Magazine and internet publishing group Future Network has acquired four magazines and three websites from Dennis Publishing. The music and technology titles complement Future’s portfolio, which specialises in computing, music and other specialist titles.The magazine titles acquired are: Hi Fi Choice, Home Entertainment, Metal Hammer, and Classic Rock. The three former titles are well-established consumer… Continue reading Future Acquires Four New Titles From Dennis
The UK is to get its first sport radio station next week when Talk Radio becomes talkSPORT. The station, which suffered a 17% drop in its audience in the latest RAJAR figures (see National Radio Stations Shed Listeners During Summer), has been reinventing itself as a dedicated sports station since it was taken over by… Continue reading Talk To Launch UK’s First Sport Station
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to hold a review of BSkyB’s position in the pay-TV market as a broadcaster and channel provider, it announced today. The competition watchdog is to assess whether Sky’s position is too dominant and whether undertakings made by Sky in 1996 to ensure fair competition between the satellite broadcaster… Continue reading OFT To Review BSkyB’s Position In Pay-TV Market
Open, the interactive television service, announced yesterday that it had achieved sales exceeding £1 million per week in the pre-Christmas period. The service, which is co-owned by BSkyB, BT, HSBC and Matsushita, said that at least 8 million visits have been made and over 127,000 orders processed since it was launched on SkyDigital last year… Continue reading Open’s Sales Top £1m A Week
Digital terrestrial broadcaster, ONdigital, has broken the half million mark in its latest subscriber figures released today. The group – 50:50 owned by Granada and Carlton Communications – said that it had signed up 552,000 customers by 31 December 1999.The takeup represents a 34% increase on the September 1999 subscriber base, which stood at 411,000.… Continue reading ONdigital Takes Half A Million Subscribers
Media groups were amongst the highest movers on the FTSE 100 yesterday as news of the world’s biggest corporate deal, between America Online and Time Warner, affected shares in the sector (see AOL And Time Warner Confirm Mega-Merger). Pearson, once rumoured to be interested in a deal with AOL (see Sharewatch), was the highest climber… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Radio Advertising Bureau has produced a list of the top ten radio advertisers from the last decade. Most of the brands in the list have been in the top ten of each year’s top spenders throughout the decade and each successive year has seen an increase in the amount of money the majority spent… Continue reading Top Ten Radio Advertisers Of The Decade Revealed
Internet service provider America Online (AOL) and global media giant Time Warner have this morning confirmed plans to merge operations creating “the world’s first fully integrated media and communications company.” The merger, which will result in an AOL Time Warner Inc. company, is valued at $350 billion (£219 billion).In a joint statement the companies said… Continue reading AOL And Time Warner Confirm Mega-Merger
Programmes ITV’s decision to screen nine editions of Coronation Street, five episodes of Emmerdale and a week’s worth of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, helped the channel to pull in big audiences. The late night editions of Coronation Street: After Hours boosted ITV’s old News at Ten slot, with the best weekday performance coming… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – November 1999
Shares in Carlton Communications closed up 16p at 573p as the television group emerged as the most likely target for a takeover bid by Granada (see Market Backs Carlton As Most Likely Target For Granada). United News & Media’ shares fell at the news that Granada was planning to scupper its proposed merger deal with… Continue reading Sharewatch
