The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Chris Smith,has announced that he has given the BBC permission to put its internet services on a permanent footing as a core publicly funded service alongside television and radio. According to reports, this is a result of overwhelming public support for the BBC gauged by the… Continue reading BBC Online Gets Government Backing
The ITC is celebrating the fact that it has received an award from the Royal Television Society. The award, the Technical Innovation award for Research and Development, was given for the virtual human Simon the Signer.Simon was a joint creation of the University of East Anglia, Televirtual and the ITC, and will provided instant signing… Continue reading ITC Wins Technical Award
Channel 4 is understood to be on the brink of signing a deal with Monica Lewinsky, the Whitehouse intern involved in the Clinton scandal, for a television interview.The deal will allow Channel 4 to sell the interview around the world, except in America and Canada. Jon Snow is expected to conduct the interview, and speculation… Continue reading Channel 4 Courts Lewinsky Interview
Classic FM Magazine’s editor Lucy Hall has been shortlisted for the 1998 British Society Of Magazine Editors Awards. Nominees in the same sector include Top Sante, Food Illustrated, Mojo and Sony Playstation Monthly.Classic FM Magazine is currently enjoying its most successful run of promotions, with a cover CD on both its October and December issues.… Continue reading Classic FM Magazine Shortlisted For Award
Details of how OFTEL is to be restructured have been announced. The restructuring will aim to make a more flexible and better focussed group so that OFTEL ‘can respond quicker to new challenges in the fast-moving communications world.’The restructuring came into affect yesterday (Tues 10 Nov), and comes after a review of OFTEL’s ways of… Continue reading OFTEL Restructuring Details Announced
Camelot has announced that it is to change the advertising strategy for the National Lottery. The original motto “It Could Be You”, which launched the Lottery four years ago, is to replaced with the slogan “Maybe, Just Maybe.”The new slogan attempts to emphasize the endless possibilities created by the Lottery. However, more importantly, it takes… Continue reading ‘National Lottery Benefits All’ Says New Ad Strategy
The director of advertising and sponsorship at the Independent Television Commission, Frank Willis, has announced that he is to retire on the grounds of ill health. He has held the position at the ITC and formerly the IBA since 1987.Chief executive of the group, Peter Rogers, commented on Willis’s departure: “Frank’s departure will leave a… Continue reading ITC’s Director Of Advertising Retires
Cable & Wireless released its interim financial results today for the six months ended 30 September 1998.Revenue increased 14% to £1,257 million for September 1998, and profit before and after taxation for the period was £65 million. Operating profit increased 28% to £157 million.Earnings per share increased 12% to 4.9p.Chief executive, Graham Wallace, said: “We… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Shows Quarter Growth
The European Broadcasting Union is fighting to ensure that the coverage of the next two football World Cups in 2002 and 2006 are shown on free to air television. The EBU are usually sold the television rights to World Cups by FIFA, the international governing body for football, but this year the rights were sold… Continue reading EBU In Fight To Keep World Cup Rights Free To All
Viewers are less tolerant of strong scenes in television dramas than they are in films, according to an Independent Television Commission research report published today called Film Versus Drama: Relative Acceptability Of The Two Genres On Television.According to the report, viewers very much appreciate information about the content of programmes, and consider television drama content… Continue reading Drama More Of A Shocker Than Films, Says ITC
