Britain’s largest commercial broadcaster, ITV, was seen in focus yesterday as investors renewed their confidences to push the company’s share price up by 2.69%.ITV closed at 105p yesterday after Citigroup told investors that shares had been oversold, and that 115p was “achievable in the near term, spurred by an improvement in advertising over the autumn”.… Continue reading Sharewatch: ITV Rises Following Advertising Upturn
OpenTV, owner of the PlayJam interactive TV channel, has signed a deal to provide a new games service for use on ITV’s channels accessed through Sky Digital.The new service, dubbed GTV, will be run by PlayJam on behalf of ITV. The interactive specialists will develop games for ITV based around the broadcaster’s best known brands,… Continue reading ITV Signs Playjam For Interactive Games Service
UBC Media, the UK’s largest independent radio production company, has announced details of a development agreement with Channel 4 to create a radio station from the company’s existing Oneword digital radio station.In a statement this morning, UBC stated that it had agreed to work with Channel 4, as well as with third party companies, to… Continue reading UBC Announces Plans For Radio With Channel 4
The BBC has confirmed the cancellation of one of its most iconic shows, with the next series of Changing Rooms marking the end of the genre-defining home makeover show after a steady decline in viewing figures over the past five years.A BBC spokeswoman confirmed the cancellation, stating: “”It is coming to an end after a… Continue reading BBC Axes Changing Rooms After Viewing Figures Slump
BSkyB was seen in focus yesterday with a good day’s trading pushing the broadcaster’s share price up by 1.38% to close at 477˝p. Sky One recently unveiled its autumn schedule with a focus on ‘distinctive, high quality and high concept’ programming in an attempt to clean up its image (see Sky One Cleans Up Schedule… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Sees Rise As Schedules Cleaned Up
As a result of better than expected advertising revenue at Johnston Press, Merrill Lynch has revised upwards its advertising growth forecast for the regional newspaper publisher to 5.3% this year and 4% in 2005.In light of Johnston Press posting impressive profit growth of 16%, to £77.3 million from January to June 2004, Merrill Lynch said:… Continue reading Latest Johnston Press Forecasts From Merrill Lynch
Emap has promoted FHM features editor Ross Brown to take over from departing editor David Davies at the helm of its market leading men’s lifestyle magazine.Brown takes over as editor at a difficult time for FHM, which has been hard hit by the multimillion launch of weekly rivals, Nuts and Zoo, which entered the sector… Continue reading FHM Appoints New Editor As Competition Hots Up
Sky One will receive an extensive revamp this autumn as its on and off-air branding is updated with a range of new idents and a new logo designed to coincide with the launch of the broadcaster’s new schedule.A spokesman for Sky One confirmed that the new branding would accompany Sky’s high-profile new acquisitions. He said:… Continue reading Sky One Gets Facelift In Time For Autumn Schedule
The Hallmark Channel is launching a national advertising campaign to support the UK premier of US police dramas Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which will air on the channel next month.The marketing campaign, which has been created by Skin Media, launches this week and runs until mid-September with… Continue reading Hallmark Launches Campaign To Push Police Dramas
Cash-strapped Cosmopolitan readers have been thrown a lifeline by the magazine’s website as it prepares to launch a new online service offering impartial financial advice.The new service, dubbed CosmoMoney, will build on the popularity of the magazine’s website, cosmopolitan.co.uk and will offer advice on getting the best deals on everything from household bills to personal… Continue reading Cosmopolitan Offers Online Readers Financial Advice
