The Radio Authority is advertising its eighth local digital licence, this time for the Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford area. The licence is designed to cover an adult population of around 1.1 million, and will initially run for a period of about 12 years. The Authority has already advertised licences for areas including London, Glasgow and… Continue reading RA Advertises Eighth Local Digital Radio Licence
The Board of satellite television broadcaster, BSkyB, is to meet tomorrow to discuss the replacement of its chairman Jérôme Seydoux, also chairman and majority shareholder of Pathé. Seydoux’s departure from BSkyB follows the acquisition of Pathé by French utilities group Vivendi (see BSkyB Shares Soar On Canal Plus Merger Speculation).When Vivendi took control of Pathé… Continue reading Murdoch May Become Chairman Of BSkyB
Golden Rose’s commercial radio station Jazz FM is currently in discussions about the possible launch of a television service. Although still in its very early stages, chief executive of Golden Rose, Richard Wheatly, said that the group is looking at the possibility of launching a 3 or 4 hour service, although there is nothing imminent… Continue reading Jazz FM Looks At Possible TV Venture
The great and the bad descended to Israel to take part in the annual cheesefest that is The Eurovision Song Contest. The event, which this year saw a great deal of political voting from participating countries, managed to pull in an average audience of 8.9 million and a peak of 12.0 million.The movie premiere of… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 30/05/99
Cable telecommunications company NTL has confirmed that its digital cable television services will launch on 1 September 1999, with trials running up to that date during July and August.NTL expects to sign up 250,000 subscribers to its digital TV service by mid-2000 thanks to a bundling strategy of selling telephony, television, internet and interactive access… Continue reading NTL Aims For 250,000 Digital Subscribers By Mid-2000
National newspapers May sales figures, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) today, show that the majority of titles failed to display any significant sales growth month on month. As a whole, the national newspaper market dropped 0.3% of its net sales between April and May, an actual decrease of 79,542. The News of… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – May 1999
Month On Month National newspapers May sales figures, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) today, show that the majority of titles failed to display any significant sales growth month on month. As a whole, the national newspaper market lost 0.3% of its net sales in May, an actual decrease of 79,542.The Financial Times… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – May 1999
A new research study was unveiled in Brussels this week by an industry delegation looking at national restrictions on advertising to children. The consortium includes the Advertising Association (AA), the European Group for Television Advertising (EGTA) and the Association for Commercial Television in Europe.The study, called An Overview and Comparison of Rules, Regulations and Policies… Continue reading Ad Consortium Aims To Counter Threat Of Ban On Kids’ Advertising
Coffee brand, Nescafé, has signed a deal with Channel 4 to sponsor its broadcast of US soap, Friends. The deal is understood to be worth £4 million and will see Nescafé appear at the opening and closing credits, as well as in the commercial breaks.The association begins on 17 June when Channel 4 begins showing… Continue reading Nescafé Signs £4m Friends Sponsorship Deal With Channel 4
Granada continued to fall back yesterday, following surge in its stock value earlier in the week when the group announced online expansion plans (see Sharewatch). The media and leisure group closed down 51p (3.9%) at 1,243p yesterday.The Daily Mail & General Trust, which admitted this week that advertising revenues on its new free London newspaper,… Continue reading Sharewatch
