Trinity has said that it is no longer in merger negotiations with Mirror Group (see Mirror Shares Jump On Takeover Talk). Whilst the talks were only at an exploratory stage, it is believed that Trinity did not wish to compete with Axel Springer for control of the group.Mirror Group has said that it will make… Continue reading Trinity Pulls Out Of Mirror Talks
The ITC has published a consultation document on local television advertising rules which aims to allow the broadcast of programme-length ads.The ITC wants to use airtime currently allocated for teleshopping to broadcast the ads and the move would not increase the overall amount of commercial airtime available to these local TV services.The move is in… Continue reading ITC Consults On Programme-Length Ads
Contrary to data published in the IPA’s Trends in Television report (see TV Viewing Falls), ITV says that it never set quarterly or even yearly peak time viewing share lead targets over BBC1.According to the IPA, ITV had set a peak time share lead of 6.4% over BBC1 for each quarter up to the year… Continue reading ITV Clarifies Targets
New Woman magazine has claimed the Comag Consumer Magazine of the Year award in this year’s PPA Magazines ’98 Awards. The Emap Elan title was given the award following a dramatic turnaround from falling sales and lack of editorial clarity into an increase in sales of 24% a year and a sharper editorial focus. At… Continue reading New Woman Wins Consumer Mag Of The Year At PPA Awards
The latest IPA Trends In TV report shows that average daily viewing for the first quarter of 1998 was slightly down year on year, from 3.89 hours to 3.84 hours.Terrestrial channels’ share of total viewing was also down as the share taken by the non-terrestrial channels continues to grow. ITV’s consolidated all homes viewing share… Continue reading TV Viewing Falls
The Senate has began to debate the Tobacco Bill, which gives considerable powers to the US Food & Drug Administration to control and restrict tobacco marketing. The Senate is almost certain to pass the proposed legislation, which will: ban free samples of merchandise bearing tobacco emblems ban tobacco advertising in magazines with either a large… Continue reading US: Senate debates Tobacco Bill
The EU’s Telecommunications Council has approved a plan to counteract illegal content on the Internet. The aim is to increase the use of screening mechanisms to filter out illegal content and thus protect children and minors. A campaign to raise awareness will be conducted among parents and teachers.
The all-party House of Commons select committee for culture, media and sport has called on the UK Government to create a Department of Communications, which would have responsibility for telecommunications, broadcasting, media, and the Internet, and would be overseen by a single Communications Regulation Commission, replacing all the existing statutory regulatory bodies.
Mirror Group’s share price this morning rose 22.5p to 240.5p after the disclosure that it is in takeover talks with German newspaper group Axel Springer. Springer has issued a statement saying that it is considering several opportunities, one of which is believed to be a takeover of the UK media group.The news immediately sparked off… Continue reading Mirror Shares Jump On Takeover Talk
A decision on the planned digital-TV joint venture between Kirch Group and CLT-Ufa, the two German media groups, may be delayed by the European Commission. The German media company Bertelsmann has a 40 per cent stake in CLT-Ufa, and confirmed that the two sides had sought to obtain a compromise with the Commission, which has… Continue reading EU: German digital venture on or off?
