IPC Magazines is producing a free magazine called The Islander, which will target club-goers who make their annual pilgrimage to Ibiza during the summer months. The weekly title is to run for 11 issues and has a print run of 20,000.In a deal with HMV, which is sponsoring the magazine, half the copies will be… Continue reading IPC Launches Free Magazine For Ibiza Clubbers
ITV’s Formula 1 website, at www.itv-f1.com, has signed a twelve month sponsorship deal with Foster’s, representing the first online sponsorship move for the larger brewer. The deal was secured by Granada Media Commercial Enterprises, a division of Granada Mediasales set up to handle non-traditional forms of media.The association between Foster’s and the ITV F1 website… Continue reading Foster’s Signs Online Sponsorship With ITV’s F1 Site
BSkyB has today announced plans to distribute its digital set-top boxes through the nation’s Toys R Us network of shops. From August, the Sky Digital hardware will be available in the multimedia sections of the 63 Toys R Us shops.Sky Digital will provide live demonstrations of its channels in the stores in the hope of… Continue reading Sky To Distribute Digital Boxes Through Toys R Us
News Corporation has announced that its new media investment arm, epartners, which is headed by Mark Booth, is to launch eVentures jointly with Softbank, the Japanese e-commerce investment house. The group will facilitate the introduction of US-Based internet companies to the UK. Murdoch said at a press conference last week that News Corporation would eventually… Continue reading News Corporation Invests In Internet Partnership
Possibly reflecting how times have changed since the 1980s, the Royal Wedding between Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys Jones achieved less than spectacular viewing figures: 9.34 million people tuned into watch BBC1’s coverage of the event, with a further 5.47 million watching ITV’s coverage; both audiences are well down on the 20 million plus viewing… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 20/06/99
Set-top box manufacturer, Pace Microtechnology, has today posted pre-tax profits of £15.1 million for the year ended 29 May 1999. This compares to a loss last year of £12.1 million. Aggressive promotions by BSkyB and ONdigital, culminating in the offer of free set-top box equipment for digital television customers (see ONdigital Returns Fire In DTV… Continue reading Digital TV Promotions Push Pace Into The Black
Media and hotels group, Granada, performed well at the end of last week following strong trading in its hotels and leisure businesses. Granada finished up 64p at 1,246p.EMAP continued to benefit from its acquisition of men’s and lifestyle magazine publisher, Wagadon. EMAP did not disclose the cost of Wagadon, publisher of The Face and Arena,… Continue reading Sharewatch
Emap, which yesterday boosted its portfolio with the acquisition of magazine publisher Wagadon, soared 37p to 1147p (see Newsline).Reed International jumped 24˝p to 447žp after speculation about a renewed merger with Dutch group Wolters Kluwer.The closing prices of media company shares yesterday were:
Outdoor company the More Group, which is owned by Clear Channel Communications, has bought a 51% share in Italian street furniture company Jolly Publicita. This is the More Group’s first direct investment in Italy. VNU Business Publications in London has appointed Brin Bucknor as UK managing director. The Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) is… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Rupert Murdoch, 40% owner of BSkyB, said yesterday that there was to be no merger between the broadcaster and French pay-TV group Canal Plus following reports of talks over recent months (see Newsline).The talks, which commenced early this year between the two broadcasters, were suspended after disagreements about management of the possible merged group. However,… Continue reading Murdoch Rules Out BSkyB/Canal Plus Merger
