The acquisition of US publisher Petersen by EMAP at the end of last year (see EMAP Makes £720m US Move) has been described by securities group, Merrill Lynch, as offering better consolidation opportunities and cultural fit for EMAP than another new market in Europe would have. EMAP currently already has operations running in France.Merrill Lynch… Continue reading EMAP’s Petersen Buy Offers Consolidation Opportunities And Cultural Fit
Classic FM has announced that its daily Finance News bulletins are to be sponsored by investment bank Schroders for the fifth year running. The deal is worth approximately £250,000.Granada Sky Broadcasting’s Granada Breeze channel has created a Slendertone sponsorship for its Livetime programme. The sponsorship runs for a month starting this Wednesday. The channel is… Continue reading Sponsorship News
Scott and Deborah, together with the rest of the news contributors at MediaTel, would like to wish all of Newsline‘s readers a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year.Newsline will be taking a break over the Christmas holiday and returning on 4 January with a summary of any developments from over the festive period.… Continue reading A Merry Christmas From Newsline
Granada is believed to be planning to challenge financial forecasts made by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) before it reapplies for licences for two of its ITV franchises, London Weekend Television and Granada Television.Earlier in the year, the ITC set out the conditions under which each of the ITV companies could reapply for its licence… Continue reading Granada May Challenge ITC Ad Growth Forecasts
In the year that the much-heralded digital revolution started to come to life, media companies decided to try and get their paws on football clubs and ITV kissed goodbye to the News At Ten, these other things happened…JanuaryVery early in 1998 one of the largest management buyouts in UK was completed. IPC’s management, with the… Continue reading A Look Back At 1998…
The Premier League yesterday pledged that it will forge deals with broadcasters that will make live coverage of football games available on as many channels as possible, including terrestrial.The statement was made by the League’s chief executive, Peter Leaver, against accusations by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) that the Premier Leagues is operating as… Continue reading Premier League Pledges Live Football For All
Peter Mandelson has announced his resignation following the scandal surrounding a £373,000 home loan he accepted from the Paymaster General, Geoffrey Robinson. The Trade and Industry Secretary will be succeeded by Stephen Byers, chief secretary to the Treasury it was announced by Downing Street at 12:30pm today.It is expected that Geoffrey Robinson will issue a… Continue reading Mandelson Resigns Over Loan Scandal
The fifth series of the popular American sitcom Friends is to be broadcast on Sky One in the New Year, and is to be sponsored by the Bristol & West.Mark Wood, commercial sales director, said of the deal: “We are doubly pleased with this deal because it illustrates firstly, how Sky uses sponsorship to attract… Continue reading Sky Gets Friendly With The Bristol & West
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has issued a formal warning to satellite broadcaster VT4 for failing to comply with advertising scheduling rules. The broadcaster, which operates from the UK but broadcasts to Belgium, was found to have broken the requirement that there should be no more than 12 minutes of advertising or teleshopping in any… Continue reading ITC Warns Satellite Channel Of Ad Scheduling
Latest data from CAA/EDI shows that cinema admissions for November rose by 6.3% year on year to 10.3 million. Average weekly admissions during the month was 2.41 million. November film releases included Antz, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas and Rounders.Subscribers can access the Cinema database by selecting “Cinema” from the drop-down box at the… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Up 6% For November
