Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology is being used for the first time in the UK. An entire cinema programme, including adverts for Royal Navy recruitment, Cadbury’s, Guinness and Nike, along with action film The Perfect Storm, is being shown digitally this week at London’s Warner Village West End and the Birmingham Star City.The adverts, screened… Continue reading Is This The Final Reel For 35mm As Digital Cinema Enters The Frame?
Virgin Group and cable operator NTL are close to agreeing a deal which will see the break up of Virgin.net, their joint ISP venture valued at £240m. NTL, according to recent reports, will take control of Virgin.net’s 560,000 dial-up internet customers while Virgin will own and operate the entertainment and leisure portal.The deal is likely… Continue reading NTL And Virgin To Split Virgin.net
Maiden Group has announced the acquisition of poster contractor CP Posters Advertising for £7.7m. The group focuses on large format posters and has estates in the valuable London and Meridian TV areas.Maiden has marketed some of the group’s sites since 1996 and this acquisition will vastly increase its 48- and 96-sheet estates. CP Posters owns… Continue reading Maiden Group Buys CP Posters Advertising
BSkyB is to apply to the Independent Television Commission (ITC) today for status as a nominated news provider. This would enable the satellite broadcasters’ news service, Sky News, to vie for the ITV news provider contract when it goes up for renewal in two year’s time.The heat of competition between news services was already set… Continue reading BSkyB Looks To Oust ITN As ITV News Provider
Pearson Plc announced today that it is to acquire National Computer Systems, the American commercial testing and educational services company in a deal worth $2.5bn. Reporting its six-month financial results today, the group said it will combine NCS with Pearson Education to create the world’s leading integrated educational company.The deal will be financed by the… Continue reading Pearson Buys NCS, Reports Pre-Tax Profits Of £123m
News International (NI) is thought to have broken up its new media division, News Network, handing control of the online editions of the Sun, News of the World, Page3.com, the Times and the Sunday Times back to the individual newspapers and shedding dozens of staff, mainly from auction site FiredUp.com.Speculation in the press said that… Continue reading News International’s New Media Section Disbanded
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Pearson, which owns the Financial Times Group and whose television division recently merged with CLT-Ufa to create RTL (see RTL Lists On Stock Exchange With Value Of £16.6bn), reports its financial results for the six months ended 30 June.Tuesday ITN launches… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Shares in Telewest were the worst performers on the FTSE yesterday. Prices finished on a 19 month low, down 14p at £1.79, following last Friday’s reports of set-top box shortages (see Telewest Puts Digital Strategy On Hold As Box Shortage Affects Cable Industry).Trinity Mirror, which has retained its lead in the top 20 regional publishers… Continue reading Sharewatch
Parkhill Publishing is said to have suspended publishing of its two titles Aura and Wedding Day and is thought to be applying for voluntary liquidation. Rumours have been rife in recent weeks that the two titles forming Eve Pollard’s venture into publishing were failing to gain readers and therefore losing advertisers’ confidence. It appears that… Continue reading Publishing Of Aura And Wedding Day Suspended As Parkhill Looks To Liquidation
Telewest has announced the addition of nineteen new content providers to its interactive TV platform Active Digital. The companies include P&O Cruises, Asserta Home and the RAC.Telewest launched interactive services in March this year, with over 90 high street and online companies on board (see Retailers Back Telewest’s Cable Interactive Service). Goods and services available… Continue reading Telewest Adds New Brands To Active Digital Service
