The collapse of online fashion retailer boo.com a couple of weeks ago sent a wave of alarm through the internet industry as many pessimists saw in boo’s fate an intimation of what may be in store for many of the other businesses that have sprung from the dotcom boom. A recent report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers has… Continue reading Feature: Does The Collapse Of Boo Signal The End Of The Dotcom Boom?
The merger of Flextech and Telewest (see Telewest Chief Quits As Flextech Merger Plans Finalised) was completed on Friday. Flextech will now form the content division of Telewest with the share price for the combined companies appearing under the Telewest name. Shares in Telewest fell 10¾p to £2.46 on Friday.GWR announced pre-tax profits of £18.8m… Continue reading Sharewatch
Guardian Unlimited will this week become the first media owner to run advertising across its WAP content in a campaign for car rental firm Avis. The month-long campaign will include an email datacapture facility and banner advertising across the Guardian websites.On accessing the Guardian Unlimited network on their WAP phone, users will see a text… Continue reading Guardian Runs First Ad Campaign On WAP
Despite registering falling circulations earlier in the year (see Newsline), TV listings magazines remain the most popular choice for viewers to find out what’s on TV.The latest information from CIA Sensor shows that listings on the internet and on-screen programme guides on digital television are starting to make their presence felt, but reveals that traditional… Continue reading TV Listings Magazines Still Top Choice For Viewers
GWR today announced increased commercial collaboration with the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), which could lead to the creation of Classic FM TV. DMGT owns a 18.8% stake in the radio group and the two companies are considering a number of proposals to leverage the audiences of both groups in the new media environment.A… Continue reading Classic FM TV Considered As GWR Increases Collaboration With DMGT
The Wireless Group had its first day’s trading yesterday, having been priced and placed at £1.90 per share last week (see Wireless Group Sets Price For Flotation). Shares dipped during the day, but ended at £2.05.Daily Mail rose over 8% to £9.09 despite quashing the idea that it would consider floating its DMG Radio Australia… Continue reading Sharewatch
Advertising revenue figures for 1999 released by CIA Medialab show that year on year TV advertising revenue has grown by 5%, to nearly £3.6bn. Sky enjoyed the largest percentage increases, with Sky News rising from £20m of ad revenue in 1998 to nearly £29m last year, an increase of 40%. Sky Sports revenue increased by… Continue reading Can ITV Sustain Revenues With Rising Prices?
Guardian Newspapers has poached the director of brand marketing at ONdigital as its marketing director. Marc Sands, who came up with the name ONdigital, will be responsible for marketing for the Guardian, the Observer and Guardian Unlimited. He will also take on the task of extending the brands over new platforms including WAP mobile phones… Continue reading Appointments Brief
A one-year carriage contract has been signed between Telewest and The Money Channel, the UK’s first television channel dedicated to money matters. The channel, which launched earlier this year on Sky Digital (see The Money Channel Gets Carriage On BSkyB) will broadcast its 24-hour financial programming on the cable group’s Active Digital service.The two groups… Continue reading Money Channel Signs Carriage Deal With Telewest
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has published an annual performance review for Channel 3. In it the efforts of ITV to halt audience decline through marketing were acknowledged and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was praised for having “restated the power of ITV to be a national talking point.”Children’s programming and dramas such as… Continue reading ITC Publishes Performance Review For ITV’s Dramatic Year
