GWR announced today the launch of a new internet business, Ecast Ventures. Investing £6.5 million in the business, it aims to target the radio group’s 10 million weekly radio listeners with local and national sites.A local portal, koko.co.uk, will eventually be developed into a national network of locally orientated websites providing news and information. The… Continue reading GWR Group Launches New Internet Company
Month On MonthThe national newspaper sector saw an overall increase in sales of over a million copies between December 1999 and January this year, according to the latest data released by the Audit Bureau of Circualtions (ABC). Some particularly strong performances from the News Of The World, Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday Times helped boost… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – January 2000
Chief executive of Capital Radio, David Mansfield, has called on the government to demonstrate its committment to digital radio by announcing a switch-off for analogue radio. Speaking at a reception to mark the launch of Capital’s new digital radio station, Life (see Capital Launches New Digital Station On National Network), he encouraged the swift development… Continue reading Capital Calls For Analogue Radio Switch-Off Date
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) and the Trinity Mirror newspaper group have reached an agreement for compensation claims by advertisers resulting from false circulation claims by three titles in Trinity Mirror’s portfolio. The IPA and Trinity have been in discussions for some time trying to agree a satisfactory format for compensating advertisers that… Continue reading Trinity Mirror And IPA Agree Payment Terms Over Birmingham Papers
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB yesterday said that it is committing to deliver media output to the next generation of mobile phones, following an announcement with mobiles group, Vodafone. The two companies are to work on providing access, via wireless application protocol (WAP)-enabled phones, to services such as news, sports results, games, TV listings and shopping.The new… Continue reading BSkyB And Vodafone Link Up To Drive Mobile Media
The underlying inflation rate fell last month to 2.1%, according to official figures. The key index used by the Bank of England to set interest rates, which excludes mortgage interest payments, fell from 2.2% in December 1999 to 2.1%, pushing it further from the Government’s target rate of 2.5%.There was a rise in the headline… Continue reading Inflation Down To 2.1%
Broadcaster BSkyB rose 82˝p to £18.07 yesterday, making it one of the best performers on the FTSE 100, after broker recommendations and its planned internet spree (see SkyDigital Subscribers Up To 2.6 Million) continued to push stock.Newspaper group Trinity Mirror was also helped by a boost from a broker which recommended it increase its internet… Continue reading Sharewatch
Now available in the Press features list are tables showing the overall performances of each magazine publishing group in the July-December 1999 ABCs, released on Friday last week.Attic Futura, Dennis Publishing and Future Publishing are the only companies to show overall annual growth in their portfolios. The consumer publishing giants, EMAP and IPC, both saw… Continue reading July-December 1999 ABCs – Performance By Publisher
Over 15,000 people have pre-registered for cable group Telewest’s unmetered internet access service. SurfUnlimited launches today and is the first in the UK.The group announced plans for the service in December (see Telewest To Launch Britain’s First Unmetered Internet Service). It offers customers unlimited net access for £9.99 per month, provided they spend at least… Continue reading Telewest To Sign Up Over 15,000 Customers To SurfUnlimited
IPC’s Uncut continues to outperform its rivals in the film magazine sector. For the third successive period the title has recorded a rise of over 20% in total average net sales – up 25% year on year for the July to December 1999 period.The new market leader is Inside Film, which releases its first six… Continue reading Uncut Continues To Grow In Film Sector
