BSkyB is the least trusted company in Britain as far as the country’s youth is concerned, although 48% of people feel that digital television is a must. These are some of the findings of the Spring ’99 Survey by Right of Admission Reserved (ROAR), which is a consortium including Carlton Screen Advertising, the Guardian/Observer, Kiss… Continue reading ‘BSkyB Least Trusted British Company’ Says ROAR Survey
The Radio Authority has awarded the local digital radio multiplex for the Birmingham area to CE Digital. CE Digital is the 50:50 digital radio venture created by Emap and Capital Radio, and was the sole bidder for the licence (see Newsline). This is the first local digital multiplex to be awarded by the RA.Capital and… Continue reading RA Awards First Digital Radio Multiplex To Emap/Capital Consortium
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has commissioned an annual research study into its performance and value across all of its business and media sectors. Gilmour Research is to carry out the study which will involve 450 publishers, media agencies and marketing departments.The ABC is hoping that the research will identify the value of the… Continue reading ABC Commissions Study Of Its Performance
Cable and telephony company, NTL, has acquired Cablelink, Ireland’s largest cable television provider, for I£535 million (£445 million). The acquisition is NTL’s first broadband venture outside the UK, will make NTL the largest cable and telephony provider in the United Kingdom and Ireland.With an existing customer base of over 360,000 subscribers, Cablelink currently has an… Continue reading NTL Acquires Irish CableLink For £445m
Future Publishing has acquired US magazine and internet publisher, Imagine Media. The combined business will be the world’s largest computing and games magazine and internet publisher. Metro Networks founder and managing director, Ben Budworth, has left the company. For the immediate future, Tim Vestey, chairman, will assume Budworth’s role at the company. Metro Networks provides… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Former BSkyB chief executive, Sam Chisholm, has resigned his post as non-executive director of the satellite broadcaster. His departure follows hot on the heels of BSkyB’s current chief executive, Mark Booth, who is leaving the company within the next few weeks to start an internet and interactive venture called e-partners (see Mark Booth Leaves BSkyB… Continue reading Chisholm Steps Down From BSkyB Board
ITV has achieved its highest share of television viewing for two years (Q1 1997) during the first quarter of 1999, according to the latest Trends In Television report from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA).The new ITV evening schedule, which launched on Monday 8 March (see First ITV Evening News Gains 7.2m ViewersEven better… Continue reading New ITV Schedule Boosts Q1 Viewing Share
Keith Young, publisher of the national Sunday sports newspaper, Sport First, is leading consortium of sports fans, broadcast professionals and investors that plans to launch a music and sport radio station for London.Called Fan FM, the station would broadcast 24-hour sports news and features, along with music, to the North and West of the capital.… Continue reading Sport First Publisher Bids To Launch Sports Radio Station
After a soar in the share price of BSkyB on Wednesday following the announcement of an aggressive marketing drive in the form of set-top box giveaways (see Newsline), the broadcaster’s value fell off by the close of trading yesterday, dropping 28p to 579p.At the same time, digital terrestrial TV competitor ONdigital mounted its own offer… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Bank of England has put interest rates on hold amid signs that the current round of reductions is at or near an end. After seven cuts in the last eight months, the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to leave rates unchanged at 5.25%.The decision came as a bitter blow to manufacturers and unions who… Continue reading Interest Rates On Hold
