Following extensive consultation, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has decided to retain the requirement that 80 per cent of ITV programmes by subtitled. The ITC did not accept that the quota should be reduced but did allow an extra two years to allow ITV licensees to achieve this. The result is that the 80 per… Continue reading ITV Must Subtitle 80% Of Programmes By 2004
Reed Elsevier has just confirmed that it has put its IPC Magazines division up for sale. IPC publishes over 70 consumer titles, including Loaded , Womans Own and TV Times , and it had been rumoured for some time that Reed was looking to off-load the group so that it could concentrate on its professional… Continue reading Reed Confirms IPC Sell-Off
BBC Family Life is yet another magazine targeted at ABC1 women. However, it claims to be the first magazine to reflect all aspects of family life and is aimed towards the younger mother with primary school aged children. The magazine is broken into various different sections including the ‘usuals’ such as family health, food, education,… Continue reading First Issue Review – BBC Family Life
The Hong Kong stock market crisis last week hit Cable & Wireless hard as the telecommunications company has a substantial interest in the region. On Tuesday its price fell 16 to 517p, dropped 27p on Wednesday to reach 490p and then a further 17p on Thursday.The Mirror Group initially rose 5 to 219.5p on Tuesday… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 24/10/97
Monday Cable and satellite channel UK Living changes its name today to become simply Living as part of a general revamp.Reviews of BBC Family Life and Beautiful Living will appear on Newsline.Thursday Future publishing are expected to launch No Limits World, a 132-page sporting title.TeleWest announce third quarter financial results.Saturday The BBC/Flextech channels, under the… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Future Publishing’s T3: Tomorrow’s Technology Today magazine has teamed up with Dixons to produce a 24-page new technology guide. One million copies of the T3 guide will distributed over 330 Dixons stores where they are to be given away free. T3 will feature all the latest consumer technology, PC’s, digital video camcorders, hi-fis, and so… Continue reading T3 Magazine And Dixons’ Technology Guide
A quick flick through the pages of Beautiful Living reveals a world full of obscenely rich people who are unnaturally preoccupied with the decorative and aesthetic perfection of their homes ‘(not houses)’. An examination of the market position chart confirms that the Beautiful Living test issue readers are younger, richer and, presumably, more unbearable than… Continue reading First Issue Review – Beautiful Living
Minister of Public Health, Tessa Jowell, told seventeen editors of top magazines that the government is to continue its commitment to a complete ban on tobacco advertising. At the meeting held by the PPA the two groups also agreed on proposals for magazines to work closely with the government to aid the anti-smoking campaign. Jowell… Continue reading Government Affirms Tobacco Advertising Ban
