At a recent meeting of the ABC regional press working party, Newspaper Society representatives and media buyers agreed to look at formulating a policy for concurrent release, on an optional basis, for the 600-plus paid for newspapers certified by the ABC.A major consideration for the scheme will be what submission deadline will need to be… Continue reading ABC Considers Regional Press Changes
Channel 5 has carried out a test transmission in Cumbria to assess how many of those homes which had not been retuned actually experienced interference.According to C5, less than 20% out of 37,000 homes received a bad signal – far less than the 50% which had been anticipated. A high profile publicity drive through newspapers,… Continue reading C5 Claims Low Interference Levels
T3: Tomorrow’s Technology Today was launched yesterday by Future Publishing and bridges the gap between the “new lad” audience and technophiles. T3, published monthly at £2.95, looks at the latest developments in technology such as photography, musical equipment, household objects, computers and cars. T3 is divided into three areas; Technofile, Every Month In T3 and… Continue reading T3 Magazine – First Issue Review
The Independent Television Commission yesterday agreed to allow Channel 5 to postpone its launch date without the broadcaster incurring any penalty.Under its original licence requirements C5 was due to launch on January 1 1997 but the ITC has now said it will allow a launch date of “not later than 30 March 1997”. The ITC’s… Continue reading ITC Approves New C5 Launch Date
The Guardian’s RecruitNet is set to become one of the biggest recruitment sites on the Internet. The site provides competition to the already existing Internet appointments sections in the Times Online and Electronic Telegraph. RecruitNet also allows advertisers to place basic text advertisements free of charge from Monday to Thursday and Saturday. Job seekers will… Continue reading Web Round-Up (w/e 25/10/96)
Sky Scottish, STV and BSkyB’s cable and satellite venture, has announced details of its schedule for its launch on November 1. 30 minute programmes will run daily between 18.00 and 20.00 straight after Granada’s Talk TV on the same frequency. The launch programme, This is Sky Scottish, will be presented by David Rintoul of Doctor… Continue reading Sky Scottish Reveals Line-Up
Trinity’s Belfast Telegraph has launched a new Saturday morning newspaper in Belfast called Saturday Extra. It is a 60-page tabloid with three sections covering news, sport and TV listings and costs 20p. Its main competition will be the Irish News, which costs 32p, and Tindle Newspapers’ the News Letter which sells for 35p.Belfast Telegraph: 01504… Continue reading New Paper For Belfast
Today sees IPC’s ‘biggest magazine launch in eight years’ – Now magazine – ‘The smarter women’s weekly’.Aimed at BC1C2 women aged 20-44 the title launches into what is becoming a fairly crowded women’s weekly market and unfortunately offers nothing very new or different. The magazine’s content varies little from magazines likely to be its main… Continue reading Now Magazine – First Issue Review
