Shares in Johnston Press fell slightly after the newspaper publisher announced its interim results yesterday. The group, which having recently taken over Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers (see Johnston Wins Takeover Approval For Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers) is now the nation’s fourth-largest local newspaper company, saw a continued growth in advertising revenues, up 4% for the… Continue reading Sharewatch
EMAP Radio has appointed Bruce Daisley as national commercial manager for the group’s new internet business, unveiled earlier in the year (see Emap Radio To Launch Online Gateway To The North). Daisley will be responsible for cultivating and developing relationships with major internet brands and will report directly to the division’s managing director, Iain Clasper.The… Continue reading EMAP Radio Appoints Commercial Manager For Internet Division
ITV has secured sponsorship deals for two of the Network’s children’s programmes – Sabrina The Teenage Witch and Mopatop’s Shop. Dorling Kindersley, publisher of children’s books, will be associated with Mopatop’s Shop, CITV’s biggest pre-school commission to date.The new series of Mopatop’s Shop runs from Monday to Friday and is the first daily children’s programme… Continue reading ITV Signs Up Children’s Programmes Sponsors
Channel Four is considering plans to expand its pay-TV output with the launch of a general entertainment channel, to be available across digital terrestrial, cable and satellite television. Although in the early stages of research, and with no firm decision expected before Christmas, the news was broken this weekend at the Edinburgh Television Festival by… Continue reading New Pay-TV Channel Plans For C4
Shares in Flextech gained in price yesterday closing up 4˝p to 919˝p. The cable and satellite company is believed to be planning to sell a stake in its holiday bookings channel, TV Travel Shop. Travel companies are in line for the 25% stake, said to be worth £25 million.Meanwhile shares in BSkyB rose slightly after… Continue reading Sharewatch
BSkyB has responded to a study of its subscriber base by launching a number of new services for children. Its research has highlighted the importance of children in multichannel programming and revealed that 62% of Sky Digital households contain children, a figure which is above the national average of 54%.Included in the launch is Nick… Continue reading BSkyB Research Shows Importance Of Children In Multi-Channel Homes
Carlton Communications is to become the first ITV company to rename its franchises under the one brand name when, as from 6 September, Central Television and West Country Television become Carlton Central and Carlton West Country.The move is part of a wider strengthening of the Carlton brand, announced in the company’s ten-point plan earlier in… Continue reading Carlton To Rebrand Central And West Country Franchises
Consumer magazines and internet group, Future Network, has this morning announced a partnership agreement with AOL’s new free internet service provider, Netscape Online, which launched last week (see AOL Moves In To Free ISP Market). Future is the UK’s largest publisher of consumer computer magazines and its new media division, FutureNet, produces a number of… Continue reading Future And AOL Sign Advertising And Content Partnership
New research from Datamonitor finds that people living in the south of Britain are much more likely to have a PC and internet access at home than those in the north of England and Northern Ireland.Its study sees a large north-south divide with almost 50% of people living in the southeastern regions of Britain having… Continue reading North-South Divide In PC Ownership
Satellite broadcaster, BSkyB, has this morning taken a 9.08% stake in Leeds United in a £13.8 million deal with the club’s owner, Leeds Sporting Plc. It has been expected for some time that a deal would be struck between the two groups (see BSkyB In Talks To Buy Football Stakes), although this is the first… Continue reading BSkyB Takes £13.8m Stake In Leeds United
