The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has said that it may become involved in an investigation of a second allegedly faked Carlton documentary, following an ‘exposure’ by The Guardian earlier this week.The documentary, Inside Castro’s Cuba, was accused by The Guardian of portraying Cuban Government archive footage of Castro as an exclusive Carlton interview. The ITC… Continue reading Carlton May Face Second ITC Inquiry
As expected the Government has voted against adding Clause 19 to the Competition Bill (see Government To Vote On Predatory Pricing). The Clause was proposed by the House of Lords to prevent the use of predatory pricing by national newspaper publishers.However, the Government believes that existing rules are sufficient to prevent anti-competitive behaviour.Protesters to this… Continue reading Government Rejects Predatory Pricing Clause
For the first time the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has set a minimum size for superimposed text which explains or qualifies offers in television advertisements.It says that, “text must be clearly legible and held long enough for the full message to be read by the average viewer on a standard domestic television set.”The Commission says… Continue reading Ads’ Superimposed Text Must Be Clearly Legible, Says ITC
Advertisements for two local radio licences in North and North-West London have been deferred until October to allow Radio Authority engineers to identify the availability of a second frequency.The original advertisements for the licences were scheduled for this month. The new planned closing date for applications is February 1999.Radio Authority: 0171 405 7058
Rupert Murdoch’s News International announced yesterday that it would be investing in Kelvin MacKenzie’s bid consortium for Talk Radio. It is to become a 20% shareholder in the consortium, which is the maximum allowed by broadcasting legislation.MacKenzie yesterday announced that he was leaving his deputy chief executive post at the Mirror Group in order to… Continue reading Murdoch Backs MacKenzie’s Talk Project
BT has announced plans to offer access to the internet without the need to subscribe to a service provider. A trial of the service is to begin in Northern Ireland, prior to a national roll-out in September.Access will operate on a pay-as-you-use basis and is designed to allow people to sample the internet at low-cost… Continue reading BT To Offer Internet Access For All
Regional sales house Amra has announced the appointment of Lisa Bourne as managing director, making her one of few women to reach this level of management amongst media representation operations.One of her first tasks is to alert advertisers to what Amra describes as “the increasing potential and diversity of regional press” and to initiate cross-media… Continue reading Amra Appoints New MD
With only a few months until launch, terrestrial digital broadcaster British Digital Broadcasting (BDB) has appointed a director of sales. Doug Goodwin fills the role with responsibility for subscription sales through retail outlets.Goodwin joins BDB from Sony Computer Entertainment where he also held the position of director of sales.BDB commercial director, Anthony Sethill, says: “We… Continue reading BDB Appoints Director Of Sales
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has finalised it rules in the auditing of bulk sales of national newspapers. This new set of codes is intended to prevent the disputes over bulk sales which have been dogging the ABC for some time (see Bulk Sales Battle Between NI And Mirror Group).The Mirror Group has been… Continue reading ABC Attempts To Put An End To Bulk Sales Bickering
IPC Magazines’ Ideal Home has announced the resignation of its editor-in-chief, Sally O’Sullivan.IPC says that O’Sullivan was instrumental in the magazine’s relaunch in June 1996 which was instigated to ‘turn around its declining sales base’. The title’s circulation, however, has not dramatically improved according to ABC figures.O’Sullivan says: “I have enormously enjoyed my two and… Continue reading Ideal Home Loses Editor-In-Chief
