The Advertising Association is organizing a meeting on 10 February between representatives of trade groups in the advertising and media sectors and the EC and UK government officials, in order to consider the current attitudes and future plans of the EC for car advertising. EC officials have suggested that various car advertisements in the UK… Continue reading UK: Meeting On Car Advertising
A new and revised edition of the Hungarian Code of Advertising Ethics has been published. The code is available from the Hungarian Advertising Association in Budapest, telephone 00 361 322 0640.
A new draft text setting out the Council’s Common Position on the EU tobacco advertising ban has emerged: the new text goes some way to clarifying the previously elusive provisions. It is understood that the new text will be considered at the next available Council meeting, and may be adopted in the next few weeks.
WV Publications, publishers of Pregnancy and What Video, are staffing up for two new magazine launches, one of which is scheduled for this Summer.Although specific details are yet to be released WV told Newsline that one of the magazines will be concerned with consumer electronics and the other will cover women’s health.Titles and launch dates… Continue reading WV Publications Plan For New Titles
Internet development company NetChannel is due to be taken over, it has emerged. According to industry sources NetChannel, which is based in the US but has a fledgling UK operation, is being eyed by a number of companies which are interested in developing their new media businesses. Virgin, in particular, is said to be interested.While… Continue reading Takeover Rumours Surround NetChannel
The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) has published its 8th Code of Practice, which comes into force on 9 March 1998.
The EC is investigating the way BSkyB, the pay-TV broadcaster, supplies its material to the cable industry. It has asked Oftel, the UK telecommunications watchdog, to provide information concerning the company following a complaint from General Cable, a UK cable operator. General Cable claims that BSkyB’s high charges have forced it to increase its own… Continue reading EU: BSkyB Probe
The European Commission has formally denied media reports that it intends to propose banning alcohol advertising in the EU. An EC spokesman said on 14 January: “There has never been any discussion or a proposal by the Commission aimed at prohibiting alcohol advertising and sponsorships. These reports are unfounded.” Meanwhile, the French government has acknowledged… Continue reading EU: Commission Denies Ban Extension
In Britain the new Food Standards Agency has been unveiled amid much criticism over who will fund its running costs, estimated as being at least £100 million a year. Much of that will be funded by levying charges on the food industry, including both wholesale and retail outlets. Critics have accused the FSA of representing… Continue reading UK: FSA Unveiled
SN Wales, part of Southern Newspapers’ Welsh and Western Region, has announced several changes in its management structure, with three editors becoming publishers of their respective titles.Gerry Keighley becomes publisher of the South Wales Argus and News & Weekly Argus, David Evans has been a appointed publisher of the Eastern Telegraph and Cardigan and Tivy-Side… Continue reading Southern Newspapers Editors Become Publisher
