Internet service provider Demon Internet has been bought by Scottish Telecom, a subsidiary of ScottishPower, for £66 million.Latest estimates suggest that Demon is the fourth largest UK internet service provider, with around 130,000 subscribers. Compuserve is the largest with around 350,000 subscribers.http://www.scottishpower.co.uk
Dean Weller, ex-strategic planning director at The Media Business, has teamed up with The Media Shop to create a new start-up company dedicated to handling children’s advertising. The First Age Media Company opened yesterday and is currently finalising projects with a number of clients.Weller says that his interest has always been in kids’ advertising which… Continue reading First Age Media Company To Target Children
The ITC received over 100 complaints from viewers over the JWT ad for Dairylea Dunkers. 115 viewers said that the campaign, which featured an animated dinosaur dipping an actress’s head into a cheese sauce and then putting her head in its mouth, was unsuitable for broadcast during children’s programming. A substantial number also said their… Continue reading Dairylea Dunkers Upsets Viewers
According to ITC audience share figures released today, Channel 5’s audience share stands at an average of 3.2% for the 12 month period ended 31 March 1998. This compares to only 2.3% average for the 12 month period ended 31 December 1997 – only three months earlier.For the same two reporting periods BBC1 fell from… Continue reading C5 Sees Audience Share Growth
BSkyB today announced interim financial results which revealed a 5.5% fall in pre-tax profits to £203.3 million. This was caused by a slowdown in subscriber growth along with the cost of launching its digital services and the Premier League football contract. In the first three months of the year only 2,500 new dish customers were… Continue reading Profits Fall At BSkyB
The MRG has announced the results of the elections for its Committee members for 1998/9. The following people were elected or re-elected: MRG Chair Belinda Beeftink, Telmar Membership Denise Gardiner, Leo Burnett Evening Meetings/MRG Mailings Hugh Johnson, Channel 4 Education Rosemary Taylor, Rosemary Taylor & Associates Social Sophie Mallick, Carlton Television Website Alison Mayersbeth, J… Continue reading MRG Committee Election Results
A new report by brokers Merrill Lynch predicts that the overall penetration of digital pay TV will rise from 24.7% in 1997 to 49% in 2005. Of this cable companies are likely to be the leaders with a predicted penetration of 21.5%, compared with 19.5% for DTH (direct to home, ie. satellite) and 8.25% for… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Predicts pay TV Penetration Will Reach 49% By 2005
Colin Dudgeon, the brand manager of Sugar Puffs at Quaker Oats, will be joining the GWR Group as listener marketing manager on May 11. He will be involved in marketing the programme potential of GWR’s portfolio of UK stations to consumers, working initially with programme chiefs on the group’s local FM radio stations.The appointment of… Continue reading Brand Manager Joins GWR
The sports-dedicated newspaper, Sport First, is to be published on Mondays as from 11 May, in addition to the original Sunday edition.Sport First, which launched on 15 March (see Sport First Set For Launch), is believed to have sold under its initial targets of 150,000 copies, although no official figures have been released by the… Continue reading Sport First To Publish Monday Edition
Colin Tough, editor-in-chief of IPC Magazines New Media, has been appointed to the position of New Media publishing director with immediate effect. In his new role Tough will retain his editor-in-chief responsibilities.Sylvia Auton, the board director responsible for New Media commented: “Colin has effectively been filling the publishing director role for some time and I… Continue reading New Head For IPC New Media
