ONdigital has announced that its current director of sales and business development, Matthew Seaman, is to move into a new role within the company: director of interactivity. Reporting to Rob Fyfe, Seaman will oversee all of ONdigital’s interactive activity, including the TV internet service ONnet, ONgames and the development of interactive advertising. Following this appointment,… Continue reading Appointments Brief
A ban on tobacco advertising is back on the agenda after a new bill restricting such promotion was unveiled during the Queen’s Speech today. The bill will come into effect next summer and could lead to a total ban on the advertising of tobacco products.Government had last year planned to introduce a ban to phase… Continue reading Queen’s Speech Unveils Tobacco Ad Ban
The internet – everyone’s favourite millennial next big thing – may not be making the monumental impression on society first predicted, according to a report which takes in 22 different research projects across Europe and the US. More worryingly for dotcom millionaires-in-waiting, a new category of surfer has been added to silver surfers, teen surfers… Continue reading E-revolution Proving Slow To Materialise, Says Report
Freeserve, the UK’s leading internet service provider, is to be taken over by Wanadoo. The company, which is 80% owned by Dixons and believed to be worth £1.5-1.8bn, today agreed to merge with its French rival in an all-share deal.The combination of the two groups will create a leading European new media company offering a… Continue reading Freeserve Sold To Wanadoo
Full year results from Carlton Communications (see Profits At Carlton On The Up As Ad Revenues Slip) were well recieved on the market, with shares rising 18p to £5.43, an increase of well over 3%.Other strong performances were seen at Cable & Wireless, which rose 57p to £9.47, WPP, which jumped 67p or 8.5% to… Continue reading Sharewatch
This week Virgin Radio unveiled plans to launch four new standalone radio brands that will be broadcast exclusively over the internet (see Virgin Radio Unveils Standalone Web Stations). The stations offer Virgin listeners music selections alternative to the playlist used on the main Virgin station. Virgin has also embraced the net by selling advertising specifically… Continue reading Feature: Radio Goes Online To Net More Listeners
A new interactive form of banner advertising is to be rolled out across Future Network sites during the next few months, allowing rich media commercials and a degree of interactivity which the company hope will encourage click-throughs.Currently being tested on the intermusic.com website, the Active Flash Banners (AFBs) allow interactivity such as the click buttons… Continue reading Future To Roll Out Rich Media Banners Across Network
Carlton Communications today announced an 8% increase in pre-tax profits and released an upbeat statement about its progress during 2000. Financial results for the year ending September showed profits of £342m as the group announced progress in the three key areas of sports rights, programme-making and pay tv.But there was little hope on the horizon… Continue reading Profits At Carlton On The Up As Ad Revenues Slip
BBC and Talksport have reached an out-of-court settlement over the broadcasting rights to major sporting events. Talksport can continue to broadcast off-tube commentary of major sporting fixtures even if the BBC holds the rights to the event.The disagreement between the two arose over broadcasting rights to the Euro 2000 championship, to which Talksport claimed to… Continue reading BBC And Talksport Reach Agreement Over Sporting Rights
BSkyB’s position in the pay-tv market is to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading. The competition watchdog will assess the supply of Sky’s channels to its competitors to ensure the broadcaster is not dominating the market.The move follows a review in January this year of undertakings imposed on the company in 1996 which… Continue reading BSkyB Faces OFT Investigation
