The much sought after Talk Radio (see Talk Radio Management Submits Bid) has launched its own website which is sponsored by Nationwide Building Society.The site, at http://www.talk-radio.co.uk/, is dubbed ‘the site of two halves’ and its entrance is divided between those who ‘Love Football’ and those who ‘Hate Football’.Talk Radio: 0171 636 1089
The data gathered by the Quality of Reading Survey (QRS) (see Quality of Reading Survey Launched Today) has now been fused with that of the National Readership Survey (NRS). The resulting magazine and newspaper readership information is held in a database which is accessible by agencies and publishers who subscribe to the NRS through the… Continue reading Merged QRS And NRS Readership Data Now Available
The ITC is to hold a press conference tommorrow at 10:30am at its offices at 33 Foley Street, London, to announce how it intends to implement new regulations concerning channel bundling of cable and satellite television channels (see ITC Denies Backtracking On ‘Unbundling’ Strategy).Details will appear on Newsline as they are available.Independent Television Commission: 0171… Continue reading Channel Bundling Rules
Agency estimates for May 1998 put total terrestrial TV ad revenue at £250.38 million, a rise year on year for all the channels but GMTV.ITV’s total revenue was up 19%, C4’s rose 16.1% and C5’s once again saw the greatest relative gain – up 19.8%; GMTV lost 9.8%.A full TV Round-Up will follow shortly on… Continue reading TV Revenue – May 1998
Culture Secretary Chris Smith, yesterday told the Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) that the Government will seek to act to promote ‘the emergence of new services’ in the commercial radio industry rather than ‘consolidating existing positions of industrial dominance.’ He spoke of a light-touch in Governmental regulation and said that the fundamental aims were plurality,… Continue reading Chris Smith Warns Radio Industry Against Industrial Dominance
US telecoms giant AT&T announced yesterday that it was to merge with even larger US cable television company TCI. As a result, two TCI part-owned UK cable companies, Telewest and Flextech, both saw their share prices rise.Telewest Communications rose 29˝p to 159˝p and Flextech saw an increase of 62˝p to 551˝p.
Commercial radio station of the year was awarded to Talk Radio at this afternoon’s Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) Congress and Awards ceremony.The award for technical excellence was given to Capital Interactive for its work on the network of Capital websites. The judges said that the Capital work “was a great example of the use… Continue reading Talk Radio Awarded Commercial Station Of The Year At CRCA Awards
The Independent Television Commission denies that it is set to ‘backtrack’ on its proposals to ‘unbundle’ cable and satellite television channels (see ITC Recommends Smaller Channel Packages For Pay TV).Since the Commission announced that it planned to remove the minimum carriage requirements (MCRs), which ensure that smaller cable and satellite channels are distributed to the… Continue reading ITC Denies Backtracking On ‘Unbundling’ Strategy
The Granada Media Group has been warned by the ITC for failing to meet the payment deadline for its broadcasting licences. Granada Television, LWT, Yorkshire and Tyne Tees all failed to pay the Commission the monthly tender charge which was due on 27 March and which, collectively, runs to over £10 million. Payments were received… Continue reading Granada Franchises Warned Over Late Tender Payments
The Daily Telegraph is to further its dedication to sport by becoming an official sponsor of Premier League football. The Telegraph is to sit behind Carling, the League’s main sponsor, as one of a number of ‘second tier’ sponsors.Daily Telegraph logos will appear on pitch perimeter boards, as well as in each match programme.The newspaper… Continue reading Daily Telegraph To Sponsor Premier League
