The world of the Internet offers a seemingly inexhaustible hive of information on all kinds of people’s lives, their hobbies, their clubs; it allows discussions, has chat rooms and, almost certainly, creates electronic love affairs. A young American woman however, has offered her whole private life up for scrutiny – 24 hours a day. Jennifer… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 10/10/97
It has been reported that On Demand Management, a cable consortium led by Telewest and including NTL and General Cable, is in discussions with major Hollywood film companies with a view to striking a deal which would allow On Demand pay-per-view rights to blockbuster films. The On Demand cable consortium represents more than half the… Continue reading On Demand Plan Pay-Per-View Deal With Hollywood
Neil Webster has been promoted to head of sales at London News Radio (LNR) and will be responsible for the company’s promotional operations, including airtime, sponsorship and promotions. Webster moves from head of national sales at LNR.…Lisa Pollard, ad marketing manager at IPC Weeklies, is joining AGB on Monday 6th October as marketing manager while… Continue reading Appointment Briefs
Virgin Radio has announced that Chris Evans will host their breakfast show from 13 October. This follows the sudden dismissal of previous hosts Russ ‘n’ Jono who were apparently told after this morning’s show that they had been replaced.The show will run from 7-10am every Monday to Thursday allowing Evans every Friday free to film… Continue reading Chris Evans Will Host Virgin Breakfast Show
BT is still considering its next move following WorldCom’s surprise bid for MCI earlier this week. WorldCom’s offer, which threatens to scupper the BT/MCI merger plans, is thought to be in the region of $30m which is around $9m more than BT’s.BT’s move on MCI, which was first announced in November last year (subscribers see… Continue reading BT Considers Options
The Rugby Football Union has announced that Carlsberg-Tetley is to sponsor the sport with involvement at all levels from the national team right down to the local clubs.Amongst their sponsorship package are the National Knockout Cup, now called the Tetley’s Bitter Cup, and the Tetley’s Bitter County Championship. The company will more than double the… Continue reading Carlsberg-Tetley Announce Rugby Sponsorship
Football seems to be the flavour of the week, with plenty of round ball fun to be seen across the spectrum of channels. At the top of the list stands the Newcastle v Barcelona game, shown by ITV Sport on Wednesday night, and watched by an audience of 8.91 million. The UEFA Cup game between… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 21/09/97
Overall it was a poor month for the national newspaper industry with just five titles showing year on year increases in readership – four of these were broadsheets. The Sunday Telegraph led the way with an increase of almost 15% year on year to 2.36 million while the Guardian rose over 6% to 1.346 million.… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – August
Pearson are contemplating selling their 4% stake in BSkyB if their offer of £233m for US television production company All American comes off. A spokeswoman for Pearson said the sale of the BSkyB stake, and the possible sale of other broadcasting company stakes held by Pearson, would be completed in order to further distance the… Continue reading Pearson May Sell Stakes In TV Companies
Maid, the online information provider, has announced that it will be taking over its formal rival Knight-Ridder Information.The deal, worth £261m, will see Maid become the world’s largest online information company as it changes its name to the Dialog Corporation when it begins trading next month. Dan Wagner, founder of Maid, will become chief executive… Continue reading Maid Acquisition To Go Ahead
