The chief financial officer of BSkyB, Nick Carrington, died suddenly last Friday after a short illness. He was aged 47, and had worked at BSkyB since 1995 (as well as from 1989 to 1991), and joined the main board at the beginning of the year.This could cause further personnel upheavals at a time when Sky… Continue reading BSkyB Chief Dies After Short Illness
The heart sinks at the first glimpse of No Limits World , the new “extreme lifestyle” title from Future. A busty brunette pouts from the cover above the line “Thrills, Excitement, Challenge…Its All Out There (And In Here!)”. In fact it looks like a carbon-copy of AIM’s Adrenalin magazine but, as with that title, the… Continue reading First Issue Review – No Limits World
Future Publishing will be launching a new lifestyle motoring magazine called Redline on 23 April.The title, which will be about “fast cars, fast bikes and fast living”, will be one of Future’s biggest-ever launches supported by a substantial marketing spend – this will include above the line TV advertising, a £1 introductory cover price and… Continue reading Lifestyle Motor Mag Launch For Future
Granada Media Group (GMG) and Littlewoods have reached an agreement to create a jointly operated TV home shopping company. The as yet unnamed company is expected to begin broadcasting in Autumn this year on digital terrestrial, digital satellite, digital cable and analogue cable. The digital terrestrial broadcast will feature as part of British Digital Broadcasting’s… Continue reading Granada And Littlewoods Plan Home Shopping Channel
A crew of media pranksters and saboteurs have set up their own website under the name of ŽTMark at http://www.paranoia.com/~rtmark/homereg.html. The group’s objective is specifically to engage in the “sabotage of mass-produced items” and has previously orchestrated the work of the Barbie Liberation Organisation. ŽTMark is currently promoting the USA Phone In Sick Day which… Continue reading Web Round-Up – W/E 13/03/98
The BBC and Sky have announced that they will be sharing live coverage of the cricket World Cup – to be staged in the UK next year.Sky Sports and the BBC will share TV coverage of the 42-match tournament to be staged in May and June of 1999 while BBC Radio will also broadcast commentary… Continue reading Sky And BBC Join Forces For Cricket World Cup
Independent Newspapers (UK) has launched a new free weekly newspaper called the Thurrock & Grays Free Post to complement its paid-for Thurrock Post. The paper launched on 5 March, and has a print run of 60,000.Independent Newspapers (UK): 0181 517 5577
Consumer spending is predicted to slow during 1998, with consumer durables being the worst hit, according to a report published by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).The Quarterly State of the Market Report forecasts that consumer durables, especially car sales, will feel the effect of an economic climate where building society windfalls are less and… Continue reading Consumer Boom Is Over, Says CIM
