NTL announced today the acquisition of a stake in Leicester City football club. The £12.5m deal will give the cable group its fourth media partnership with a Premier League club.Under the terms of the agreement NTL’s subsidiary Premium TV will give the team an interest free loan of up to £11.5m, which will be converted… Continue reading NTL Buys Stake In Leicester City
Babies. They’re the new lads, or perhaps the new decorating and gardening. It seems that when Natmags closed its year-old parenting title M last July and integrated Having a Baby into Good Housekeeping (see Natmags Gives Parenting Magazine The Chop), or when Emap Elan folded Parents in August and blamed the absence of a market… Continue reading Feature: Print And The New Media Generation
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) published proposals today relating to the future of regional programming on ITV. They form part of the programme of research and consultation on the future of public service broadcasting on commercial free-to-air channels launched last month (see ITC To Launch Public Service Broadcasting Debate).Despite the fact that more programmes for… Continue reading ITC Proposes Protection For ITV Regional Programming
Local digital radio was born today as the first local multiplexes launched in the UK. CE Digital, the digital broadcasting consortium comprising Capital and Emap, rolled out its multiplexes across London, Birmingham and Manchester.A total of 23 radio services will begin broadcasting to a potential audience of 14 million listeners. In London the first digital… Continue reading Local Digital Radio Launches In The UK
News that European media groups Kirch and Vivendi were getting rid of large amounts of their shares in BSkyB caused the share price of the satellite broadcaster to fall yesterday, by 86p to £12.85.There was more bad news for Emap, which has just lost its finance director, David Grigson, to Reuters. Share prices slumped 55p… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 6% for the fourth consecutive month. Although there have been some signs of sterling weakening recently, UK industry is likely to want a further evidence of a slow down before rates go up again.
Nearly a third of the UK’s internet population lives in the south of England, with 22.7% residing in London. According to new data from MMXI Europe, the further north and east you go, the less likely you are to find members of the nation’s 9.6 million internet users.The survey showed that Scotland, Borders and Ulster… Continue reading North/South Divide Even Exists In Cyberspace
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) and the Radio Authority aim to co-operate more effectively in handling complaints in the future. A memorandum of understanding has been drawn up between the two regulatory bodies which aims to avoid double jeopardy for complainants and licensees and promote the sharing of information.The new arrangement will see complaints dealt… Continue reading Broadcasting Regulators To Team Up In Complaints Handling
IPC’s strategy for the future will involve a name change from IPC Magazines to IPC Media. The name change, which comes alongside a revamped company website (left), is to reflect a new focus on media brands rather than magazines and will see the definition of five core markets within the company: Women, TV, Home and… Continue reading Bailey Says Brands Not Mags For IPC’s Future
Television viewers will shortly be able to click straight through to the internet while continuing to watch TV. ONdigital has teamed up with French group Netgem to bring full internet access to digital terrestrial subscribers.Scheduled to launch later this year ONdigital internet boxes will connect to the ONdigital set-top box and a telephone line and… Continue reading ONdigital Signs Deal To Provide Full Net Access Through TV
