Cable company NTL is believed to have made an offer of £550 million for General Cable. Although NTL declined to comment this morning, it has been in talks with General Cable for some time (subscribers see General Cable In Takeover Talks).Telewest was also in discussion with General Cable but it is reported that its offer… Continue reading NTL In General Cable Takeover Rumours
Channel 5 plans to offer its ‘spare’ digital frequencies to other broadcasters to use for their own programming. The channel says that it wishes to focus its investment and spending on the one Channel 5 service which will be simulcast on both analogue and digital terrestrial, as well as digital satellite.This means that the channel… Continue reading Channel 5 To Offer Surplus Digital Frequencies
The Independent Radio Group, which owns stations such as Scot FM , Mercury FM and 102.4 Wish FM , today announced financial results for 1997 which show a fall in losses from £3 million in 1996 to £2 million. There was also a 60% rise in turnover to £3.6m.Chairman John Bateson said: “IRG is in… Continue reading Independent Radio Shows Improved Results
ITV today announced a £170 million schedule for Spring and Summer which is dominated by World Cup and Formula One action. This will culminate on July 12 when live coverage of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone is followed by the final of the World Cup in Paris.ITV also announced its presentation team for the… Continue reading Sport Leads The Way For New ITV Schedule
According to agency estimates, total terrestrial television revenue for February (including GMTV) came in at £176.35 million. Of this, ITV brought in £120.83 million, Channel 4 £41.12m, Channel 5 £9.53m and GMTV £4.87m.
The Advertising Association has launched a Parliamentary newsletter which is aimed at increasing awareness of the commercial communications industry within Parliament.Parliamentary Briefing, a monthly bulletin, is published following an extensive consultation exercise amongst MPs and Peers who were sent a pilot issue of the publication. The response received by the AA is said to have… Continue reading AA Launches Parliamentary Awareness Drive
An international football magazine will be launching in the UK on 27 March. Football World will be published by a new venture called First Team Publishing and is aiming for a settle-down circulation of 35,000. It will have a cover-price of £2.25.Subscribers can access the Press database by selecting “Press” from the drop-down box at… Continue reading New Football Magazine To Launch
Monday Results from the PPA/IPA/ISBA Quality of Reading Survey (subscribers see Readership Survey Gets Ready For Launch) will be announced today. Details will appear on Newsline as soon as they are available.A report on February’s TV revenue will be available on Newsline.Tuesday Flextech announce annual financial results. Pre-tax losses are expected to be in the… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Chris Oakley, a board director of Mirror Group, will be leaving the company to join the Yorkshire Post Group as chief executive. Oakley was responsible for Mirror’s regional and Scottish newspaper operations.The Yorkshire Post Group was previously owned by United News & Media before being bought by Candover as part of United Provincial Newspapers (subscribers… Continue reading Mirror Group Director Leaves For Yorkshire Post
The Radio Authority will be conducting a public interest test into EMAP Radio’s proposal to take over Melody 105.4 FM (subscribers see Emap Buys Melody Radio). This is because EMAP already broadcasts Kiss 100 FM in the Greater London area.As part of the test the Authority is seeking comments on how the takeover would affect… Continue reading Radio Authority Launches Public Interest Test Over EMAP Move
