Murray Dudgeon has been appointed Managing Director of GWR’s flagship national radio station, Classic FM.Dudgeon joins GWR, the independent radio group, from the media agency, Universal McCann Worldwide where he is currently European Media Director. He is renowned for his expertise in the field of programme sponsorship, production, barter and syndication.Dudgeon takes up his new… Continue reading New Managing Director For Classic FM
HTV has launched its own Teletext Ancillary Service; viewers in the West of England will now be able to access a range of information on HTV and its programmes. HTV Teletext is found on pages 600-699. Viewers in Wales will receive individual regional pages.The pages will feature details of forthcoming HTV programming, studio-audience ticket availability… Continue reading HTV Now Appearing On Teletext
Cable company Telewest today issued operating statistics which show that cable penetration in its franchise area has increased by 0.7% points to 22.6% year on year. Churn was down slightly at 33.4% and cable TV customers increased year on year by 31.5% to 528,142.Telewest’s figures are indicative of most cable companies at present. Nynex for… Continue reading Telewest Penetration Shows Slight Increase
The ITC has published its report detailing programme complaints and interventions made in December.No programmes broadcast in December resulted in significant interventions or the imposition of a sanction. There were, however, a number of programmes that raised important regulatory issues and a number of complaints.Sky News was one case in point. On 8 October 1996,… Continue reading ITC Programme Complaints And Interventions Report
As reported on Newsline yesterday, MTV Networks Europe is set to launch two new music television channels for the UK called MTV in the UK and M2: Music Television.MTV in the UK will be a dedicated music and youth entertainment channel targeted at 16-34 year olds in the UK and will replace MTV Europe’s existing… Continue reading New MTV Channels Announced
Hollinger International, the group that owns the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, is said to be considering expanding into the regional press. Midland Independent Newspapers is known to have attracted the group’s attention.Hollinger bid £105 million for Midland in 1991. It was beaten by a management buy-out group that paid £125 million. Midland, which publishes The… Continue reading Telegraph To Take A Stake In The Provinces
Nynex CableComms this afternoon released yearly financial figures which show that total revenue has increased by 78% year-on-year to £151 million.While cable penetration increased marginally from 19.8% to 20.6% and customers increased 36% to 268,519, the company is still in the red to the tune of £63.1m. This is an improvement however on 1995’s figure… Continue reading Increased Revenue For Nynex
The Guardian Media Section was re-launched yesterday as a stand alone supplement. It leads with an interesting interview with Murdoch Junior, Rupert Murdoch’s daughter. But, the Murdoch mind had little difficulty dodging around the questions; John Mulholland failed to drag out any interesting answers.An expanded jobs section has helped bulk out the pages. There are… Continue reading Supplement Review – Media Guardian
UK Living has unveiled details of its new three-hour morning strand Tiny Living which launches on February 3.Based around pre-school programming and aimed at mums and their children, Tiny Living will replace all the BBC programming previously in that slot. Programmes in the schedule, which will run seven days per week from 0600-0900, include Barney… Continue reading UK Living Launches New Morning Strand
Cable and Wireless, the UK’s largest cable and communications company, has appointed Graham Wallace as its new chief executive. Wallace was formerly chief executive of Granada Group’s Restaurants and Services division. He has no telecoms or cable experience.Wallace is to be chief executive of Cable and Wireless Communications, a telephony to cable television group formed… Continue reading Granada Chief Moves To C&W
