Carlton is launching its new web-sites, Carlton On-Line and Central On-Line on June 26.Web-surfers will be able to indulge in virtual chat in the on-line café and purchase programme related merchandise from the comfort of their own homes. There will also be the opportunity to view programme schedules and read other channel related information.Carlton: 0171… Continue reading Carlton And Central Move Into Cyber Space
Capital 95.8 FM has won the Gold medal for the Best Top 40 Format at the New York Festival International Radio Awards. This is the second year running that Capital has picked up the trophy.Classic FM also won two Gold awards; one was for its 16 part documentary series Russian Revelation and, for the second… Continue reading Classic And Capital Take Gold
IPC today announces the launch of SouthBank Solutions, a new department that will focus on building long-term relationships with key clients and their agencies. It will be headed up by director Arabella Atlee and manager Hazel Barry.Primarily the consultancy will aim to develop new and existing magazine initiatives that help to fulfil the marketing objectives… Continue reading IPC Launch Magazine Consultancy
A new magazine called Golf International will launch on June 30. It will be published by Golf International Services which is a new company set up by the former editor of Golf World and his deputy. Robert Green and Richard Simmons hope that the Irish and British Opens this summer will give the fledgling title… Continue reading Golf Magazine To Launch
The Modern Review, the contemporary culture newspaper which closed in May 1995, is reported to be relaunching in the autumn as a glossy monthly magazine. Julie Burchill, one of the original founding partners is editor- in-chief of the new title and Joanne Mallabar, a former Big Issue editor, will be deputy editor. The anti-hype magazine… Continue reading The Return Of The Mod
Mike Wood, media director at JWT, and Mandy Pooler, managing director at Ogilvy & Mather’s the Network, are going to be named as the joint managing directors of WPP Media, it is rumoured. The new outfit, which will bring together the media outfits at JWT and the Network, is set to launch on January 1… Continue reading Heads Named For WPP Media Outfit
http://www.newsworld.co.ukNews World is the annual conference for people who work in the electronic news gathering industry. The site, designed and hosted by MediaTel Interactive, contains basic information about this year’s conference, the speakers, sessions and the exhibition.The conference is held in high esteem by the news industry and is known to attract influential speakers, this… Continue reading Web Site Of The Week – News World
National Readership Survey has decided to withdraw its first survey into national newspaper section readership due to anomalies being discovered in the results. It is thought that these occurred due to bias in the responses.Roger Pratt, managing director of NRS, told Newsline that a six-month second test was now underway which would run until the… Continue reading NRS Withdraws First Section Survey
Price Waterhouse’s Entertainment Media and Communication’s forecast for 1998 predicts that satellite technology will continue to grow and establish its prominence as a communications system. This casts doubt on the widely accepted belief that the future is cable.The report also forecasts that Internet television will grow in stature and the integration of TV and computing… Continue reading The Future Is In The Air
Coronation Street comes top of the chart this week, with Monday’s episode watched by 14.54 million, but overall soap of the week was Eastenders with an average viewing figure of 13.87 million. Coronation Street scored an average figure of 13.46 million over its four episodes. Emmerdale achieved an average of 10.87 million.Saturday night saw the… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 08/06/97
