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ITV has withdrawn its formal complaint against BSkyB, after claiming that the satellite giant charges too much for the regionalisation of ITV’s channels on its digital satellite platform.Negotiations between the two broadcasters had been headlocked, resulting in ITV making a formal complaint to media watchdog, Ofcom, over the affair (see Ofcom Investigating Sky Over Regional… Continue reading ITV Withdraws Complaint Against BSkyB

Johnston Press’s possible takeover of Emap’s Score Press may be referred to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) after concern was raised over the companies’ combined share of Scotland’s regional newspaper industry.Media watchdog, Ofcom, is reported to be considering the proposed deal, with the OFT claiming that the merger is “qualifying” and one that needs… Continue reading Johnston Press Score Deal May Be Referred To Competition Commission

The Board of Independent Media Distributions (IMD) has signed an agreement with ITV to use its digital advertising delivery service in the broadcaster’s London and Leeds transmission centres.ITV, like BSkyB, has decided to receive its commercials through IMD’s system, allowing IMD to offer advertisers an almost full digital network, connecting it to the UK and… Continue reading ITV Signs Deal With IMD For Advertising Delivery

Regional newspaper group, Johnston Press, has successfully completed the acquisition of Emap’s newspaper operation, Score Press, for £155 million.The deal was conditional on Emap’s takeover of Scottish Radio Holdings, which was cleared by Ofcom yesterday, as long as the media group agrees to sell one of its two digital multiplex radio licences in Scotland (see… Continue reading Johnston Acquires Emap’s Score Press

Publisher, Highbury House Communications and high-street retailer, The GAME, are planning to join forces to publish the official GAME magazine, with the first issue expected to go on sale in September.The new publication will draw upon Highbury’s expertise in games publishing, giving game manufacture’s the chance to communicate with gamers at the point of purchase.Mike… Continue reading Highbury Launches New Gaming Magazine

Media group, Archant, has announced a 7.5% increase in revenues for the first six months of 2005, reaching £99.2 million, compared to £92.3 million in 2004. Operating profit was shown to be £0.4 million lower at £17.5 million, while pre-tax profit was also down, by 19.5% year on year, at £13.3 million.The group’s magazine divisions,… Continue reading Archant Enjoys 7.5% Increase In Revenues For First Half Of 2005

Media watchdog, Ofcom, has cleared the proposed takeover of Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) by Emap, as long as the media group agrees to sell one of its two digital multiplex radio licences in Scotland.Ofcom found in its review of the deal that local digital multiplex ownership rules would be breached in three Emap multiplexes, Aberdeen,… Continue reading Emap Takeover Of SRH Cleared

UK Cinema has experienced the highest advertising revenue growth for the first half of 2005 out of all traditional display media, enjoying a 7.9% increase year on year.According to new figures from Nielsen Media Research, cinema adspend totalled £66 million in terms of revenue for the January to June period, with growth pushed predominantly by… Continue reading UK Cinema Adspend Beats Other Media

Magazine publisher, Highbury House Communications, has sold its Real Homes magazine to rival publisher, Hachette Filipacchi UK for £500,000 as part of its ongoing restructuring scheme.Just weeks after shutting Home magazine, Highbury has also closed another of its home-interest lifestyles magazines, Inspirations.Meanwhile, Highbury has decided to keep Garden’s Monthly and Front in its portfolio as… Continue reading Highbury Offloads Real Homes To Hachette Filipacchi

Daily Newspaper Market.The majority of the nation’s daily newspapers turned in a poor performance in the six months Dec’04-May ’05, with just four titles managing to increase readership. As a whole, the daily newspaper market lost 7.65% readers year on year.Quality Daily Titles.The Guardian continued to perform well, increasing its readership by a massive 18.4%… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2005