The ITC’s chief executive, Patricia Hodgson, has said that regulation should be avoided in favour of competition law as far as possible in communications, except where public interest principles are at stake. Hodgson, who was beaten by Greg Dyke to the post of director-general of the BBC, is tipped as a possibility to head up… Continue reading ITC Chief Calls For Competition Over Regulation In Communications
Latest forecasts from Optimedia show online adspend reaching £100m during 2000. This represents a 150% year-on-year increase and appears to defy recent claims of a downturn in the sector. During 2001 the market will continue to perform well, with revenue from advertising predicted to reach £210m, a growth rate of 110%.Since first including internet advertising… Continue reading Feature: Ad Accountability Will Drive Further Net Growth
BARB has released viewing figures for digital television in January. In the all households category, a year on year analysis reveals that Other channels (non-terrestrial channels) have increased their average weekly audience share, reflecting the increasing consumer uptake of non-terrestrial TV platforms. The resultant losses among the terrestrial channels were mainly seen at BBC1. Channel… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – January 2001
ITV is launching two new interactive services for digital viewers today. ITV Text+ is an information service filling the gap left by Teletext, which is not available on digital TV, while UEFA Champions League football coverage is to be enhanced with an additional information service.Jolie Powell, ITV’s head of business development, said, “ITV Text+ and… Continue reading ITV Launches Digital Information Services
This morning at the Annual General Meeting of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc, all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting sent to shareholders on 17 January, 2001, were duly approved.Sir Ronald Grierson, a non-executive director of the Company since 1995, did not stand for re-election and so has retired from… Continue reading Daily Mail & General Trust Pass AGM Resolutions
Reuters shares were buoyed yesterday by full year results which were ahead of expectations (see Collapse In Internet Value Does Not Affect Reuters Strategy, Says Chief Executive). Shares ended up 54p by the end of the day’s trading, at £10.74.A new joint venture was announced yesterday between UBC, Capital and US-based group Command Audio, to… Continue reading Sharewatch
Capital Radio is revamping the marketing departments for its London and regional stations. The regional marketing restructure will see the promotion of current managing director for Century 105.4, David Andrews to the newly created role of regional marketing director, as soon as a new managing director is appointed.Commenting on his appointment, Andrews commented: “[This development]… Continue reading Capital Plans Marketing Restructure For London And Regional Stations
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has published new guidance to broadcasters on interactive television service. Emphasising its determination to keep its regulation “simple and light touch”, the ITC primarily focuses on the importance of the separation of advertising from editorial content and the protection of children.The ITC draws a distinction between traditional and interactive television… Continue reading ITC Publishes Interactive TV Guidance
Sky One achieved a higher viewing share than ITV during prime time viewing for the first time ever last Sunday evening. Unofficial live ratings have revealed that a new episode of The Simpsons at 6:30pm was watched by 1.56m viewers, a 15% audience share within multichannel homes, while ITV’s ITN Early Evening News, local news… Continue reading Sky Beats ITV In Prime Time Ratings For First Time
According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the underlying rate of inflation for January fell to the lowest since records began in 1976, to just 1.8%, far below the government target of 2.5%.The headline rate of inflation, which had already seen a drop during December when it reached 2.9%, also… Continue reading Inflation Rate Lowest Since Records Began
