The Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television and the Periodical Publishers Association have announced their joint commitment to encouraging the production of “masthead” programmes, programmes produced as joint ventures between print publishers and TV producers. Since March 1997 the ITC has permitted the production and broadcasting of such programmes on non-terrestrial channels in Britain. The… Continue reading UK: Masthead Programming
The Irish Times website received 4.25 million page impressions from 396,131 users during October 1997, according to figures from ABC //electonic.The website, which can be found at http://www.irish-times.com/, is the first Irish newspaper to receive an ABC //electonic certificate.ABC //electronic: 01442 870 800
IPC has announced its first new magazine launch as an independent company (subscribers see IPC Magazines Gains Independence). Living etc is described as a “home magazine with personality, vitality and spirit” and is aimed at “design conscious, aspirationally stylish women (and men) in their twenties and thirties.”The title goes on sale on March 6 and… Continue reading IPC Announces New Title
“If electronic cash transactions are to increase in future, the question of consumer protection cannot be left to wait. Customer confidence is a major problem for these new methods of payment. This is why our committee believes the Commission’s paper has come at just the right time and why we have given it our unanimous… Continue reading EU: Electronic Cash Rules
The ITC has announced that Channel 4 is to pay £89.9 million to the ITC for distribution to ITV licensees under the statutory arrangements of the Broadcasting Act 1990. The Act states that where Channel 4’s revenue exceeds 14% of the total television qualifying revenues of ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C, 50% of… Continue reading Channel 4 To Pay ITV Statutory £90m
The Russian Space Agency is to establish a subsidiary company which will sell advertising space on its missions into space and in other related areas. The aim is to obtain more revenues to fund space exploration as the Space Agency now gets only 50 per cent of its expenses from the national budget.
Despite the currency turmoils in parts of the Far East the outlook for growth in the Asia-Pacific TV and information sectors is rosy, according to a study by the US investment bank Salomon Smith Barney. TV revenues in the region will grow by an average 13 per cent annually in the years up to 2005,… Continue reading US: Asian Turmoil No Problem
Following an initiative by Emma Bonino, Commissioner for Consumer Policy, the European Commission has decided to propose the creation of a legal framework for the financing of Community activities under consumer policy. This framework has a budgetary allocation of ECU 114 million for five years (1999-2003). The Bonino proposal will focus on four priority areas:… Continue reading EU: Budget For Consumer Policy
Various long-standing infringements of the EC law on the free movement of goods and services within the EU remain unresolved while European industry protests at the Commission’s inaction continue to grow. The French Loi Evin – which bans almost all advertising of alcohol and the use of sponsorship messages by alcoholic beverage producers – is… Continue reading EU: Delays In Infringement Cases
The EC has proposed an International Charter to strengthen world-wide co-ordination for the elimination of barriers to the development of the information society. The Commission believes it is in the interests of industry, users and the general public to ensure greater consistency in global rules for doing business electronically and for using the global communications… Continue reading EU: EC Proposes Information Society Charter
