The Department of National Heritage has announced a new National Lottery film franchise scheme which will bring new investment of over £150 million in British films over the next six years. This is in addition to the £81m already awarded to film and cinema projects by the Lottery.Virginia Bottomley, the National Heritage Secretary, said: “It… Continue reading Film Industry To Receive £150m
The April issue of .net magazine will have the political spectrum covered; there will be a special election feature and a choice of two covers – one red and one blue. The two main party leaders, Blair and Major, will be the cover stars.This gimmick is expected to attract more readers and point Internet users… Continue reading .net Gets Political
It is often assumed that most young people are not regular newspaper readers. However, a recent survey conducted by Mori and City University and reported in yesterday’s Guardian has found little to support this myth.Two out of three of the British public read a national daily on a regular basis. The survey used a sample… Continue reading Youth Support The Press
EC Commissioner Karel van Miert has stated that Flemish legislation on radio advertising represents a monopoly, and requires modification.
The ITC has received two applications to run Channel 5’s text service. Sky Five Text, jointly owned by BSkyB and Channel 5 Text, has bid £1.5 million and Text5, wholly owned by Teletext, has bid £313,000.The applicants can propose any mixture of teletext or similar services for either open or subscription-only access and no programme… Continue reading Battle Begins For C5 Text Service
The winners of the 1996 sales promotion awards have been announced. The awards attracted more than 400 entries from newspapers up and down the country.The top award for sales promotions campaign of the year, daily and Sunday newspapers, went to the Newcastle Evening Chronicle for their Win Your Dream Home Campaign. While the award for… Continue reading Top Campaigners
Canada’s House of Commons has voted overwhelmingly in favour of imposing strict laws on the advertising of tobacco products. By 139 votes to 37, the MPs voted in favour of banning tobacco advertising on TV, radio, outdoor posters and on buses. Furthermore the legislation would restrict tobacco manufacturers to covering a maximum of 10% of… Continue reading CAN: Commons Votes Ad Ban
EC Commissioner Mario Monti has promised that there will be a more energetic approach by the Commission towards the outstanding issues in financial services. In a speech to the European Parliament, Commissioner Monti confirmed that the Commission will shortly propose a draft Directive on distance selling of financial services, based on the provisions of the… Continue reading EU: Monti Promises Action
BSkyB and Kirch Gruppe have announced the end of their joint venture to create a German Pay-TV channel, DF1.
Future Publishing has now confirmed that it is launching a TV magazine for TV addicts *TV Listings Guides Set To Multiply.Cult TV will launch in June. The monthly entertainment title promises to provide features, reviews, star interviews and quirky facts and figures on all those all-time favourite series. Publisher, Stuart Anderton commented: “Cult TV will… Continue reading TV Cult Launching
