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
The Broadcasting Standards Commission, which replaced the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Council in April, has published the final Annual Report of the two former bodies.Both organisations reported a continuing increase in complaints about fairness and standards. The BCC received 249 complaints during 1996-97. It ruled on 149 complaints. The pattern of complaints… Continue reading Complaints Keep Rising
This week’s edition of The European saw the paper turn from a broadsheet into a tabloid.The new size makes the paper more approachable. It now looks like an in-depth read you want to get your teeth into, as opposed to a heavy document that no one wants to pull off the news-stand.It is not only… Continue reading First Issue Review – The New Look European
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4BBC Radio 4 is one of our vastly under-valued institutions, particularly amongst those under the age of 35 years. If the purpose of a Web site is to promote, and get people to readdress their opinions, then Radio 4 not only needs, but deserves, any of the benefits that this would bring to its image.… Continue reading Web Site Of The Week – Radio 4
EMAP Internet Sales is to represent ad sales for Lycos UK, the British member of the Lycos-Bertelsmann Gmbh group of European Internet navigation centres.Carol Dukes, managing director of EMAP Internet Sales said “With the addition of Lycos UK, not only do we represent the largest portfolio of sites in the UK, but we offer the… Continue reading Emap Internet Sales To Represent Lycos UK For Ad Sales
Michael Grade bid good-bye to the TV industry last night at a Royal Television Society gala dinner. The Guardian reports that Grade used his farewell speech to attack the management of the BBC and the industry’s regulators. “Sadly, I think things at the BBC are getting worse not better,” he said and he hoped that… Continue reading The BBC Fails To Make The Grade
Daily Quality MarketThe Daily Telegraph is still the highest selling paper in this sector, selling 1,090,505 copies in June and increasing 3.4% year-on-year. Its closest competitor, The Times saw a slightly smaller increase in sales year-on-year, rising 1.5% in this period to 735,714. The Financial Times saw the greatest increase in sales in this sector,… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – June ABCs
MTV Europe is reported to be planning seven digital music channels for the UK market, this follows the launch of MTV’s first UK dedicated programme last week. The channels will be branded M2, M3 and so on.
Capital Radio plc has announced that David Mansfield will succeed Richard Eyre as chief executive. Eyre leaves on 30 September to become chief executive of ITV.Mansfield was formerly group director at Capital with overall responsibility for the group’s operations. Prior to this he was group commercial director.Ian Irvine, chairman of Capital Radio said: “David has… Continue reading Capital Quickly Fills The Eyre Space
