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On 1 April the White House confirmed that President Bill Clinton has requested the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to study the possibility of sharply restricting or banning spirits advertising on TV.

Newsline coverage of the Channel 5 launch will include agency reactions, overnight viewing figures and a round-up of opinions from the national press.Johnston Press, the Edinburgh based publisher, will announce its financial results on Wednesday analysts are predicting pre-tax profits of between £21 and £22 million. The full story will be available on Newsline tomorrow.This… Continue reading The Week Ahead

Average weekly cinema admissions fell 18.6% year on year in February to a figure of 2.53 million, according to the Cinema Advertising Association. This is compared to 3.11m in February last year. The total for the month was 10.122m, compared to 12.882 in 1996.Films in February included Sleepers, Evita, Shine and First Wives Club.The latest… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Fall Almost 19% In February

The Office of Telecommunications, OFTEL, has the job of regulating conditional access services for digital TV. OFTEL issued draft guidelines last December, aimed at ensuring access to conditional access services is fair reasonable and non-discriminatory between broadcasters *Oftel Aims For Fair Digital TV.The response to this draft led Don Cruickshank, director general of telecommunications, to… Continue reading Watchdog Barks At Digital TV

This week saw the second leg of both Champions League matches recently featured in Newsline‘s Programme Analysis of Live Football matches Programme Analysis: Live Football Matches W/E 09/03/97. This time both Newcastle and Manchester United played away, but still managed to achieve respectable audience figures. Manchester United verses Portuguese team FC Porto was watched by… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 23/03/97

The Times gave 5 seven out of ten for its first night’s programming. The digital countdown was branded ‘considerably less exciting than the Brazilian Grand Prix showing on ITV or Easter Songs of Praise on BBC1.’ The actual opening show was described as a ‘shameless half hour of self-promotion’, but then The Times decided that… Continue reading Channel 5 – What The Papers Say

BT has launched a new pricing option for Internet users who want on-line services but are not expecting to spend long periods on-line.Called Plan 180, it gives three hours access to BT Internet for £4.70 per month. BT say that, at the equivalent of 13p per day, this is one of the cheapest and most… Continue reading BT Targets Light Internet Users

Graduate Consumers, a survey sponsored by MTV and conducted by High Fliers Research, has found that the ‘Class of 97’ are ambitious, materialistic individuals who are enthusiastic users of the latest technology and are strongly influenced by the media.Over three quarters of finalists, 77%, watch BBC1 daily and two thirds saw ITV every day. Eastenders,… Continue reading Student Media Habits

The latest issue of the authoritative Cultural Trends Journal was published today. The independent report brings together quantitative and qualitative data to provide an overview of the nations cultural preferences.The study challenges the idea that people only want news and culture in easily digestible sound-bites. The figures show that contrary to popular belief, the nation’s… Continue reading TV Viewing Down

ITV could be forced to move the News At Ten or face falling ratings when Channel 5 launches its nightly 9pm movie, according to CIA MediaLab’s latest Sensor survey.When asked how they feel about News At Ten, 62% of all respondents said it should be moved to a different time. Of 15 to 24 year-olds,… Continue reading Survey Reinforces View That News At Ten Should Move