A Clint Eastwood film which averaged 3.1m viewers when it aired on Channel 5 helped give the station its second best ever weekly audience share. Unofficial overnight figures showed that when Absolute Power went out on Tuesday it achieved a 17% share. This helped give the channel an 8.4% share for the day, beating Channel… Continue reading Eastwood Thriller Has Absolute Power Over Channel 5 Ratings
Internet access is now available to 45% of the UK adult population, giving a total of 21 million potential users. Of these, 14 million (30%) use the internet at home, work or college at least once a month. Research published by Continental Research in its Internet 2000 Quarter 2 Report has revealed that this level… Continue reading Internet Access Now Available To Nearly Half Of UK
Commercial radio revenue for the first quarter of 2000 reached £120 million, the highest ever spend for a first quarter. This included an increase of almost 29% from national advertisers, compared to the same period last year.The figures are the latest to be released by the Radio Advertising Bureau and show total revenue for the… Continue reading Radio Adspend Highest Ever In First Quarter
Month On MonthMonthly national newspaper circulation figures for April, released by the ABC this week, showed a overall drop in sales of 1%. Sunday Sport saw the greatest fall in circulation, down by over 6% in a month on month analysis, while Sport First shed a further 6% over the same period.Only six titles showed… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round Up – April 2000
Sky Sports News was found to have been in breach of three rules of the Independent Television Commission’s Code of Programme Sponsorship when it broadcast an edition of Fox Sports News. The US sports news programme included one item sponsored by Yahoo! and one by Burger King. The ITC ruled certain references made to both… Continue reading Sky Sports Breaks ITC Code For Programme Sponsorship
Digital radio consortium Switch Digital has joined forces with fledgling station, Beat 106, to boost its bid for the regional digital multiplex licence for central Scotland. The consortium, which won the second digital multiplex licence for London (see Switch Digital Wins Second London Licence), will be backed by the Wireless Group, Scottish Media Group, Clear… Continue reading Switch Digital Prepares For Scottish Bid
Egmont Fleetway is launching a new title for the pre-teen girl’s market on 24 May. Go Girl will aim for the 7-11 year old market currently targeted by the BBC’s Girl Talk, with editorial content including celebrities, make-up, beauty and fashion. The monthly title will carry a free gift with every issue and will be… Continue reading New Magazine Launches
The merger between Cable & Wireless and NTL has gone ahead (see Government Clears NTL/CWC Merger). Cable & Wireless is therefore now delisted from the FTSE and forms part of NTL’s listing on Nasdaq.Talks regarding a take-over by Telewest of IPC (see Telewest In Talks As IPC Considers Trade Sale) are said to have run… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.A national newspaper ABC round-up will appear on Newsline.Tuesday Admap’s Electronic Media Trading conference takes place in London and will be covered by Newsline.Wednesday Cable & Wireless releases final results for 1999.Thursday Retail sales figures for April are released by the… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Guardian‘s football site, Football Unlimited, is to produce a daily Euro 2000 email in a sponsorship deal with mobile internet service, breathe. The Euro, a daily update of news and views on the championship will launch on 5 June, a week before the tournament begins, and run until the day after the final on… Continue reading Guardian Signs Euro Sponsorship Deal With Breathe
