by the German government, which will seek to continue to divest its stake through secondary offerings ...
With a new opposition communications spokesperson, Lindsay Tanner, in place, the federal government's proposed changes to media ownership laws look set to proceed through the upper house of parliament. Previously, the Labour Party had opposed relaxation of media legislation. Industry ...
across the board, as the industry was buoyed by the government's media-ownership consultation paper ...
. On Monday, its share price responded favourably to the government's media-ownership consultation paper ...
Other companies which saw their prices fall sharply were Reuters, down 4.3% to 732p, and WPP Group, down 2.9% but staying above the 7 mark at 710.5p. Both companies had seen significant increases yesterday, as the whole media sector was buoyed by the government's announcement that cross-media ownership ...
LONDON - The Newspaper Society has attacked the government's media ownership paper, published...media," he said. The society has also voiced fears that the government has not even begun ...
LONDON - The government will not remove regulatory hurdles blocking Rupert Murdoch from owning a UK...'s News Corporation take control of ITV -- comes just weeks after reports suggested that the government ... terrestrial broadcasters would not be lifted, although the government "would be willing to listen to arguments ... , the government said that this was a "market issue" and that the competition authorities would have to consider ...
Carlton's shares were priced at 243.75p this afternoon and Granada was at 150p as the market reacted favourably to news that the government is to scrap the current rule prohibiting single ownership of the two London ITV licences. BSkyB also saw its share price soar, up 4.8% to 851p, as the FTSE 100 ...
to the government for every viewer that watches on digital TV instead of analogue. The deal is also expected to help ...
LONDON - The UK government is to launch a public consultation later this month on relaxing media
to remove filters