The Wireless Group’s outspoken chairman, Kelvin MacKenzie, has launched a stinging attack on the “absurd charade” utilised by radio audience researchers Rajar to achieve the listening figures radio advertising depends on.In an article appearing in the Guardian’s Monday media section, MacKenzie said that unlike the way audiences for newspapers and TV are calculated, Rajar’s system… Continue reading MacKenzie Attacks Rajar’s ‘Widely Discredited’ Research Methods
From Monday 11 September the Daily Telegraph will have a new look. The paper has undergone a major redesign to give it a crisper and cleaner appearance.Changes include new fonts, bolder headers, left-aligned headlines and additional white space. An index on page two will allow easier navigation and each section will now have a more… Continue reading Daily Telegraph Gets New Look
BSkyB will launch an integrated set-top decoder and personal television recorder in the first quarter of next year. The device will allow viewers to control live digital satellite programmes as if they were VCR recordings, choosing to ‘fast forward’ through adverts or ‘pause’ the programme if interrupted.The device also allows recording of up to 40… Continue reading Sky Gives Due Date For Integrated Digibox And Personal TV Recorder
Independent News & Media announced a 22% increase in pre-tax profits this morning. Releasing interim results for the six months to the end of June, the group, which publishes the Independent, reported profits of £46m after record performances across its core businesses.Solid circulation figures from the Independent and the Independent on Sunday pushed total UK… Continue reading Profits Up At Independent News & Media
The ITC cable statistics for the second quarter of 2000 show that the take-up rate for cable television services fell slightly quarter on quarter, from 26.4% for the first quarter of the year to 26.1% for the second. However, in a yearly analysis this represents an overall rise of 1.2%.In total 53% of all homes… Continue reading Cable TV Take-Up Falls Quarter On Quarter But Rises Year on Year
BSkyB and NTL have announced a five year deal which will see Sky supply its channels to NTL’s networks and ensures that the benefits of any new developments, including pay-per-view events, will be shared by the two organisations.“The deal will mean that carriage of Sky’s channels on NTL networks is secure for the next five… Continue reading BSkyB And NTL Strike Channel Supply Deal
Emap is moving closer to its target of establishing 20 international editions of men’s lifestyle title FHM by April next year. An announcement was made this week that, in addition to the German and Dutch versions already in the pipeline (see Emap Disposes Of Euro Business Titles, But Targets Euro Lads), the magazine will launch… Continue reading Emap Announces Imminent Arrival Of FHM In Hungary
Marks & Spencer has become the latest high street retailer to join interactive shopping platform, Open. A five-year deal commencing next summer will allow subscribers to buy M&S products through their digital television sets.The service will initially be limited to clothing and home products but will eventually allow the retailer’s entire range, including food and… Continue reading M&S Signs Deal With Open
A new channel has been launched for Sky Digital customers, which claims to be the first round-the-clock digital recruitment channel. The service allows employers to place adverts which are then shown 24 hours a day, seven days a week and form part of a database which can be searched by potential employees. Those looking for… Continue reading 24 Hour Recruitment Channel Launches On Sky Digital
Emap seems to be looking beyond the UK for expansion recently, with a possible bid for more US titles (see Emap Considers Expansion Of US Position) and the announcement that the FHM brand is to be taken further into Europe (see Emap Announces Imminent Arrival Of FHM In Hungary). The market has given a reasonably… Continue reading Sharewatch
