The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced that it plans to make a ruling the BSkyB has behaved in an anti-competitive way, infringing on UK competition law. The OFT launched its investigation into BSkyB a year ago and now BSkyB has the opportunity to address the charges levied at it.The main points of the… Continue reading OFT Proposes Ruling Against BSkyB
3.65 million people in the UK now have cable TV, an increase of 6.5% on the same period last year, according to the ITC’s cable statistics figures for the third quarter of 2001.The figures show that 15% of all UK households now have access to cable TV, which has increased its penetration by 2.1% over… Continue reading Cable TV Uptake Increases 6.5% Year on Year
Excite UK is closing with the loss of all of its 48 staff after failing to find a buyer.The company, which has been looking for additional funding since being cut off by its shareholders, BT and Excite@Home, announced that it will cease normal trading at the end of this week.Announcing the closure, which comes at… Continue reading Excite UK Closes With 48 Redundancies
The text messaging boom slowed in November with the amount of text messages sent during the month remaining static at 1.2 billion, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).November’s figure represents an increase of almost 50% on the same period last year, but is largely flat compared with October when over… Continue reading Text Messaging Slows In November
Week on week analysis of the media market reveals that the worst performance came from Telewest. Shares in the cable company, which recently rebranded as Telewest Broadband (see Telewest Announces Rebrand), dropped 20.95% week on week to finish at 58˝p, an loss of 15˝p on the week before.United Business Media, which announced on Friday that… Continue reading Sharewatch
RAJAR has outlined the new developments it expects to progress on in the New Year. Amongst these is the testing of meters which could see a shift from the current diary system to an electronic method of measuring radio audiences.RAJAR’s managing director, Jane O’Hara, explained “RAJAR has spent much of the past year exploring a… Continue reading RAJAR To Test Electronic Meters
Emap Elan is closing its men’s health and fitness title, FHM Bionic, just three months after increasing its circulation from biannual to monthly.Emap have confirmed that 11 jobs are to go at the magazine, which was relaunched as a monthly under former Men’s Health editor, Phil Hilton, in August (see FHM Bionic Goes Monthly). Only… Continue reading Emap To Close FHM Bionic
Trinity Mirror is launching a free weekly newspaper in the Midlands to target “active consumers”.The Birmingham Post & Mail will launch on 10 January and has been designed to appeal to those who are actively interested in local news and are considered receptive to advertising. The paper will be distributed to ethnic minorities and homes… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Unveils New Title
Viacom Outdoor is launching a series of interactive 6-sheet posters that “beam” adverts via infrared technology to WAP phones and PDA’s.The contractor is working with a New York-based firm called StreetBeam to develop the initiative, which will offer advertisers an illuminated 6-sheet format capable of transmitting marketing information direct to consumers.Viacom plans to launch the… Continue reading Viacom Beams With Interactive 6-Sheets
Excite UK is closing with the loss of all of its 48 staff after failing to find a buyer.The company, which has been looking for additional funding since being cut off by its shareholders, BT and Excite@Home, announced that it will cease normal trading at the end of this week.Announcing the closure, which comes at… Continue reading Excite UK Closes With 48 Redundancies
