Continuing the trend of hiring ever more elaborate surroundings to present its programmes schedule, the ITV Network unveiled its autumn offerings yesterday at the brand new IMAX Cinema in London (it can surely only be a matter of time before they hire out a space shuttle).David Liddiment, director of programmes at ITV, opened the presentation… Continue reading ITV Autumn 99 Schedule – The Bigger Picture
According to a new report by media analysts and brokers Merrill Lynch, ITV is currently missing out on a ‘tremendous’ commercial opportunity by failing to market its presence on the internet.Unlike the BBC, ITV has so far not promoted the ITV.com brand or launched another national portal site. This is because the companies which own… Continue reading ITV Is ‘Missing Tremendous Commercial Opportunities’ On The Net, Says Merrill Lynch
The RA is re-advertising the local radio licence for Bailiwick of Guernsey, which is currently held by Island FM. The licence will run for eight years from 15 October 2000. The regulator is also re-advertising the local radio licence for the Island of Jersey, currently held by Channel Radio (Channel 103 FM). This licence will… Continue reading Radio Authority News
IPC Magazines is producing a free magazine called The Islander, which will target club-goers who make their annual pilgrimage to Ibiza during the summer months. The weekly title is to run for 11 issues and has a print run of 20,000.In a deal with HMV, which is sponsoring the magazine, half the copies will be… Continue reading IPC Launches Free Magazine For Ibiza Clubbers
Sir John Birt, director-general of the BBC, is expected to announce in his New Statesman lecture this evening that he believes the digital revolution could threaten British culture. Birt, who has channelled millions of pounds of licence fee money into developing the BBC’s digital strategy, is expected to convey his qualms about the globalisation of… Continue reading BBC DG To Warn Of Digital Danger
Granada introduced a two for one share split yesterday in order to halve its share price which had climbed to over £12.00. The media and leisure group was up 9p on Friday by close last night.There are reports that analysts at Investec Henderson Crosthwaite believe that ONdigital, the digital terrestrial TV operator in which Granada… Continue reading Sharewatch
ITV’s Formula 1 website, at www.itv-f1.com, has signed a twelve month sponsorship deal with Foster’s, representing the first online sponsorship move for the larger brewer. The deal was secured by Granada Media Commercial Enterprises, a division of Granada Mediasales set up to handle non-traditional forms of media.The association between Foster’s and the ITV F1 website… Continue reading Foster’s Signs Online Sponsorship With ITV’s F1 Site
BSkyB has today announced plans to distribute its digital set-top boxes through the nation’s Toys R Us network of shops. From August, the Sky Digital hardware will be available in the multimedia sections of the 63 Toys R Us shops.Sky Digital will provide live demonstrations of its channels in the stores in the hope of… Continue reading Sky To Distribute Digital Boxes Through Toys R Us
News Corporation has announced that its new media investment arm, epartners, which is headed by Mark Booth, is to launch eVentures jointly with Softbank, the Japanese e-commerce investment house. The group will facilitate the introduction of US-Based internet companies to the UK. Murdoch said at a press conference last week that News Corporation would eventually… Continue reading News Corporation Invests In Internet Partnership
Possibly reflecting how times have changed since the 1980s, the Royal Wedding between Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys Jones achieved less than spectacular viewing figures: 9.34 million people tuned into watch BBC1’s coverage of the event, with a further 5.47 million watching ITV’s coverage; both audiences are well down on the 20 million plus viewing… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 20/06/99
