Regional newspaper publisher, Trinity, was boosted at the end of last week by reports that Hollinger International may consider buying it if Trinity’s bid for Mirror Group fails. Hollinger is the newspaper group headed by Conrad Black, which owns the Daily Telegraph.On Friday, Trinity closed up 27p at 589p. With stock at this price, Trinity… Continue reading Sharewatch
Tuesday WPP Group releases its first quarter 1999 trading statement.Wednesday IBC is holding the UK Digital TV conference at 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1. The three day conference and seminar programme features speakers including Mark Booth, chief executive of BSkyB, Marc Sands, director of brand marketing at ONdigital and David Elstein, chief executive of Channel… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has served a notice revoking the licence of satellite TV channel Med TV.Med TV was fined by the ITC at the beginning of last year for three breaches of the Commission’s impartiality requirements (see Newsline), and in November the broadcaster was warned that its licence might be revoked (see Newsline).Broadcasts… Continue reading ITC Revokes Med TV Licence
It is rumoured that within the next couple of weeks, Virgin will announce plans to sell videos and CDs, via the internet, for a lower price than its High Street Megastore shops.According to industry sources, Richard Branson’s VirginNet website will offer CDs and videos for a cheaper price than the stores. A spokesperson for VirginNet… Continue reading Virgin May Undercut High Street Stores With Online Sales
Revenue A data error meant that the TV Revenue item which appeared on Newsline earlier this week was incorrect. The revenue shares for the ITV franchises for March 1999 were incorrect and therefore the year on year comparisons were also erroneous.The correct figures are now shown below and the earlier story has also been updated.… Continue reading TV Round-Up – March 1999
A data error meant that the TV Revenue item which appeared on Newsline earlier this week was incorrect. The revenue shares for the ITV franchises for March 1999 were incorrect and therefore the year on year comparisons were also erroneous.The correct figures are now shown below and the earlier story has also been updated. We… Continue reading TV Revenue – March 1999
Global marketing services company, WPP, jumped 34p to close at 546˝p yesterday after IBM, one of WPP’s largest clients, announced strong trading figures. WPP releases its first quarter trading statement next Tuesday.Cable & Wireless was boosted by 39˝p to 815p following rumours that the telecommunications company is possibly planning a merger with France Telecom. In… Continue reading Sharewatch
Anxiety about missing out on sporting events, and children pestering their parents are apparently the factors turning people on to Sky’s new digital television service, according to the latest survey by CIA Medialab.In February, Sky reported that its Sky Digital service had attracted 350,000 subscribers since its launch in October 1998 (see Newsline). Around 120,000… Continue reading Children And Sports Are The Incentive For New Sky Digital Subscribers, Says CIA
A strong month for ITV and a poor one for Channel 4 in terms of impacts. All audience categories are up for ITV, particularly Housewives/Children, rising by 17.9%. The strong performance of the Network is the result of the new ITV evening schedule, minus News At Ten, which was unveiled on 8 March (see First… Continue reading TV Round-Up – March 1999
Haymarket Business Publications has acquired Internet Business for an undisclosed sum from its independent publisher. The editor of the title, Tim Wilson, will retain his position. Cable & Wireless Communications’ brand director John Aarons is leaving the company on 14 June. He departs amid reports that CWC is in preliminary merger talks with Telewest (see… Continue reading Newsline Brief
