The Christian cable channel Ark2 has found itself a financial backer, believed to be from South Africa, to help ease its financial crisis. Ark2 was to have started transmission this week, but the transmission date was subsequently put back*Ark2 In Financial Crisis.A figure of £1.3 million is said to have been offered for Ark2 to… Continue reading Ark2 Gets Financial Saviour
It is reported that UK cable companies are in the process of developing a standard digital set-top box for viewers wishing to receive digital television. With the aim of beating BSkyB to the launch of a digital service, the cable companies have already set up a working group headed by Derek Lewis the chairman of… Continue reading Cable Companies Set Up Rival Digital Service
ITV reveals details of its Christmas and New Year schedules tomorrow with details of Channel 4 and the BBC’s schedules expected later in the week. NRS data for October is released tomorrow, a story on Newsline detailing any significant changes will follow.The Budget will be covered extensively tomorrow on Newsline. Coverage begins around 3pm with… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The October complaints bulletin from the ITC reports that the Tango Blackcurrent ad, created by Howell Henry Chaldecott Lury & Partners, provoked 63 complaints from viewers who found it xenophobic and violent.In the ad a Tango spokesman offers to “take on” a French complainant who had criticised the new blackcurrent flavour drink. He dons a… Continue reading Tango Ad Draws Complaints
Carlton Communications pulled off a surprise coup at the weekend by outbidding United News & Media to buy Westcountry TV for around £85m.It was widely expected however that it would be United who would offer the most money, since a takeover of Westcountry would give it significant control of Southern England’s ITV licences *United Heads… Continue reading Carlton Beats United To Buy Westcountry
Canon Publishing, a Brighton-based firm, will be publishing a new youth newspaper on December 4. The all-colour title, called The Latest, will be sold fortnightly in Sussex and at major London train stations, with the possibility of turning weekly at a later date. It will contain 32-pages and have an initial print-run of between 10,000… Continue reading New Paper Set For Launch
Punch, the recently relaunched satirical magazine, has announced that its chairman Stewart Steven will be editing the title temporarily until a permanent replacement for Peter McKay is found.Mr McKay, who relaunched the title in September *Punch Relaunch Issue Review, left at the end of last week due to what is believed to have been a… Continue reading Punch On Lookout For New Editor
Granada’s good full year profits had mixed effects on the company’s share price. At the beginning of the week its share price stood at 895p fell to 882p on Wednesday (when the results were published), rose slightly to 887p on Thursday before falling to 882p by the end of the week*Granada Profits Rise.Speculation about a… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 22/11/96
NewsEyeQ, the online business information service, has folded after only six months. The service, which was launched in May, was a joint venture between DataTimes Corporation and News International provided access to a database of some 6000 information sources from around the world *On-Line Business Service To Launch.The main reason for NewsEyeQ’s demise appears to… Continue reading NewsEyeQ Folds
The IPA has given its response the ITC code consultation paper on sponsorship. In its response the IPA welcomed the ITC’s endorsement of a number of its earlier recommendations, although it listed further points it believed should be covered in the new code.They include: That the ITC should be allowing individual broadcasters to exercise their… Continue reading IPA Gives Response To ITC On Sponsorship Paper
