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
The Mirror Group is likely to be the next company to provide free internet access as discussion with potential business partners are nearing completion. Although a spokesperson at the group could not confirm the project as yet, Mirror Group is currently believed to be tying up the deal with other groups involved, and the free… Continue reading Mirror Group In Talks To Launch Free Internet Access
The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) has named its chief executive Paul Brown, as its new chairman. Brown succeeds Emap Radio chief executive Tim Schoonmaker.Paul Brown commented on his appointment: “I am delighted and proud to be elected to chair the Association. Over the year ahead, CRCA will need to work even harder to communicate… Continue reading CRCA Appoints New Chairman
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.
Channel Four admitted yesterday that a documentary which it broadcast in September 1997, about male prostitutes, was, in parts, a fake. The broadcaster announced that it is imposing an indefinite ban on the producer of the programme, Maire Devine, after footage in the documentary was found to be fake. Allegations about the documentary were intially… Continue reading Channel Four Documentray Found To Be A Fraud
They seek them here, they seek them there. The BBC seek viewers everywhere. Which is probably why they thought they were onto a winner with the latest adaption of The Scarlet Pimpernel. The first episode pulled in a fairly impressive 8.34 million viewers, although ITV’s London’s Burning was watched by 10.81 million.Elsewhere the lynchpin of… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 24/01/99
