illegally and… Continue reading Premier League TV Rights Given All-Clear By Court
Sky has this afternoon said that it is delighted with the Restrictive Practices Court’s decision not to alter the way Premier League football TV rights are sold (see Premier League TV Rights Given All-Clear By Court). The Court rejected the claim from the OFT that BSkyB’s exclusive agreement with the Premier League is essentially against… Continue reading Broadcasters Welcome Court’s Decision On Premiership Football Rights
The Wireless Group, previously TalkCo, has announced a number of management changes following its acquisition of The Radio Partnership this week (see Talk Radio Buys The Radio Partnership). Jonathan Goodwin, previously chief operating officer at Talk Radio, becomes group managing director of the Wireless Group. Ashley MacKenzie, moves from commercial director of sport at Talk… Continue reading Radio Appointments Brief
Telewest Communications performed badly yesterday as investors reacted to the cable company’s failure to seal a merger deal with Cable & Wireless Communications, itself snapped up by NTL this week (see NTL Spends £8.2bn On Cable & Wireless Communications). Telewest finished down 13žp at 270˝p; CWC closed up 10p at 700˝p.Rumours of a possible takeover… Continue reading Sharewatch
According to the latest Sensor survey from CIA MediaLab, 76% of the population have never heard of digital radio or do know what it is. Only 4% of people claim to be very familiar with the format, compared to 15% for digital television. The survey also shows that only around 7% of people would be… Continue reading Three Quarters Of People Know Nothing Of Digital Radio, Finds Survey
