ITV partners Carlton and Granada were seen in focus yesterday as their multi-billion pound merger drew nearer to completion. However, reports suggest that sales teams at the two broadcasters are preparing themselves for major job losses that could see around 300 staff made redundant. Carlton was seen down 0.92% and Granada slipped by 1.66%.GWR was… Continue reading Sharewatch: Stocks Slide As ITV Merger Looms
BBC chairman, Gavyn Davies, yesterday resigned following the critical conclusions of Lord Hutton’s inquiry into the death of Ministry of Defence weapons advisor Dr David Kelly.Lord Hutton yesterday unveiled a report that was heavily critical of the way the BBC handled developments following a story on Radio 4’s Today programme, which claimed that the Government… Continue reading Davies Resigns Following Hutton Report Criticisms
BBC chairman, Gavyn Davies, yesterday resigned following the critical conclusions of Lord Hutton’s inquiry into the death of Ministry of Defence weapons advisor Dr David Kelly.Lord Hutton yesterday unveiled a report that was heavily critical of the way the BBC handled developments following a story on Radio 4’s Today programme, which claimed that the Government… Continue reading Davies Resigns Following Hutton Report Criticisms
Full listings of performance by ownership for the major radio station owners is available to subscribers in Radio reports, click button on left.Subscribers can access the Radio database by selecting “Radio” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
Ofcom has surprised the broadcasting industry by announcing that Luke Johnson, owner of The Ivy and the man who floated Pizza Express, will replace Vanni Treves as chairman of Channel 4.It had been expected that the £66,000 a year non-executive position would be handed to former Coca-Cola executive, Penny Hughes, whose name appeared at the… Continue reading Ofcom Names Johnson As New Channel 4 Chairman
The lack of an industry agreed standard for web-advertising technology has prompted a number of leading online agencies to call on media owners to get their ad-serving software audited.Real Media, Profero, Outrider, Media.Com and i-level have come together to put their weight behind an initiative that will see third party ad-servers independently audited to industry… Continue reading Online Agencies Call For Ad-Serving Software Audit
ITV’s commercial airtime revenues will barely grow during 2004, as its share of television advertising dips from 51% to 50%, according to new a forward-looking report from Billetts Media Consulting.Billetts says that ITV’s revenues will rise by a meagre 0.3% in 2004, whilst multi-channel advertising jumps by 11.0% year on year. As a result, multichannel’s… Continue reading Television Advertising Revenue To Rise By 3% This Year
Chris Moyles could be facing an uphill struggle as the self-styled saviour of BBC Radio One with the station recording its lowest weekly reach of 2003, according to the latest unofficial listening figures from GfK.The National Broadcast Survey, which electronically measures radio and television audiences, shows that Radio One had a weekly reach of 11.8… Continue reading GfK Claims Listening Hits All Time Low At Radio One
Yahoo! UK & Ireland has secured a deal with Benjys national sandwich-shop chain to promote its personal finance site to upmarket city workers.The deal, which is designed to tie-in with the Chinese New Year, will see around 100,000 fortune cookies containing a Yahoo! branded motto distributed in more than sixty Benjys outlets in the London… Continue reading Yahoo! Links With Benjys To Promote New Finance Site
The global economic recovery now appears to be shaping up, with the US leading the way, according to Jean-Philippe Cotis, chief economist for the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).Subscribers to MediaTel Insight can access more national and international media analysis, forecasts and news by visiting the site.
