Radio First this morning said it will launch all four of its planned football club digital radio stations during the 2001/2002 football season. The group has secured £3.5 million of funding through a private placing and has signed a five year carriage deal with BSkyB for the digital stations (see Radio First Confirms 5-Year Deal… Continue reading Radio First To Launch Football Club Stations Next Season
H Bauer has announced details of its new glossy for women. The magazine, which was codenamed Project Helena, is called Real, and will launch on 3 April with an initial print run of 900,000.Its frequency will be fortnightly, a unique concept in the UK women’s market but a common feature amongst European titles. The group… Continue reading H Bauer’s ‘Project Helena’ Unveiled
Acquisitions Will Help Boost SRH RevenuesScottish Radio Holdings this morning said that radio advertising levels will have fallen 4% year on year for the six months to 31 March, due to recent weaknesses in national ad revenue. However, it says that thanks mainly to acquisitions last year, group revenue will rise by 19% to £40… Continue reading Acquisitions Will Help Boost SRH Revenues
Capital Radio was one of the best performers on the FTSE yesterday, climbing 47˝p to 752˝p.ITV companies were down, however, after Merrill Lynch cuts its forecasts for 2001 ad revenue for the network for the third time in recent months. The broker said it expects revenues to fall 1.5%. Granada was down 4p to 180p… Continue reading Sharewatch
Carlton Stock Free-Falls Following Trio Of DowngradesStock in Carlton Communications tumbled this morning after three brokers downgraded their earnings forecasts for the group. By late morning Carlton shares were down 27˝p (6.6%) at 387˝p.ABN Amro has reduced its full year profit before tax forecasts by 5.5% to £246 million. The downgrade is partly due to… Continue reading Carlton Stock Free-Falls Following Trio Of Downgrades
The five communications regulators have announced an agreement to work together in preparation for the introduction of Ofcom. A new Memorandum of Understanding between the Broadcasting Standards Commission, Independent Television Commission, Office of Telecommunications, Radio Authority and Radiocommunications Agency, sets out the arrangements for working closely together on a wide range of issues.A steering group… Continue reading Regulatory Bodies To Join Forces In Preparation For Ofcom
England’s victory over Albania in last night’s World Cup qualifying match gave Channel 5 its highest ever audience. An average of 5.5m viewers tuned in to watch the game with a high of 8 million around 9pm.The broadcast gave C5 an audience share of 24%, more than four times its average and its overall share… Continue reading Channel 5 Gets Highest Audience Ever
The Digital Radio Development Bureau has hired a new chief executive. The group, which formed earlier this year to push forward the development of the medium (see Digital Radio Development Bureau Forms, Medium Set To Be Market Leader By 2015), has appointed the former managing director of Radio Rentals, Terry Scicluna, to the position.“I look… Continue reading Digital Radio Bureau Hires Chief Executive
More than half the population has accessed the internet at some time, according to the latest quarterly figures from the January 2001 National Statistics Omnibus Survey. This is equivalent to 23 million adults across Britain and represents a 6% increase on the previous two quarters.Just over one third of UK households – 8.6m – now… Continue reading 51% Of UK Population Have Used The Net, Says Report
Liz Jones, the editor of Marie Claire, has resigned from her position, to be replaced by Marie O’Riordan. The news came as a shock to the magazine world yesterday and it has been speculated that a dip in circulation forced the decision.Marie-Claire, which is owned by IPC Media, fell 11% in the latest ABC report… Continue reading Editor Of Marie Claire Quits
