Following ITV’s announcement that it plans to overhaul its evening schedule, the most controversial aspect of which involves the axing of the Ten O’clock News (see Newsline), the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has invited views on the proposal.As well as the complete overhaul of the ITV news service, the changes also involve a new current… Continue reading ITC Reacts To ITV’s Proposal
The latest NRS figures for the period Feb-Jul 1998 show that only three of the national papers gained readership during those six months, with all the other national titles losing ground. The Mirror showed the most impressive increase in readership, with a percentage gain of 6.29, with the Express On Sunday next in line with… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – July 1998
Share prices tumbled again today after poor performances overnight from major foreign stock markets. A few moments after it opened, the FTSE-100 Index of leading shares was down 102.6 to 5133.2 points, with London appearing to take its cue from New York and Tokyo.
The UK’s first city-based television channel, Channel One, announced yesterday that it is to close following poor subscription levels. The cable-only channel is owned by Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) and its closure follows the news of the death of DMGT’s chairman, Viscount Rothermere on Tuesday.Despite being lauded as a high-quality provider of local… Continue reading Channel One Closes After 4 Years
Pace Micro Technology and Cisco Systems announced today the joint development of multi-media set-top boxes that will deliver integrated cable-based digital television, internet data and telephony services.This will be the first product to integrate both digital cable television and internet technologies within the one compact system, and will enable people to watch TV, surf the… Continue reading First Integrated Set-Top Boxes For Digital
Viscount Rothermere, proprietor of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard, has died at the age of 73.Lord Rothermere, the chairman of Daily Mail and General Trust plc, died on Tuesday night in St Thomas’s Hospital, London, after a heart attack, according to a company statement. He was the scion of… Continue reading Press Baron Rothermere Dies At 73
Following reports this morning (see Newsline today) ITV has confirmed that it intends to drop its News At Ten bulletin, and has approached the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for agreement to the move. ITV wishes to move the news because in its present slot it interrupts the evening movies, and by the time the news… Continue reading ITV Axes News At Ten
Speculation during the past months that ITV is to move its flagship News At Ten programme to another spot has apparently climaxed today.The move is an attempt to create a more competitive schedule, as presently the evening movie is interrupted by the news, after which many viewers go to bed. ITV proposes to replace the… Continue reading ‘News At Ten Is On Its Way Out’ Say Reports
Coming cold on the heels of ITV and BBC1, Channel 4 finally announces its schedule for Autumn 1998. There are a wide range of programmes featured, many new commissions, and old favourites returning for new series.Starting at the top and working down, Brookside continues it obsession with periodically having five episodes a week (as well… Continue reading Channel 4’s Autumn Schedule Unveiled
Shares made a healthy start to the day as the FTSE-100 Index followed the lead set by Wall Street and the Far East. Yesterday’s 80.3 drop was quickly made up, with the footsie up 82.7 at 5251.8 a few moments after it opened.
