Daily Mail & General Trust shares continue to fall back after their boost last week (see Sharewatch), closing down 134źp at 3,118žp on Friday. BSkyB, which reports its interim financial results on Wednesday this week, dropped 11žp to 416žp.After enjoying a strong growth in shares recently, Reuters slipped back this weekend down by 33p to… Continue reading Sharewatch
Tuesday A review of Freestyle Publication’s new men’s magazine, Boys’ Toys (see Men’s Magazine Market Gets A New Toy), will be available on Newsline.Wednesday BSkyB releases interim financial results. Merill Lynch has predicted a fall in pre-tax profit of 47% to £68 million following the launch of Sky Digital. Attention will focus on the number… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The UK Telecommunications watchdog, OFTEL, is to issue a consultative document examining the use of local rate phone codes by internet service providers (ISP) the results of which could upset the current growth in free internet access.OFTEL says that it is currently examining a number of telephone codes, including the local rate 0845 numbers, some… Continue reading OFTEL Consultations To Examine ISP Phone Pricing
Alec Davidson, managing director of Northcliffe Newspapers since 1995, was put forward by the Newspaper Society to become the Society’s vice-president. Mr Davidson will succeed James Evans in the year 2000 as president, and Mr Evans takes over from the Society’s current president Charles Brims this July. Director of training and development at the IPA,… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Newsquest, the regional publisher, has confirmed that it is in preliminary discussions with Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers, with a view to acquiring P&S’s newspaper assets, after speculation last week that the group intended to put in an offer for P&S (see Newsline). Newsquest is understood to be seeking the deal on a ‘friendly and agreed… Continue reading Newsquest Confirms Interest In Portsmouth & Sunderland
A new government social classification scheme for the twenty-first century has been unveiled in a report from the Office for National Statistics and the Economic and Social Research Council. The new scheme, to be called the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NSSEC), will replace the current government social classifications, Social Class based on Occupation (SC –… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting – The National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification
Ten years ago to the day, Rupert Murdoch’s Sky TV launched its service in the UK on the Astra satellite with a four channel network. Today, Sky has grown to become one of the biggest players in the global media playground, being the first to provide consumers with the opportunity of multichannel TV. Today, from… Continue reading 10 Years Of Sky
RevenueWhen pitched against a UK display advertising growth of 7.4% between January and September 1998 (according to Advertising Association (AA) figures*), ITV’s 4.8% growth in revenue to £1.76 billion does not look too healthy. The same AA Quarterly Survey shows that revenue for the TV industry was up by 7.4% in this nine month period.… Continue reading TV Annual Round-Up – 1998
The Guardian Media Group (GMG) and the Scottish Media Group (SMG) are to review their ownership stakes in breakfast television station GMTV. The two parties are understood to have approached Schroders, the investment bank, in the hope of soliciting offers for the stakes.SMG owns 20% of GMTV and Guardian Media holds a 15% stake. The… Continue reading GMTV Shareholders To Review Stakes
A TV Round-Up for 1998 is now available to subscribers in the Television features list. Data for revenue, costs per thousands, impacts and viewing share are analysed across the whole year.Subscribers can access the Television database by selecting “Television” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
