The Chairman and Deputy Director-General of the AA met Lord Simon of Highbury, UK Government Minister in charge of trade and competitiveness in Europe on 14 July. The AA gave a presentation on the Green Paper on commercial communications, stressing the key importance of the home country principle.
Following an interview with the editor, Newsline reported on Friday that the troubled Sunday Business’s future had been secured Sunday Business Saved.However, the paper has drifted back onto the rocks after talks hit a stalemate this weekend. An announcement on the paper’s future is expected by the end of the day.Newsline will bring you further… Continue reading Sunday Business Still In The Soup
The ITC has concluded that there is no need for a public interest test with regard to the proposed merger between Grampian Television and the Scottish Media Group.ITC: 0171 306 7743
The Radio Authority has approved the Radio Advertising Clearance Centre (RACC) as commercial radio’s central copy clearing organisation. The RACC has already been in operation for a year, having taken over from the Broadcasting Advertising Clearance Centre on 1 July 1996. The RACC will advise radio stations, advertising agencies and advertisers whether national and special… Continue reading UK: Radio Clearance Centre approved
On 9 July President Bill Clinton dealt a major blow to the proposed $368.5 billion deal reached previously between tobacco producers and litigants concerning various class action legal suits. The deal meant that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would have to show that the reduction of nicotine levels in tobacco would not mean a… Continue reading US: Clinton blow to tobacco deal
The British Rally Championship has received a boost, with news that Mobil intends to continue its sponsorship of the event for at least another three years, until the end of the year 2000.Following the decision to base the championship on two litre, two-wheel drive cars the event has grown from strength to strength with eight… Continue reading Mobil Extends British Rally Championship Sponsorship
The UK Government appears to have moved away from the immediate, full-scale ban on sponsorship that was originally proposed by Frank Dobson, the Health Minister. Instead of an immediate ban there are likely to be a series of transitional measures to phase out tobacco sponsorship over a number of years. This phasing-out would be in… Continue reading UK: Government sets up new agenda
The ITC’s approval of the merger of Scottish TV with Grampian TV has had surprisingly little effect on share-prices. Scottish Media Group opened the week at 683.5p and closed the week just 5p lower at 678.5p.BSkyB has shown no signs of recovery it closed on Friday at 446p, rising only 2p week-on-week. It still has… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 11/07/97
From today, Bloomberg Television is available free-of-charge to Sky satellite viewers in the UK and Ireland. The 24-hour English-language news channel has started broadcasting on the Astra 1a satellite.The channel is already transmitted on a number of UK cable networks, but this deal represents a significant audience acquisition for the company, making it a more… Continue reading Bloomberg TV Arrives On Astra
Sunday Business has learnt that, following a week of turbulence and financial doubt, its future is secure for the present at least. An undisclosed consortium of investors is now taking control of the 75% stake formally controlled by the papers major stake holder Group 2000, which has now passed into receivership. The Mirror Group who… Continue reading Sunday Business Saved
