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The Chancellor Gordon Brown this morning announced that the Budget will take place on Wednesday 2 July. Newsline will be covering the Budget announcements as they happen.

In an interview with the Observer newspaper, Chris Smith, the Heritage Secretary, said that lack of Parliamentary time means that a Bill to tighten regulation on non-terrestrial sports broadcasts would not be tabled until next year.Department of National Heritage: 071 211 6275

KPMG has produced a report that looks at the benefits of advertising on the Internet. It sees five main benefits to on-line advertising.1 The Internet allows interactive ads and measurement response.2 It is a cheap advertising medium.3 The Web never sleeps, ads on the Net are available 24 hours a day.4 It is easy to… Continue reading KPMG Sings The Praises Of Internet Advertising

The Restrictive Practices Court is currently deciding whether the 20 premiership football clubs acted as an illegal cartel by negotiating a TV contract collectively. If it rules that the clubs have been acting illegally, the chief executive of the Premier League, Peter Leaver, claims that live coverage of football on TV in the UK could… Continue reading A Kick In The Teeth For Football

It is reported that, Leagas Delaney, a wholly owned advertising subsidiary of AMV, is considering a management buyout.According to The Independent, senior management at Leagas Delaney are working on a business plan and are likely to offer AMV around £10 million for the business. AMV is thought to be in favour of the proposal, although… Continue reading Management Buyout Talks At AMV

The ITC is inviting applications for Restricted Service Licences. Provision for RSLs was made in the 1996 Broadcasting Act. There are two types of licence: the first, to cover a specific event such as a festival, will be for a term of 56 days, the second, to cover a particular establishment or other location, will… Continue reading Applications Invited For Restricted Service Licences

The World Federation of Advertisers, meeting in Stockholm last week, has expressed concern over what it see as mounting threats to freedom of speech and commercial communication in a number of countries, including some members of the EU.The WFA is urging all governments in the EU to support the Green Paper on Commercial Communication, calling… Continue reading Advertisers Promote Free Speech

ITV sales houses Carlton, Laser and TSMS have joined forces with Cable & Wireless Communications to launch a call handling service for TV advertisers. Call ITV aims to create a single number from which viewers will be able to buy products, gain information and receive brochures from a number of advertisers.The move was prompted by… Continue reading ITV To Launch Call Handling Service

The US Government has accused the tobacco manufacturer RJ Reynolds (part of RJR Nabisco Holdings Corporation) of using its advertising brand character Joe Camel to illegally promote “addictive and dangerous” cigarettes to children and adolescents.The Federal Trade Commission voted on 28 May to bring RJ Reynolds before an administrative law judge, in order to prevent… Continue reading US: Government Accuses RJ Reynolds

Martin Bowley, managing director of Carlton Sales, is joining the board of Westcountry Television, a subsidiary of Carlton Communications.Bowley takes-up his new position later this month.Carlton: 0171 240 4000