The Government has reportedly shelved plans to pay for millions of people to switch to digital TV fuelling speculation that the current 2006-2010 deadline for the digital switchover will not be met.A report in today’s Financial Times claims that a scheme enabling millions of UK households to go digital was abandoned by the Government last… Continue reading Digital Deadline May Be Threatened
Telewest and its regional subsidiaries are rebranding as Telewest Broadband in a move intended to strengthen the company’s position in the UK broadband market.The rebranding includes Yorkshire Cable, Cable London and Cable Birmingham, which will be united under a new corporate logo designed to represent Telewest’s combined telephone, internet and broadband services.Managing director of Telewest’s… Continue reading Telewest Announces Rebrand
RAJAR has announced the extension of its contract with research contractor Ipsos-RSL for a further two years from January 1, 2003, and revealed progress in its plans for an electronic data collection method.Jane O’Hara, managing director of RAJAR, which released third quarter radio listening figures last month (see BBC Retains Lead In RAJAR Results), explained:… Continue reading RAJAR Renews Ipsos-RSL Contract
The Advertising Association has backed proposals to deregulate the advertising of gambling products. The recommendation to lift the remaining bans and restrictions on advertising gambling products and premises formed part of the Gambling Review Report, published by the Gambling Review Body. However, the AA has voiced its opposition to the proposal that advertising regulation for… Continue reading AA Backs Gambling Ad Deregulation
The Wireless Group (TWG) is to finance the repayment of its remaining bank debt through the sale of Wave 105 FM to Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) for £18.0 million. Following the disposal, TWG will be left with a cash balance of £1 million.The move follows the £25.5 million sale of Scot FM to the Guardian… Continue reading Wireless Offloads Wave 105 In Debt Clearance
More Group has appointed Guy Beresiner as head of client sales with responsibility for developing the company’s portfolio of brands including Adshel, More O’Ferrall and Taxi Media.In the newly created role Beresiner will be charged with communicating the ways in which the outdoor industry can help advertisers get the most from their campaigns. He will… Continue reading More Group Appoints New Head Of Client Sales
The Radio Authority will invite applications for the latest digital multiplex licence to come up for grabs from Friday this week. The licence to be advertised will serve the South Hampshire area, and include coverage of the cities of Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester. The potential adult audience will be just over 1 million.As before with… Continue reading Radio Authority Advertises New Multiplex
Today was a bad day on the stock market for media technology stocks, as Telewest shed 5.6% of its value to end at 46¼p and Smartlogik dropped 9% to 2½p.As BSkyB prepared to release its financial results today, shares in the digital satellite broadcaster slipped almost 3% to end at £7.47. The best performer was… Continue reading Sharewatch
Q3 results from BSkyB released today reveal revenue increases of 24% and net subscriber growth of 190,000 bringing BSkyB’s DTH subscriber total to 5.49 million.Pre-tax losses for the period fell to £89 million compared with £123 million for the same period last year. Turnover rose 23% to £642.7m (from £520.3m) and earnings before interest, tax,… Continue reading Sky Reports Revenue Increases
ISBA and the IPA are both lobbying the UK’s e-commerce minister Douglas Alexander, while the Internet Advertising Bureau has launched a “Save Our Cookies” campaign in response to EU proposals on internet “cookies” which the organisations believe could severely damage the fledgling e-commerce industry.The proposal has been laid down in an amendment to the EU… Continue reading Protests At Cookie Cutting Proposals
