UBC Media has announced the appointment of Jennifer Donald as Finance Director for the company. She replaces Matthew Honey who will remain at the company as an executive director and head of the group’s Unique Interactive division. Emily Bell has been appointed to the new role of editor in chief of the Guardian Unlimited network.… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Granada Media has released its first set of annual results since its flotation and consequent separation from the catering arm of the company in July this year (see Granada Media Begins Conditional Trading). The results revealed modest growth for the year to 30 September, with operating profit up 8% year on year at £253m, while… Continue reading Granada Media Shows Modest Profit Rise In First Final Results Since Flotation
The BBC has announced it is to invest £45m in programme making outside London. An additional £5m funding will be made available for local sports rights across the UK.In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, money will be pumped into the creation of new entertainment, comedy, drama and popular factual programming. New programme “zones” will be… Continue reading BBC Plans Investment In Programme-Making Outside The Capital
It is thought that the Go Racing consortium, made up of Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure will win the media rights to racing at the UK’s 59 racecourses. Following months of wrangling, the Racecourse Association (RCA) yesterday advised its members to sign up to a two week “exclusivity period”, during which time the contractual… Continue reading Negotiations For UK Horseracing Media Rights Enters Final Furlong
Media shares did not perform very well yesterday. Among the worst were BSkyB, which dropped 50p to £10.15, despite the fact that the Go Racing consortium it belongs to is expected to announce it has clinched UK media rights for horse racing today.A drop in share price was also seen at Reed International, which announced… Continue reading Sharewatch
New research suggests that outdoor advertising can build awareness three times faster than television campaigns, despite being a much less expensive medium. However, the research, undertaken by the Media Edge and revealed at the MRG conference in Munich this year, also showed that awareness decay for outdoor campaigns was around three times faster than for… Continue reading Outdoor Builds Awareness Faster Than TV, Says New Research
Channel 4 has published its response to the invitation to submit comments on the forthcoming Communications Reform White Paper. Views put forward included an extension of support for the concept of a single regulator, the feeling that Channel 4 should remain a single broadcaster, the assertion that impartiality of access must be a feature of… Continue reading Channel 4 Releases Response To Forthcoming Communications White Paper
Cordiant Communications announced the latest move in its continuing investment strategy yesterday with the acquisition of a German marketing group (see Cordiant Communications Buys Into German Marketing Group). Shares in Cordiant ended up yesterday, by 1½p at £2.56½.Shares in Capital Radio fell yesterday after analysts identified aging DJ, TV presenter and face of Capital Chris… Continue reading Sharewatch
Oftel has confirmed today that it has launched an investigation into the pricing of BT’s unmetered internet access packages – BT Surf Together and BT Talk and Surf Together. The packages, announced earlier this month, will be reviewed under the terms of the Competition Act 1998, which prohibits the abuse of market dominance.BT announced revisions… Continue reading Oftel To Investigate BT’s Net Tariffs
More Group gave gamers a sneak preview of the new Playstation 2 software last week when it unveiled its giant LED screen in London’s Leicester Square. Broadcasting 30ft high images of the new console and its games for 3 minutes every hour, the site is currently the largest and the most advanced high-resolution screen in… Continue reading More Group Gives Gamers Sneak Preview With State-of-the-Art Screen
