The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) is to hold its third Digital Production Conference on 4 November at Grosvenor House. The global impact of digital production on magazine publishing is to be the focus of discussion, and the meeting will be chaired by Martin Bloomfield of Reed Business Information.Other than the main sessions, the conference will… Continue reading PPA Digital Production Conference
The weekly reach of all BBC stations increased by 1.4% this quarter to 26.6 million, a slightly larger increase than all commercial stations, which saw a rise of 1.2% year on year. During the summer period, both Talk Radio and Virgin saw healthy increases in weekly reach, of 11.2 and 18.6 percent respectively.Radio 4 saw… Continue reading Q3 RAJAR – National Stations
The advertising agency Ammirati Puris Lintas has appointed Susanna Hailstone board account director.Hailstone was behind the ‘hello boys’ Wonderbra campaign, and will be working on Lever Europe, Interflora and new business projects at APL. She will report to Chris Thomas, the agency’s chief executive.APL recently lost its chairman in the form of Andrew Cracknell, who… Continue reading APL Acquires New Director
BBC2’s new drama series The Cops has been attacked by the Police Federation as being a ‘poor reflection’ of life in the force. The programme received its first screening on Monday, and showed officers taking drugs, planting evidence on suspects and using violence.A spokesperson gave the following response to Newsline this afternoon:”We have worked closely… Continue reading BBC Cops Come Under Fire
Chris Smith, culture secretary, has made three new appointments to the radio authority.David Witherow, Sheila Hewitt and Feargal Sharkey are the newcomers to the group, and the appointments will be for 5 years from 1 December 1998.Chris Smith commented:”All three of these people came forward after we advertised for new members of the Radio Authority… Continue reading Appointments At The Radio Authority
Channel 4 and The Observer are to join forces to present a project called The Power List, which will appear both on television and in printed format.The project sets out first to define power and then to rank the 300 most powerful people in Britain. The Power List will kick off on Channel 4 this… Continue reading Channel 4 And The Observer Go On A Power Trip
ITV held its The Truth About Sponsorship conference today; here is a brief summary of the points covered.The Current State of the MarketThere has been a rapid growth in broadcast sponsorship in the last three years, with such deals as Cadbury’s with Coronation Street and Vauxhall’s sponsorship of the World Cup. Of the 85% of… Continue reading ITV Conference – The Truth About Sponsorship
The digital revolution could create real risks without proper handling by the government, dilute programme quality and impose unacceptable costs on consumers. These are some of the conclusions of a new report by the National Consumer Council (NCC), called TV’s Last Wave, released today.Director of the NCC, Ruth Evans, commented when launching the report:”Not only… Continue reading NCC Urges Digital Revolution To Consider Consumers
Managing director of Sky Networks, Elizabeth Murdoch, announced today at the European Cable Conference that Sky has established a new division in the form of Sky Interactive Programming. The move is part of Sky’s new initiative to bring interactive services to television.Advanced programming will allow viewers to access video clips and text whilst watching TV.… Continue reading Murdoch Announces New Sky Interactive Division
During the restructuring which took place at CIA Medianetwork earlier in the week (see Newsline), a number of directors were made redundant. These included Jackie Almeida, Richard Britton, and Greg Grimmer.Edward Lloyd Barnes, director of IDK, one of CIA’s subsidaries, and Paul Sumner and Simon Poole also lost their positions.CIA: 0171 803 2296
