AIB media industry news desk

RNZI soon back on own short wave

AIB member Radio New Zealand International’s shortwave transmitter has been off-air since Saturday 30 August. But it’s hoped that it will be...

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Vivendi: is debt tide turning?

Vivendi Universal, in half-yearly figures, is showing progress in its battle to turn the business around as net losses and debt narrow, but revealed...

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Ball definitely rolling

Tony Ball, CEO of the UK’s BSkyB, has said that he will certainly go as soon as a successor can be found. He expects that this will be long before...

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Viacom cuts back

Viacom, the world's largest media group, has cut back its estimates for the full year. The group says that national advertising in the US is strong,...

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Reuters is leaving home

Reuters, the electronic information group, is to move out of its historic headquarters in Fleet Street. The company which is undertaking a $700...

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UK's ITV targeted by US giants

Two of the world's richest media groups are interested in taking over Britain’s leading commercial broadcaster ITV. Although funded by advertising,...

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