A senior ITV executive last night demanded that the government commit to encouraging the consumer take up of digital terrestrial television by significantly reducing the estimated £200m in annual licence fees paid by commercial broadcasters.Speaking at the Royal Television Society last night, Nigel Walmsley, deputy chief executive of Carlton, questioned the licence fees paid for… Continue reading Carlton Calls For Licence Fee Cut To Boost Digital Take Up
The Radio Authority has announced proposals for a new set of ownership rules for local analogue radio licences. The changes would include the abolition of the ownership points system and the removal of the “cap” on the number of local radio licences a person can own. The new formula for ILR ownership would also allow… Continue reading Radio Authority Proposes New Ownership Rules
A further batch of Sky analogue channels will be switched off this weekend as the broadcaster moves closer to its September deadline of total analogue switch-off. The latest batch of channels to become available to Sky customers only on the digital spectrum will be Sky News, Sky Moviemax, Sky Sports 1 and 3, the Disney… Continue reading More Channels Leave Sky Analogue
Viacom CEO Sees Ad Revenue Upturn By Q4Speaking on BBC1’s Breakfast this morning Viacom chairman and CEO, Sumner Redstone, commented on the current decline in the media economy, describing his company as an “advertising juggernaut”. He said that whilst the downturn in ad revenue was undeniable, his company had weathered the storm reasonably well and… Continue reading Viacom CEO Sees Ad Revenue Upturn By Q4
Is Tivo The New Betamax?Hard disk video recording system Tivo may turn out to be the new Betamax, the ill-fated video cassette system of the ’70s, according to respondents of a new survey by The Media Edge.Of the 170 people that took part in the survey, 84% either already own Tivo recorder (39%) or intend to… Continue reading Is Tivo The New Betamax?
With speculation growing that high profile DJ Chris Evans is to quit SMG owned Virgin Radio, shares in SMG dropped 3.5% to finish at £1.65˝ yesterday, a loss of 6p on the previous day.Shares in Carlton and Granada continued to fluctuate in what has been an unsettled week for the ITV shareholders (see Carlton And… Continue reading Sharewatch
Scottish Media Group (SMG) is expected to confirm this morning that it has ended its relationship with high profile breakfast DJ Chris Evans. The move will be the result of Evans’ failure to turn up to present his show during the past week. Yesterday he was sent a letter by the SMG board informing him… Continue reading SMG To Part With Absentee Evans?
The BBC has announced that its Wimbledon interactive service (see BBC And Sky Team Up For Interactive Wimbledon Broadcasts) is a “smash hit” with digital satellite subscribers, after more than 1m viewers tuned in to the new BBC service on its first day, according to unofficial BARB overnight figures.The BBC say that this figure represents… Continue reading Game Set And Match To BBC’s Interactive Wimbledon
CIA MediaLab has published comparisons between the circulations of national newspapers and the amount of adspend they command. The results showed that increases or decreases in circulation do not necessarily correspond with an increase or decrease in adspend, demonstrating that the ill-effects of a circulation drop may take some time to filter through to the… Continue reading Circulation Has Limited Effect On Ad Revenue
Ford is to extend its sponsorship of BSkyB’s Premier League football in a £15m yearly deal.The deal sees Ford secure exclusive title sponsorship of Sky Sports 66 live Premiership matches next season, beginning with the Fulham-Manchester United match on 19 August.The Ford name will be associated with a range of football and sports programming with… Continue reading BSkyB Scores Football Sponsorship Deal With Ford
