The limitations of unlimited internet access services have again resurfaced, this time regarding BT’s SurfTime package. The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has this month upheld a number of complaints about the service.Twenty-nine customers complained to the regulatory body that the internet calls package was misleading. SurfTime promised “unlimited internet calls every evening and weekend for… Continue reading ITC Raps Availability Of BT SurfTime
The consolidation of United News & Media’s TV assets into Granada Media last week caused a series of reshuffles in ITV resulting in airtime sales for the whole network being sold, for the first time, by one of two companies – Carlton Sales and Granada Media. Carlton bought HTV – the franchise which serves the… Continue reading Feature: ITV Sales Now Dominated By Big Two
IPC tx has claimed a first by signing a deal with AvantGo to offer its TV and showbiz content on Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The agreement will be the third platform across which the unmissabletv content is available.Unmissabletv.com launched as a website last year (see IPC To Launch Television Website), bringing together IPC Media’s television… Continue reading UnmissableTV Rolls Out Onto Third Platform
Daily Mail & General Trust is reportedly preparing a bid for its mid-market rival, the Express Newspaper group. DMGT is expected to table a formal offer of up to £150m to United News & Media this week.Such a bid would bring all of the UK’s mid-market titles under single ownership and would inevitably raise competition… Continue reading DMGT Prepares Bid For Express Newspapers
UK viewing figures for TV football games are in decline, according to a recent report from TV Sports Markets. As the price of football broadcasting rights run into billions (see The Game Isn’t Over Yet, Says Greg Dyke), the research shows that average audiences are down compared to last season.The first Premier League games shown… Continue reading TV Football Viewing In Decline, Says Report
Shares in regional newspaper publisher Southnews leapt over 50% on Friday after Trinity Mirror made a £284m bid for the group (see Trinity Mirror Buys Southnews For £284m). Prices closed up 417˝p to £11.80. Trinity was down at close of trading, however; shares fell 19p to 446˝p.Reed International was up 46˝p to 626p as it… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Boo.com, the fashion internet site that collapsed in June this year (see Feature: Does The Collapse Of Boo Signal The End Of The Dotcom Boom?), is relaunched after being rescued by American retailer Fashionmall.comTuesday Chrysalis Group unveils its music and lifestyle… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Guardian Group is adding another website to its Unlimited network. SocietyGuardian.co.uk will launch in November as a news and information service for the public and voluntary sector.The move is part of the Guardian’s continued investment in the migration of its core professional communities on lien and aims to be the UK’s primary source of… Continue reading Guardian Launches Public Sector Website
United News & Media fell 14˝p to 831p as Goldman Sachs reduced its earnings estimates and the Barclay Brothers pulled out of the bidding for the Express Newspaper group (see Bid Rumours Continue To Circulate For Express Group Takeover).United’s former rivals Carlton Communications and Granada Media also suffered losses as ITV advertising growth expectations came… Continue reading Sharewatch
IPC tx is to spend £2m on advertising to support its new-look TV Times. The regional campaign begins on 30 October and includes a television element, the first time the brand has advertised on TV for two years.The 30-second commercials will focus on getting behind the television personality with the tagline “Nobody gets you closer… Continue reading New-look TV Times Unveiled In £2m Campaign
