The Independent Television Commission has agreed to a change in the regional programme requirements of Central Independent Television, the licensee for the Midlands.Central TV proposed to remove the requirement for 30 minutes per week of regional drama, while increasing the news by 15 minutes, other factual material by 10 minutes and sport by 5 minutes.… Continue reading The ITC Says Yes To Central
Last night’s ITV programme Neighbours From Hell helped the Network achieve its best Monday night performance so far this year.According to overnight figures, the factual programme was watched by 10.9 million viewers, this represents a 47% share. ITV had an overall peak-time share of 42.8%, this compares with 32.3% for BBC1.ITV: 0171 843 8217
The Department of Heritage has been renamed the Department For Culture, Media and Sport. This is to reflect the change of emphasis the new government intends to bring to the department. The Department For Culture, Media and Sport intends to have a role in preserving the past, but also to look to the future. A… Continue reading Name Change
The 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. The Financial Times saw the greatest increase in sales in this sector, rising 8.5% to record 326,676 in June 1997. There is no let-up in site for The Independent the paper lost… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – June ABCs
Future Publishing has added another title to the growing music magazine market. But, The Band is different; rather than spending its time painting wild pictures of rock-n-roll lifestyles, it concentrates on the ‘real’ side of popular music. This magazine is aimed at anyone involved or interested in music. Unlike many of its competing titles, The… Continue reading First Issue Review – The Band
Over thirty amendments have been tabled to Jessica Larive’s report on commercial communications and the internal market, to be voted by the European Parliament on 15 July. Many of these amendments would overturn the ‘country of origin’ principle proposed by the Commission and endorsed in the report, and have raised fears that the Parliament’s supportive… Continue reading EU: Joint Industry Statement
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.
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
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 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
