Right, I’m not going to pull any punches here. Future’s new lifestyle/car/motorbike magazine Redline is for sad boy-racers who can’t get girlfriends and spend all of their money and affection on lumps of metal which are only supposed to get them from A to B. They also probably still listen to Iron Maiden and wear… Continue reading First Issue Review – Redline
A new survey commissioned by MediaTel has found that 94% of the radio industry believes that it will be 10 years before digital radio becomes available in the majority of homes.The full-scale study into the viability of digital radio in the UK was conducted during November 1997 – January 1998 amongst commercial radio companies, the… Continue reading The Future Of Digital Radio
ISBA has said that it is “disappointed” with the ITC’s decision not to extend the amount of advertising minutage on commercial TV (see ITC Rejects Extra Minutage Proposal). The advertiser organisation believes that its submission, which ran to over sixty pages, actually called for “little more than the regulatory formalisation of what is already widespread… Continue reading Industry Reacts To ITC Minutage Decision
The broadcasting industry’s most influential people spoke at the Institute Of Economic Affairs, Future of UK Broadcasting conference yesterday.Chris Smith, the heritage secretary, gave the key-note speech. He emphasised his commitment to public service broadcasting for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. He conceded that ITV was gradually consolidating and he predicted that within a… Continue reading The Heritage Secretary Speaks Out On The Future Of UK TV
