ITV has confirmed its intention to continue broadcasting its Saturday night dating show, Blind Date, despite the announcement that its host of 18 years, Cilla Black, is set to leave at the end of the current series.Black announced her departure live on air during last Saturday night’s show, prompting speculation that the programme, which has… Continue reading ITV Backs Blind Date After Cilla’s Departure
The media sector saw slight gains across the board on Friday with the exception of BSkyB and Reuters, which fell 0.98% and 0.13% respectively.Elsewhere, Capital Radio was seen up 0.51% after chief executive, David Mansfield, declared that radio could claim 8% of the advertising market by the end of the decade in the group’s annual… Continue reading Sharewatch
Morag Blazey, the IPA’s media policy group spokesperson for radio, has been appointed as the new chairman of JICRIT, replacing Douglas McArthur who has held the position for the last four years.JICRIT, a joint Venture between the commercial radio industry and the IPA, was established to create an electronic trading system for use by buyers… Continue reading IPA’s Blazey To Replace McArthur As JICRIT Chair
The BBC is considering approaching ABC with the intention of creating a news gathering alliance, after merger talks between the American television network and CNN stalled.ABC had been in merger talks with CNN, the cable news network owned by AOL Time Warner, for some months until it was announced that the discussions had been put… Continue reading BBC Considering News Gathering Alliance With ABC
BSkyB is reportedly considering paying up to £1 billion to secure the rights to broadcast Premier League football matches, despite facing less competition from rivals.The £1 billion that BSkyB is believed to be willing to pay for the rights is only slightly less than the £1.1 billion that it paid in 2000 to broadcast Premiership… Continue reading BSkyB Could Pay Up To £1bn For Premiership Rights
Advertising on the London Underground directly influences tube travellers to buy products, according to research commissioned by Viacom Outdoor.The Project Siren study, which was carried out by NFO WorldGroup, shows that 39% of regular Tube users have bought something as a result of seeing an ad on the Underground, with 69% claiming to read cross-track… Continue reading Underground Ads Influence Tube Travellers
The Financial Times is to relaunch its UK edition early this year in an attempt to boost sales.The FT has refused to confirm details of the new-look but it is expected to include a new tabloid style insert similar to T2 in the Times and G2 in the Guardian.Speculation has also suggested that former Daily… Continue reading Financial Times Set For New Year Relaunch
Chrysalis has secured a deal to launch its Galaxy radio service on Switch Digital’s DAB multiplexes across London and central Scotland.The agreement begins this month and extends the Galaxy brand in the UK, increasing its combined analogue/DAB digital reach to almost 28 million potential listeners.The group has also secured a deal to carry its digital… Continue reading Chrysalis Brings Galaxy To London And Scotland
Internet search engine Google has been named website of the year 2002 in a poll conducted by Nielsen//NetRatings.The poll, which is based on the internet research company’s measurement of audience growth, shows that Google.com/Google.co.uk was visited by 4.7 million at-home internet users during 2002. Its audience share increased from 18% to 28% over the course… Continue reading Google Named Website Of The Year 2002
BBC1 has extended its annual ratings lead over ITV1, with the success of the World Cup, extra investment in drama and more landmark factual programmes helping the channel to increase its share of viewing during 2002.Despite the recent success of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and Popstars: The Rivals, ITV has been… Continue reading BBC1 Extends Annual Ratings Lead Over ITV1
