NTL has confirmed that it now has 1m digital subscribers and is on track to meet its target of 1.25m by the end of the year.The announcement establishes NTL as a serious contender to ITV Digital which recently rebranded from ONdigital in an attempt to attract viewers.NTL hope that the increasing popularity of interactive and… Continue reading 1 Million Now Subscribe To NTL Digital
Dennis Publishing is launching a new monthly gaming magazine, PlayNation 2 aimed at Sony Playstation enthusiasts.The title, which will target 16-24 year olds, will be available on newsstands in September and will have a cover price of £2.99. The initial print run will be 60,000 and will increase from the second issue.The magazine, which will… Continue reading Dennis To Launch New Gaming Title
Jeanette Wilkins, finance director at ITV Digital, is to leave the company. Commenting on her departure after three years with the broadcaster, Wilkins said: “It is always a difficult time to leave a company, particularly one which you have been involved with since its birth, but the time is now right, as ONdigital is integrated… Continue reading ITV Digital Finance Director Leaves
Would subscribers please note that an error was made when creating the “Ownership” listing for GWR. The list that went live last Thursday did not therefore give the full picture of GWR’s performance during the quarter. The revised list is now available to subscribers in the Radio Reports section (click on the button on the… Continue reading Important Notice To Subscribers: RAJAR Q2
Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has acquired Forward, a UK contract publishing company which specialises in direct customer communications programmes, for an undisclosed sum.Forward’s clients include Tesco, Egg, British Airways Holidays and Halifax. It reported revenues of £23.2 million in the year to 31 March 2001 and had net assets of £2.1 million at… Continue reading WPP Acquires Forward
A new era begins at the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) tomorrow when Hamish Pringle succeeds Nick Phillips as director general of the industry body.Last night, over 300 guests gathered at the British Museum to honour Phillips, with a series of sincere and witty tributes from John Bartle, Graham Hinton, Rupert Howell, Martin Bowley… Continue reading Pringle Heralds A New Era For The IPA
GWR, which cut 46 staff from its online division last week (see GWR Cuts Online Jobs), saw shares drop 0.92% to finish at £2.70, down 2˝p on the previous day.United Business Media, which saw pre-tax profits fall 48% in its interim results on Friday (see UBM Profits Down Nearly 50%), saw shares slip 1.68% to… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Financial Times has agreed to a content sharing deal with the New York Times for the two newspaper’s websites, FT.com and NYTimes.com.The deal, which comes into effect from August, will allow each of the news sites to publish up to ten articles at a time from each others content. All of the articles will keep… Continue reading FT And New York Times In Web Deal
United Business Media, which released its interim results last week, saw shares rise 8.84% in week on week analysis (see UBM Profits Down Nearly 50%), to finish at £5.97, 48˝p better off than the week before.Granada, which completed its acquisition of Border TV from Capital Radio last week (see Granada Completes Border Deal), saw shares… Continue reading Sharewatch
