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A rise in utility bills and housing costs has helped to push the UK’s inflation rate up, with December’s figure hitting its highest level since June 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics.According to the ONS, the consumer price index has risen by 1.6% year on year in December. The bulk of the blame… Continue reading Inflation Rises As Utility Costs Climb

Commercial broadcaster ITV plc enjoyed the strongest performance in last week’s stock market, gaining 7.98% to close last Friday at 115p. This comes ahead of Sir Clive Hollick, outgoing chief executive of United Business Media, being hired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.Industry reports stated that he would consider making a bid for ITV, claiming the purchase… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Up After Hollick Takeover Rumours

The ability to avoid TV commercials through the use of PVRs (personal video recorders) is costing UK advertisers £30 million a year, according to a new white paper produced by media analyst Big Picture.The growth in the penetration of PVRs, such as Sky+, has given a significant number of TV viewers the opportunity to skip… Continue reading UK Ad Avoidance Costs Advertisers £30 Million Per Year

ITV’s future is at the centre of renewed speculation today, with reports surfacing that a possible bid of £6 billion is being prepared for the broadcaster by a conglomerate of investors, including Lord Hollick and former BBC director general, Greg Dyke.The rumours build on comments made by Hollick last week, when the outgoing chief executive… Continue reading Greg Dyke Implicated In ITV Bid Speculation

Today’s mammoth 12 hour syndicated radio broadcast in aid of the Asian tsunami appeal has raised over £2 million with just under two hours left to run.The staggering total is double the amount expected to be raised by the event, which unites more than 200 stations with a single programme broadcast from Capital Radio’s Leicester… Continue reading UK Radio Aid Donations Surpass £2 Million Mark

Record Christmas sales of Freeview receivers have given a massive boost to the digital TV system, pushing the number of Freeview-equipped households up to the five million mark and delivering extra channels to at least one million more homes than at the same point last year, according to initial sales figures.According to estimates from the… Continue reading Christmas Shoppers Push Freeview Into Five Million Homes

The first television search engine offering customers over 42,000 hours of clips, has been launched by blinkx TV, allowing users to search online for clips from their favourite news, sports and entertainment programmes.The new technology allows TV and radio programmes from 15 international broadcasters, including the BBC, ITN and Sky News, to be fully searchable… Continue reading First Online TV Search Engine Launched

ITV Sales has announced the appointment of Jeremy Neaves as its new head of customer communications, further underlining the company’s drive to provide a more customer focused approach to its business.Neaves has spent the past 12 years working in agencies, holding positions with some of the nation’s best known direct marketing and relationship marketing agencies,… Continue reading ITV Hires Customer Boss To Boost Client Focus

Commercial broadcaster ITV plc saw a dramatic increase in share price, rising by 4.21% to close, at 111˝p. It was announced yesterday that the out-going chief executive of United Business Media, Lord Hollick, had been hired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, and reports stated he would consider making a bid for the ITV, claiming the purchase… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Rises As Hollick Fuels Bid Speculation

Speculation has intensified surrounding Associated Newspapers’ Evening Standard, with city brokers Cazenove warning that the paper may have to drop its coverprice or become a freesheet in order to survive intensified competition in the capital.The warning follows similar speculation last month that the newspaper would merge its operations with Associated’s high-profile freesheet, the Metro, and… Continue reading Freesheet Evening Standard Speculation Continues