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
Newsquest has dismissed rumours that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), the US venture capital group, was planning to sell its 36% stake in the regional publisher. The publisher is valued at £900 million. Caroline McDevitt, Chief Executive of BARB, has appointed Tony Wearn as director of research. He replaces Bill Meredith who retires this month. The… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Manchester United’s European Champions League game against Juventus in Turin last night drew in over 13 million viewers for ITV.According to early live overnight figures from the Network Centre, a peak audience of 13.2 million viewers tuned in to the game, giving ITV an audience share of 53% at that time. The match attracted an… Continue reading Man Utd Victory Gives ITV 48% Viewing Share
Capital Radio sustained a 37p drop in its share price yesterday, closing at 772p. Emap on the other hand showed a strong rise of 31p, climbing to 1,314p. Emap and Capital Radio’s joint venture, CE Digital, has submitted bids for a number of local digital radio multiplexes (see Newsline).Both Cable & Wireless and CWC made… Continue reading Sharewatch
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has announced plans to launch the UK’s first ‘flat rate’ internet service. Called Connect, the package, which is due for launch on 1 June, combines internet access and telephone charges. Each subscription also offers five free email addresses and 20Mb of web space.Connect 12, which is the cheapest package at… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Announces First ‘Flat Rate’ Internet Service
The Competition Commission has written to the two regional newspaper publishers interested in buying the Mirror Group and has raised questions about their ability to manage national newspapers. Trinity International and Regional Independent Media (RIM) have both submitted bids for Mirror Group, but these were rejected by Mirror’s board as ‘inadequate’ (see Mirror Group Swiftly… Continue reading Competition Commission Questions Mirror Group Suitors
Digital cable television, due for launch later this year, is expected to win up to 555,000 subscribers by March 2000 according to The Digital Update figures published by BMRB International. Cable & Wireless Communications, NTL and Telewest are all due to launch their digital cable television services later this year (see Newsline), and these uptake… Continue reading BMRB Predicts Over Half A Million Digital Cable Subscribers In First Year
Following an announcement by OFTEL and the ITC that they have set up a joint consultation on the bundling of television and telephony services by cable operators (see Newsline), the share prices of cable telecoms companies fell substantially by the close of trading yesterday. Cable & Wireless Communications lost 31˝p from its share price, dropping… Continue reading Sharewatch
UK Plus (www.ukplus.co.uk), the internet search engine for UK user of the web, has signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with Autobytel, the online new and used car buying service. Under the six figure deal, Autobytel will sponsor UK Plus’ new Motoring Channel.Paul Zwillenberg, managing director of Associated New Media, producers of UK Plus, said: “UK… Continue reading UK Plus Signs Six Figure Sponsorship With Car Buying Service
