As the web weaves itself ever farther into our private and working lives it may begin to struggle to sustain the weight of its own traffic. The latest Internet User Profile Survey published by NOP Research Group shows that one in twenty-five UK households now has Internet access; the number has risen from 400,000 in… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 24/10/97
While there was an overall year on year drop of 1.7% in the number of people listening to radio, from 40.293 million to 39.603 million, commercial radio suffered less than the BBC in Quarter 3. The BBC’s total weekly reach slipped 4.4% to 26.3 million while all commercial fell 0.6% to 27.6 million.The BBC’s total… Continue reading Rajar Q3 1997 – National Stations
The telecommunications regulator Oftel warned at yesterday’s European Cable Communications conference that dominant operators, such as BSkyB, should not sell premium channels and events on “unreasonable” terms. Director General of Oftel Don Cruickshank, said that, “it is essential to a competitive market in television services that a dominant operator should not be able to leverage… Continue reading Oftel Warns Against BSkyB’s Digital Dominance
The ITC has decided that the takeover of HTV by United News & Media is not expected to operate against the public interest. The Commission received only four responses from the public regarding the takeover and no significant new issues were raised.ITC: 0171 255 3000
NTL, the UK’s sixth largest cable company, has reported a 70% increase in its total number of customers to 286,600. Penetration for cable and telephone services increased from 31% to 36% while churn remained static at 10%.NTL: 01252 402000
The Radio Authority is to advertise two national digital radio multiplexes next spring with bids beginning in June. It is believed that EMAP Radio, Capital Radio and DMG Radio may form a consortium to bid for one of these digital multiplexes. This would increase their chances of gaining a national broadcast.The three national commercial stations,… Continue reading Radio Consortium May Bid For National Digital Service
Capital Radio has announced the appointment of two new board members: Paul Davies joins as group commercial director with responsibility for revenue generated from the company’s radio stations and interactive media while Peter Mitchell joins as non-executive director.Davies was previously managing director of Media Sales & Marketing and his new role will involve developing sales… Continue reading Capital And ITC Make Appointments
London’s alternative radio station Xfm has been given a feature site on the Internet by the service provider LineOne (http:\\www.lineone.net). The Xfm location will relay a 24 hour live stream of the station’s broadcast allowing anyone in the world to tune in via an Internet connection.The site’s showpiece is to be Gary Crowley’s Demo Clash… Continue reading Xfm’s ‘Demo Clash’ Goes Online
As part of its continued expansion into Europe Internet ad agency Real Media has announced the opening of a UK office. Based in London this office will work in conjunction with the Real Media European and US offices to offer advertisers a local audience on a global scale.Real Media’s president Dave Morgan argues that the… Continue reading Real Media Open London Office
The On Demand Management (ODM) cable consortium finally confirmed yesterday that it has signed a pay-per-view movie deal with Warner Brothers International Television. The ODM consortium presently comprises Telewest, NTL, General Cable and Diamond Cable and is set to launch the UK’s first cable operated pay-per-view service. The Warner deal gives them the non-exclusive rights… Continue reading On Demand Confirm Warner Deal
