The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) and the Radio Authority aim to co-operate more effectively in handling complaints in the future. A memorandum of understanding has been drawn up between the two regulatory bodies which aims to avoid double jeopardy for complainants and licensees and promote the sharing of information.The new arrangement will see complaints dealt… Continue reading Broadcasting Regulators To Team Up In Complaints Handling
Half of Europe’s spending power is now in the hands of people with access to the internet and of the 34% of Europeans who have used the internet 19 million buy online. New statistics released in the Datamonitor IMPACT survey have outlined huge possibilities for e-commerce in the future which may yet prove that the… Continue reading Europe Is Catching Up In The Online Revolution
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.A national newspaper NRS round-up for April will appear on Newsline.Thursday Daily Mail & General Trust releases half-year results.Chairman of the Premiership football clubs hold an AGM today and Friday during which they will agree the next stage in the bidding… Continue reading The Week Ahead
A new look MediaTel was unveiled today with a redesigned front page reflecting the company’s recent expansion and providing easier navigation around the site. Media Village, which houses the group’s host websites, has also been given a facelift.Links from the front page of MediaTel now lead to MediaTrader, the online media availablity service recently launched… Continue reading MediaTel Unveils New Look
Carlton Screen Advertising has moved into the outdoor market with the introduction of 6-sheet posters into over 200 cinemas throughout the country. From September over 500 new poster sites will be created targeting cinema-goers as they enter the cinema.Studies have shown that around 70% of people who visit the cinema arrive at least ten minutes… Continue reading Carlton Screen Advertising Opens Up New ‘Outdoor’ Market
Half of Europe’s spending power is now in the hands of people with access to the internet and of the 34% of Europeans who have used the internet 19 million buy online. New statistics released in the Datamonitor IMPACT survey have outlined huge possibilities for e-commerce in the future which may yet prove that the… Continue reading Europe Is Catching Up In The Online Revolution
The latest data from the National Readership Survey (NRS) shows a continuing decline in readership figures, with a YOY decrease of 4.4%. The largest losses were seen at the Sunday People which dropped 18.3%. The Mirror also fell 14.3% and The Times 11%.News of the World’s 5.7% drop was put forward by some as the… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round Up – April 2000
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has broadly welcomed the revisions to the Independent Television Commission’s (ITC) Code of Programme Sponsorship, but has also expressed some concerns.The ITC released a draft of the new code last month (see ITC Takes Simpler Approach In New Draft Sponsorship Code). The IPA has welcomed the fact that… Continue reading IPA Gives Tentative Welcome To ITC Sponsorship Code Consultation
Technology, media and telecommunication (TMT) shares rose sharply again on Friday following a week which saw the Techmark 100 index rise 21%. Reuters made a large jump, up £1.65 to end at £11.90, while Cable & Wireless ended up 95p at £12.35. Bright Station rose 9p to 90p and Cordiant was up 31p at £3.00½… Continue reading Sharewatch
The growth of the online educational market was acknowledged this week when Granada Media spent £19.7 million acquiring NFER-Nelson, a provider of multimedia testing and assessment products for schools. A spokesperson for Granada said that the acquisition would strengthen the group’s multimedia educational facilities and place it at the forefront of the e-testing market.Granada has… Continue reading Granada Strengthens Its E-Learning Business
