A report by Coopers and Lybrand Media Group, entitled The Role of the Regionals in the Digital Future, highlights the importance of electronic media to the future of the regional press.The study argues that it is imperative that the regional press embrace electronic media if it is to retain control of the highly lucrative classified… Continue reading Internet Poses Biggest Threat To Regional Press
The Guardian Media section was due to launch its own web-site today, but it is yet to appear and Newsline is still endeavouring to discover why. Information on this story will be on Newsline as when it is available.Scottish Television’s final results are released on Tuesday, a full report will appear on Newsline.The Media Research… Continue reading The Week Ahead
BSkyB is planning to bring forward its plans for pay-per-view football matches in the face of possible competition from digital bidder Digital Television Network, according to trade press reports.DTN, the consortium led by International CableTel and backed by Merrill Lynch, is understood to have a large amount of cash set aside with which it will… Continue reading BSkyB Faces Battle For PPV Football
Cable channel TLC, owned by Discovery Communications, will be rebranded as Discovery Home And Leisure from 31 March.The move is aimed at dispelling confusion over what the channel represents. TLC was previously called The Learning Channel and it is believed that many adult viewers were put off from watching the channel because they thought it… Continue reading TLC To Be Rebranded
Following a recent price-cut promotion *Express Cuts PricesThe Express on Saturday put its price up by 10p to 30p last Saturday. It will remain at the 30p price this Saturday, although it will still be on sale for 20p in Scotland. The price is being reviewed on a weekly basis.The 20p edition had apparently given… Continue reading Express Price Cut Ends
Agency estimates put the total terrestrial television revenue for January at £166.65m. Of this, ITV brought in £128.15m, up 1.06% year on year, and Channel 4 came in at £38.5m, up 9.47%. Among the ITV franchises Carlton performed well with a year on year increase of 1.58% points to reach a share of 18.13%. The… Continue reading TV Revenue – January
The Independent Television Commission has received one application for the local cable delivery franchise for South Cumbria. South Cumbria Cable & Telecoms, a company backed by the US Cable Corporation, proposes to offer service to 61,500 homes in the area by the end of 2002. The company offered a bid of £21,525. The ITC will… Continue reading ITC Receives Application For South Cumbria Cable Licence
A new consumer travel magazine, Holidays has launched. The monthly full-colour glossy retails at £1.95 and is published by Exeter-based, Icon Publishing.With an initial print-run of 40,000, Holidays is aiming at AB adults who take at least one foreign holiday per-year. According to the publishers, this group spends in excess of £6 billion annually on… Continue reading Holidays For As Little As £1.95
The Telegraph has now redrafted its complaint to the ABC, withdrawing its demand that all figure’s for The Times’ Monday editions since June 3 1996 must be restatedIn the original complaint, The Telegraph claimed that ABC should not classify the cut-price edition of The Times as a sale as the paper gained nothing financially from… Continue reading ABC Dispute Update
Channel 5 is rumoured to be planning a contract magazine to support its launch. The channel has approached Zone, the publishers of the Manchester United magazine, to produce 5 Magazine, a 32 page title.If the plan goes ahead, the title will be sent to over 2 million homes on the launch date and inserted into… Continue reading Channel 5 Magazine To Launch
