Big Brother finished its run on Friday but has already begun to slip from the public consciousness. The TV phenomenon which dominated the nation over the summer months finished on a high for Channel 4 with the grand finale gaining a peak audience share of 56.5% and giving C4 its best-ever Friday night ratings.The programme… Continue reading Feature: Big Impact, Short Life-Span
ONnet, ONdigital’s TV internet service, has launched this week. Allowing full internet access through television sets (see ONdigital Unveils Interactive Television Launch Plans), 47 brand names have signed up to the ONnet portal which will act as a gateway and guide to the web.BBC and ITN will provide links to their news headlines at BBC… Continue reading ONdigital Launches TV Internet Service
GWR group’s new media arm, ecast ventures, is to offer new, highly targeted opportunities for advertisers on its internet-streamed radio stations. The technology, being introduced for the first time in the UK, will allow advertising to be inserted into the audio stream being broadcast via the internet, in order to target particular groups who are… Continue reading GWR Introduces Streamed Global Audio Advertising
Pearson is set to expand the US profile of its financial website ft.com thanks to the acquisition of a 20% stake in US business portal business.com (see Pearson Invests $30m In Business.com). News of the acquisition pushed Pearson shares up 68p to end at £19.19.The Wireless Group’s reported losses in its interim results (see Wireless… Continue reading Sharewatch
Pearson, which owns the Financial Times Group, has secured a 20% stake in Business.com. The deal will give FT.com information a prominent place on the US-based business news portal.The exact details of the deal have not been disclosed but it believed that Pearson paid $30m for a stake in the portal, which will showcase certain… Continue reading Pearson Invests $30m In Business.com
The giant banner market has been identified as one of the fastest growing sections of outdoor advertising. An analysis of the market by Outdoor Connection predicts that revenue from giant banners could reach £6m by the end of this year.The growth of the sector, which covers outdoor advertising which is often up to 40 metres… Continue reading Big Just Got Bigger In Outdoor, Say Analysts
As Big Brother’s media circus winds down and its former contestants prepare to sell themselves to the highest bidder, Channel 4 has revealed the audience figures which prove that while it was “only a gameshow” the programme was even better news for Michael Jackson than England beating the Windies for the first time in over… Continue reading Big Brother Finale Gives C4 Largest Ever Friday Night Audience
The Wireless Group has released its first set of interim results since flotation on the London Stock Exchange in May (see Sharewatch). The group, headed by Kelvin MacKenzie, has seen losses increase from £10.1m to £25.7m year on year, partly due to the launch and marketing expenditure for sports radio station talkSport and the purchase… Continue reading Wireless Group Reports Increased Losses In First Interim Results Since Flotation
Ulster Television has reported an increase in profits as part of its half-year results. Profits before taxation are said to have reached £20.4m by June 2000. For the same period in 1999 they were £2m, due to £4.2m spent on restructuring. Advertising and sponsorship income increased by 12% to £20m, and counted for over 97%… Continue reading Ulster Television’s Profits Up As Prospect Of Granada/Carlton Take-Over Looms
Chairman and CEO of Bates Worldwide Michael Bungey has announced his decision to step down from his position in order to concentrate on his duties as CEO of Cordiant. This morning he announced a new management structure at Bates which he will oversee until his departure in twelve months time.“The pace of growth of the… Continue reading Bungey To Step Down As CEO Of Bates Worldwide
