Three of Britain’s biggest television broadcasters – Carlton Communications, British Sky Broadcasting and the Granada Group – have joined forces to bid for the right to launch Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in the UK. The consortium – called British Digital Broadcasting (BDB) – has also reached agreement with the BBC to broadcast a number of… Continue reading UK: Digital Terrestrial Television
The Family Channel is relaunching as Challenge TV today. Challenge TV is a gameshow led channel that will broadcast from 5pm to 5am daily.A full cable and satellite round-up for 1996 will be available on Newsline on Tuesday, while interim results for BSkyB are released on Wednesday.Friday sees the publication of Rajar’s quarterly results. These… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Commission held a hearing on the protection of minors and human dignity in information and audiovisual services on 4 February in Brussels. This followed the publication last year of its Green Paper on the same subject and its Communication on illegal and harmful content on the internet. The main issues for discussion included the… Continue reading EU: Protection Of Minors And Human Dignity
The Canadian company Tri-Vision Electronics – which specialises in producing remote control devices – is reported to have purchased (for an unspecified sum) the worldwide rights to exploit the V-chip, the technological filtering device, from its inventor, Professor Tim Collins.
£400 million was spent on outdoor advertising in 1996. According to Concord’s Outdoor Trends Survey, this figure represents 6% of total display advertising.The survey also reported that tobacco spending on outdoor advertising fell, while spending on alcoholic drinks remained stable.Concord: 0171 543 4444
The Commission held a hearing on the protection of minors and human dignity in information and audiovisual services on 4 February in Brussels. This followed the publication last year of its Green Paper on the same subject and its Communication on illegal and harmful content on the internet. The main issues for discussion included the… Continue reading EU: Protection Of Minors And Human Dignity
Following the EP Legal Affairs Committee’s vote on the ISDN proposals in December, the Medina report was adopted by the Parliament on 16 January 1997 with 11 amendments. The Commission has been asked to write an opinion on these amendments, some of which are very unhelpful to the direct marketing industry. For example, the text… Continue reading Eu: Isdn Directive
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has complained to the UK government about TV advertising costs and the role of the BBC, the state-funded broadcaster. The IPA says that it filed a report in January with the Department of National Heritage – which has overall responsibility for broadcasting – arguing that advertising costs on… Continue reading UK: IPA Criticises Ad Inflation
A new report, published by Keynote, has found that men’s interest, health and fitness and new age consumer magazine markets will show the biggest growth over the next 18 months. The success of science-fiction TV programmes is seen as being responsible for the increase in new-age titles.The research also predicts that there will be an… Continue reading Fitness Title Boom Forecast
On 23 January the EU Council of Ministers adopted the Directive on Distance Selling, after a process that has lasted over five years. The Directive covers most transactions between suppliers and consumers for goods and services concluded at a distance as part of a sales or service provision scheme. The Directive does not apply to… Continue reading EU: Distance Selling Directive Agreed
