PA NewsCentre, the news and information website from the Press Association, has obtained its first ABC //electronic certificate.The certificate shows that the site, http://www.pa.press.net/, recorded 4.684 million page impressions for the audit period 31 July to 30 August 1997. This makes PA NewsCentre the third busiest of UK sites certified so far, behind the Times… Continue reading PA NewsCentre Gets First Web Audit
BSkyB today announced that it expects its digital satellite service to launch in June of this year and said that it will serve a writ on Carlton for the £30 million it says the ITV company owes it.The satellite broadcaster says that it is owed £60m following its withdrawal from the British Digital Broadcasting consortium,… Continue reading BSkyB Confirms June Launch For Digital
The UK national newspaper market suffered drops in both sales and readership during 1997, despite a short-lived resurgence during September as the public sought information in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana.January to December 1997 ABC figures for all the nationals reveal that there was a 1.4% year on year drop in sales… Continue reading National Press Market Round-Up – 1997
MediaTel today launches a new service in partnership with the Advertising Association.EAB (European Advertising Briefing) is an extensive archive of international (mainly European) advertising legislation and news updated regularly by the AA, available via MediaTel, and fully searchable by keyword. The archive already contains news stories going back over a year.We are making this available… Continue reading MediaTel Launches European News Briefing With AA
Three new PC games magazines are set to enter the consumer computer titles market, two of which are geared towards providing cheats and hints for computer games.Rapide Publishing, publishers of Ultimate PC , launched PC Strategies on 30 January and are preparing for the launch of PC Force on 27 February.PC Strategies is a guide… Continue reading Three PC Magazines Set To Launch
ITV’s coverage of this year’s Brit Awards is to be sponsored by Britannia Music Club for the fifth year running. The ceremony takes place at London Arena at 8pm Tuesday 10 February; both the event and the broadcast will be endorsed by Britannia.The deal was negotiated by Andy Thompson at Carlton and John Nelligan, chairman… Continue reading Britannia To Sponsor Brit Awards 1998
Media Secretary Chris Smith has announced the commencement of the digital radio provisions of the Broadcasting Act 1996.This effectively means that the three independent national radio licensees (Classic FM, Talk Radio and Virgin Radio) will have to notify the Radio Authority by 28 February 1998 if they want to transmit their services on the digital… Continue reading Broadcasting Act Digital Radio Provisions Begin
The latest IPA Trends in Television Report, for the fourth quarter of 1997, reveals that C5’s viewing share has increased to 3.5%, up 0.4% points on the previous period. The channel also went through the 40% weekly patronage barrier.While TV viewing remained at a constant average of 3.59 hours per day for 1997, both ITV… Continue reading C5 Viewing Share Reaches 3.5%
Southern Newspapers has become the latest regional newspaper publisher to launch an Internet site.The site will contain corporate information, vacancies, press releases and details of the group’s 120 titles. It can be found at http://www.southern-newspapers.co.uk/.
Monday December NRS data is out and will be available in MediaTel’s Press Planner.Tuesday BSkyB interim results are released. Slowing growth and increased investments are expected to cause a 5% drop in profits to £126 million.Wednesday Granada will be holding its annual general meeting.Friday RAJAR quarter 4 results are released at noon and will be… Continue reading The Week Ahead
