Kiss TV, the youth music programme on Granada Sky Broadcasting, will cease broadcasting at the end of the month. This is to allow Emap, which owns the strand, to concentrate on the launch of Magic, a cable and satellite music channel (subscribers see Box To Launch Sister Channel).Kiss TV, which currently broadcasts for one hour… Continue reading EMAP Closes Kiss TV
Capital Radio’s plans for expansion suffered a setback yesterday when Margaret Beckett, President of the Board of Trade, published the Monopolies and Mergers report into its failed attempt to buy Virgin Radio (subscribers see Evans Snatches Virgin From Capital).The MMC said that Capital would not have been allowed to take over Virgin unless it sold… Continue reading MMC Report Could Curtail Capital’s Expansion Plans
British sport could face a ban on alcohol sponsorship if the French government is successful in pushing for a Europe-wide extension of its own anti-alcohol advertising laws.According to today’s Guardian, French officials are pressing the European Commission to make alcohol sponsorship and advertising illegal. French laws have already caused a row this year with Budweiser,… Continue reading Alcohol Sponsorship Ban Threatened
The ITC has approved changes to the licence requirements for HTV Wales by increasing the amount of regional, sport, current affairs and news programming.The total broadcast requirement for regional programmes in Wales has increased by almost an hour, from 10 hours 45 minutes per week to 11 hours 43 minutes.The requirement for news programmes increases… Continue reading HTV Wales To Receive More Regional Programming
7-Up will be sponsoring ITV’s forthcoming Ice Warriors show, which will begin broadcasting in Saturday peaktime on 24 January. The deal, which is rumoured to be worth around £500,000, was negotiated by BMP Optimum on behalf of PepsiCo and is due to run for a year.…Classic FM has signed a deal with Renault which will… Continue reading Sponsorship News
A recent survey by technology analysts Datamonitor claims that the introduction of digital terrestrial will see satellite broadcasters initially dominating cable and terrestrial providers.By 2002, says the report, 64% of the digital market will be catered for by satellite broadcasters. The struggle which digital terrestrial television faces is not due technological capabilities but is because… Continue reading Satellite Broadcasters May Dominate Digital Market
BSkyB’s plans were originally to launch its digital services in the Spring of this year; delays in production of the set-top technology, however, have forced the company to put its launch date back to the “second quarter” of 1998.Although SES has confirmed that the Astra satellite required will be moved to a new orbital position… Continue reading BSkyB Put Back Digital Launch
Website development group Webmedia ltd has gone into liquidation, blaming competitive market conditions. The company’s parent, Webmedia Group, is 43% owned by Lord Saatchi’s Megalomedia and is still operating.Webmedia was one of the first Website outfits when it was set up three years ago.
The December Retail Prices Index was announced this morning as 160.0, an increase of 0.3% on the previous month and a rise of 3.6% on December 1996.Subscribers can access RPI trends by selecting “Encyclomedia” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
Griselda Billington has been named sales manager at EMAP Internet Sales.Billington joined EMAP Internet Sales, part of EMAP Online, as sales executive in April 1997, and was subsequently made marketing manager. Her previous experience has included sales roles at Campaign and Wired magazines.EMAP Online: 0171 309 2710
