21 Dec 2000
ShopSmart.com, the comparative shopping site, is to renew its sponsorship of movies on Channel 5 next year as part of a multi-million-pound deal. Movies scheduled for next year include Courage Under Fire and The Long Kiss Goodnight. Movies form the cornerstone of C5's schedule, attracting audiences...
21 Dec 2000
The high cost of launching interactive services on BSkyB s digital platform could hold back the development of interactive television, according to a group of digital TV channels that are set to lobby the Office of Fair Trading over the issue. The digital channels claim Sky is exploiting its dominant...
21 Dec 2000
| by MARK KLEINMAN
The Football Association is talking to direct marketing agencies about its England Members Club business, as it looks to offer fans new services and build the Team England brand.
21 Dec 2000
Mix has taken time off from gobbling down festive-sized fistfuls of Quality Street to don its trenchcoat and dark glasses to do some digging into the fragile reputations of ad agencies.
First under the spotlight is Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper. They would have us believe the agency is a veritable den of...
21 Dec 2000
Sir Richard Branson is to delay his decision on legal action against the National Lottery Commission, after losing his fight to run the National Lottery.
21 Dec 2000
Scottish Radio Holdings has confirmed that it is in talks with a potential buyer, widely believed to include Scottish Media Group.
21 Dec 2000
Cable operator NTL has re-entered the bidding war for the pay-per-view TV rights to Premiership football matches, after abandoning its 328m bid earlier this year.
20 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
Camelot, the incumbent organiser of the National Lottery, has scooped the contract to run the UK Lottery for the next seven years following a 4-1 vote by the Lottery Commission, citing a greater risk involved in appointing a new operator.
20 Dec 2000
A management shake-up at French pay-TV group Canal+ is being mooted, following a strategic review as a result of its amalgamation into Vivendi Universal.
19 Dec 2000
| by Claire Billings
Shares in US media giant Time Warner tumbled 15% on the news that the company’s full-year earnings would fall short of expectations due to a decline in advertising revenues, a fall in music sales and disappointing box office results for the Adam Sandler film, Little Nicky.