ITV is supporting the announcement of a switch-off date for analogue television in response to the recently published NERA report on the subject. The commercial broadcaster is recommending to the government that a definite switch-off date is set as soon as possible.ITV says that the switch-off target date should be announced within two years of… Continue reading Analogue Shutdown Date Should Be Announced Within 2 Years Of Digital, Says ITV
The future is looking bright for one of Scotland’s top newspaper companies after it won a deal to print the Scottish editions of the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday until 2012.Glasgow-based Scottish Media Group (SMG) has signed a new agreement with the Mail titles’ owner Associated Newspapers, which replaces an existing contract due… Continue reading Future Looking Bright For Scottish Printers
David Wheldon has left the position of president at BBDO Europe, the advertising agency. Following his resignation, Jean-Michel Goudard, president of BBDO Worldwide, will now function as chairman together with a board of directors which will manage the region’s operations.Goudard will be joined by Allen Rosenshire, chairman and chief executive officer of BBDO Worldwide, and… Continue reading President Leaves BBDO
It was confirmed this weekend that Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB is in takeover negotiations with Manchester United football club and is expected to make a formal offer some time this week. It is believed that the offer values the club at 225p per share: this translates into a cash value of £575 million.Media mogul Murdoch already… Continue reading Sky Expected To Bid £575m For Manchester United
The shortlist for the 1998 Display and Classified Advertising Awards has been announced by the Newspaper Society, which made its selection from more than 2,000 entries. A gala dinner is to be held in Brighton on 15 September, where the winners will be announced.Two major pieces of Newspaper Society research will also be launched at… Continue reading Newspaper Society Announces Advertising Awards
ABC //electronic has issued the FHM website, at http://www.fhm.co.uk/, with its first audit certificate. The site recorded 6,482,381 page impressions during July.The FHM website is part of EMAP Consumer Online’s portfolio of nine other sites including, Empire, Select and New Woman. The site’s editor, Sarah Evans, said: “FHM.co.uk’s success comes from investment in an original… Continue reading FHM Website Achieves Over 6m Page Impressions
ABC //electronic has announced a 65% increase in page impressions for the Auto Trader website (http://www.autotrader.co.uk/) for its latest audit covering the period 1-31 July 1998.ABC awarded Auto Trader Interactive its third certificate, which recorded over four million page impressions.Richard Foan, ABC//electronic commented: “The increase shown in this third certificate for the Auto Trader Interactive… Continue reading Increase In Internet Traffic For Auto Trader
http://www.channel4.co.uk/“The trouble with websites is that they’re all image and no content.” This is a common refrain from those involved in new media publishing and one which the internet is only slowly beginning to challenge. The notion of a website for a website’s sake is starting to dissipate and publishers are beginning to produce material… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Channel 4
Like a fine wine that just gets better with age, so too does the 23 year-old episode of Fawlty Towers where Basil tries his best to make sure that nobody mentions the war. Classics lines like: “You started it. No we didn’t. Yes you did, you invaded Poland,” had 7.38 million people laughing for the… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 23/08/98
British Telecom announced a new digital communications service today which enables UK customers to surf the internet at high speeds and use the telephone at the same time over their existing telephone line.The new service operates over existing BT telephone-lines at speeds quicker than the fastest modem, on average taking just two seconds to connect… Continue reading BT Takes The Wait Out Of The World Wide Web
