It has been rumoured that BSkyB are preparing to show the England World Cup qualifying matches on pay-per-view *BSkyB Discuss Pay Per View Football.Sky has neither denied nor confirmed the reports, although the broadcaster has issued a statement concerning radio rights: “To end the speculation, we would like to make it clear that all six… Continue reading Question Mark Still Hangs Over Sky’s Football Coverage
Capital Radio plc has reshuffled its executive management structure.Richard Eyre, previously managing director, is now chief executive, David Mansfield moves from group commercial director to group managing director and Paul Davies, formerly managing director of media sales and marketing, is now commercial director.Capital Radio: 0171 766 6000
The ITC has published its third quarterly report on TV audience share figuresThere is very little change during this period, BBC1 is down 0.3% quarter-on-quarter to 32.2%, BBC2 is up 0.2% to 11.7%, Channel 4 is up 0.1% to 10.3% and total ITV is down 0.4% to 34.6%. Total non-terrestrial is up from 9.7% to… Continue reading TV Audience Share Figures
Visa International is sponsoring Directions, the daily travel programme on EBN, the cable and satellite business channel.The Visa brand name will feature on the programme credits and on the EBN website.EBN: 0171 653 9345
British Digital Broadcasting is reported to be considering legal action if the Independent Television Commission awards the rival Digital Television Network consortium the licence to run digital terrestrial TV services.The wrangle concerns the announcement last week (see UNM Joins Digital Bid) that United News & Media would take a stake in the DTN bid if… Continue reading ITC Digital Decision May Be Challenged
The Economist Intelligence Unit, a leading source of global business information and analysis, has announced the launch of EUI on the Net, http://www.eiu.com. This new web-based service is geared to the growing needs of companies across the world seeking to access global business intelligence.The EUI’s database of country and regional publications covers market conditions, economic… Continue reading Economists On The Web
There have been substantial drops in viewing levels to RTE TV and UTV in the Irish Republic with a reassessment of programming policy needed to get viewing levels back, according to a report from the Irish agency the Media Bureau.The Nielsen measurement system for Television viewing in Ireland has now been running for seven months… Continue reading Irish TV Suffers Viewing Drop
An NOP poll has found that 74% of British viewers consider ITV serves the needs and interests of their region better than any other TV channel. The poll found that ITV’s regional news service was more popular than the alternative offered by the BBC. 58% preferred ITV regional news to the service provided by the… Continue reading Viewers Still In Favour Of Regional Programming
Ken Bennett has joined EMAP Radio from Midland Independent Newspapers.Bennett has been appointed head of public relations for EMAP Radio’s six Yorkshire stations: The New 96.3 Aire FM, Magic 828, Hallam FM, Magic AM, 96.9 Viking FM and Magic 1161.EMAP Radio: 0114 285 3333
Magazine publishers are most likely to find effective partnerships with cable, satellite and digital broadcasters, according to a new report from the PPA entitled From Page To Screen and launched at the Magazines ’97 conference (see last week’s Newsline).Following the ITC’s announcement in March that publishers will not be permitted to develop their magazine brands… Continue reading Non-Terrestrial Broadcasters Best For Masthead TV
