ISBA has expressed its concern over plans by the UK government to implement the EU Injunctions Directive, believing it could undermine the long term prospects for self-regulation of the advertising industry and potentially cost advertisers millions of pounds.Ian Twinn, ISBA director of public affairs explained: “If a future Government decided to empower other organisations to… Continue reading ISBA Warns Of Long Term Dangers In Injunctions Directive Implementation
GWR Group and UBC Media Group have formed a joint venture company, Digizone, to launch the world’s first commercial digital radio data service on the national multiplex Digital One.The service is currently available to anyone with a data capable digital radio receiver, namely the Psion Wavefinder, launched last year as a PC peripheral which allows… Continue reading GWR Teams With UBC To Produce Digital Radio Data Service
While media shares continue to be in better shape than last week, further downgrades were levelled at some stocks yesterday. Merrill Lynch cut its rating of WPP from “accumulate” to “neutral” and reduced its headline profit forecast, causing shares in the company to fall 3½p to end at £7.25. Meanwhile, Credit Suisse First Boston downgraded… Continue reading Sharewatch
Capital Radio has announced the sale of two of the local stations it acquired as part of the purchase of Fox FM and its subsidiary Bucks Broadcasting Limited. The sale of its shareholdings in Centre FM and FM 102 The Bear to CN Group Ltd will complete the disposal of Capital’s non-core stations. The company’s… Continue reading Capital Radio Completes Disposal Of Non-Core Stations
Janet Street Porter has resigned her position as editor of the Independent on Sunday. It is believed that Porter will quit the job following the General Election, ending a two year reign in the editor’s chair (see Janet Street-Porter Appointed As Editor Of Independent On Sunday).Chris Blackhurst, formerly deputy editor of the Daily Express is… Continue reading Janet Street Porter Quits Independent On Sunday Editorship
Digital television viewing figures for March shows that non-terrestrial channels continue to grow audiences in general terms, having increased their share of viewing across all homes. The biggest loss of viewing share was at ITV, which, although it still commands the largest share of viewing, has seen a decrease in share year on year. BBC2… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – March 2001
Channel 5’s proposal to move its early evening news bulletin to 5.30pm, in order to show Home and Away in the vacated 6pm slot, has been blocked by the Independent Television Commission (ITC).In its original licensing remit, Channel 5 agreed to provide a minimum 20 minutes of news coverage and 10 minutes of current affairs… Continue reading Channel 5 News Move Refused By ITC
Advertising the performance capabilities of a car without encouraging dangerous driving is a tricky one. Daihatsu found itself on the wrong side of the line this week with an advert in the national press that prompted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.The ad in question, for the Sirion 1.3 SL featured a picture of… Continue reading ASA Puts Brakes On Daihatsu Advertising
The beleaguered media sector staged something of a comeback yesterday. BSkyB rose 36p to £8.20 after Merrill Lynch gave it an upgrade to “buy”. Pearson rose £1.11 or well over 9% to finish at £13.07, Reed International rose 26p to £6.26, Reuters 39p to £8.90 and even Emap defied a downgrade by Credit Suisse First… Continue reading Sharewatch
The New York Times has settled a lawsuit with the National Basketball Association after agreeing to sell photographs of NBA games taken by NYT photographers and providing promotional benefits to the association. Additionally, the New York Times will display the NBA.com logo on NYTimes.com and in print and offer a direct link from its online… Continue reading New York Times Settles Lawsuit
