20 Dec 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
entertainment system. The ads will run on national TV for six weeks and a cinema version of the Matiz ad ...
20 Dec 2001
this week. HIT Entertainment, owner of Bob the Builder, reported a surge in business -- one of the few entertainment companies to do so after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US.
Chairman Peter Orton ...
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And Fireman Sam moved homes, joining Thomas the Tank Engine at Gullane Entertainment with the promise of a new ...
20 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
to dispose of the Seagram drinks business in order to focus on its media and entertainment offerings. Other ...
20 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Virgin Radio is to launch in Thailand in a joint venture with BEC-Tero Entertainment, a...Under the terms of the deal, Singapore-based Virgin Radio Asia and BEC-Tero Entertainment will jointly convert the Thai broadcaster's three radio stations into Virgin-branded stations.
The venture, called Virgin BEC-Tero Radio Thailand, will be equally financed and owned by both companies ...
20 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
programmes for nearly a decade. It represented a breakthrough for TV entertainment as a whole and created a ...
19 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Omnicom Group has teamed up with sports marketing company Assante Sports & Entertainment...The tie-up will see Omnicom company The Marketing Arm partner with Assante to form Assante Marketing Solutions. Ray Clark, CEO of The Marketing Arm, said: "Corporate clients want direct access to sports and entertainment content and certainly Assante's roster of nearly 1,000 athletes, entertainers ...
18 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
The news that French media giant Vivendi Universal has paid 10.3bn ( 7bn) for the entertainment...-house distribution over the USA cable network, while USA Entertainment obtains more negotiating power when acquiring ...
Universal Entertainment, which will be headed up by USA Networks founder Barry Diller. Diller retains ...
multibillion-dollar entertainment business.
Diller, whose TV career began at ABC, is credited ...
17 Dec 2001
| by Gordon MacMillan,
LONDON - Vivendi Universal has confirmed that it has paid 10.3bn ( 7.03bn) for the entertainment...'s own entertainment operations into a new company.
USA Entertainment is the business that Michael ...
% of USA Networks, valued at 6.3bn and is effectively trading that for control of the entertainment ...
multibillion-dollar entertainment business.
Diller, whose TV career began at ABC, is credited ...
14 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
to information and entertainment.
The agreement will also see the two companies working together ...
13 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
executive Jean-Marie Messier is negotiating with USA Networks to buy its entertainment arm, USA Entertainment, which is run by former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson.
In a statement, Vivendi ...