Cordiant Communications fell by 13˝p to 173˝p yesterday after news emerged that Harris Associates had cut its stake in the media group from 7.3% to 5.8%.Tempus fell slightly, share prices closing down ˝p to 429˝p. The media communications specialist releases its interim results today.Broadcasters Granada and Carlton continue to lose value; Granada fell by 17˝p… Continue reading Sharewatch
Carlton Communications has poached Rupert Miles, currently director of beeb.com, the BBC’s commercial online enterprise, to become the group’s managing director of interactive media. Miles will be responsible for building all of Carlton’s online interests, including the development of Carlton Online, which so far has produced the simplyfood.co.uk, popcorn.co.uk and jamba.co.uk websites.Miles has spent the… Continue reading Carlton Poaches beeb.com Head To Drive Interactive Media
ABC //electronic, the internet auditing arm of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, has appointed Andy Flint as head of audit delivery as part of its planned expansion. The Radio Authority has received one application for the digital multiplex licence for Cardiff and Newport. It comes from Capital Radio, which has eight programme services planned for… Continue reading Newsline Brief
BSkyB has settled its dispute with Ryder Cup Limited. Sky’s coverage of the tournament will now be shown as a free event on Sky Box Office, but with three hours a day available on Sky Sports 2, including the scheduled conclusion of the afternoon matches on each day. The agreement comes after a hearing this… Continue reading BSkyB Resolves Dispute With Ryder Cup Organisers
Digital terrestrial television provider, ONdigital, will not be included in the first set of digital audience figures. The audience data, which is being released next month by the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (BARB), will enable measurement of digital only channels for the first time.Andrew Marre, head of PR at ONdigital said: “The BARB system does… Continue reading ONdigital Excluded From New Digital Audience Data
Ninety nine per cent of all advertising expenditure is wasted, according to Trevor Beattie, creative director of TBWA GGT Simons Palmer, and architect of the ‘Hello Boys’ campaign for Playtex Wonderbra and more recently the Playstation ads.Beattie was speaking at a Guardian Media event on Monday night which brought together a distinguished panel, drawn from… Continue reading Ninety-Nine Percent Of Advertising Spend Is Wasted, Says Agency Director
Virgin Radio has jumped on board the country’s only national digital radio multiplex, Digital One (see Radio Authority Awards Digital Radio Multiplex To Sole Applicant), to broadcast alongside the other two national commercial stations, Classic FM and Talk Radio. Digital One has also announced the launch date of Monday 15 November 1999 for a number… Continue reading Virgin Radio Joins Digital One Network
Martina King, managing director of ITV sales house TSMS, has been poached by Yahoo! UK & Ireland to become the internet portal’s first UK managing director. King, previously MD at Capital Radio, joined TSMS just three months ago with a brief to attract heavyweight advertisers to the ITV Network.At Yahoo!, King will fill a similar… Continue reading King Leaves TSMS MD Post After Three Months
Interactive TV service, Open, has unveiled details of its initial marketing campaign. The service, jointly owned by BSkyB, Matsushita, BT and HSBC, and comprising of shopping, banking, travel, games and e-mail through digital TV platforms, will be the first in the UK when it launches next month.The group is to spend £20 million on the… Continue reading Open Launches £20 Million Marketing Campaign
Carlton Communications made gains yesterday after recent losses. It added 11p to 446˝p as an early analogue switch-off was anticipated within the sector (see Culture Secretary To Advise On Analogue Switch-Off).Cable and Wireless was believed to have been given a boost by ABN Amro after they met yesterday. Share prices rose by 4p to close… Continue reading Sharewatch
