The Radio Authority has announced that Radio 106 FM has won the new regional ILR licence for the East Midlands.Radio 106 FM will broadcast a broadly even mix of speech and melodic music targeting an audience aged 30-54 to an area which includes the cities of Leicester, Nottingham and Derby. More than 1.5 million people… Continue reading Radio 106 FM Wins East Midlands Licence
Following on from ITV’s decision to drop coverage of the event, the BBC has announced that it is to start broadcasting the Heineken European Rugby Cup. Coverage will be split between BBC1 who will show the live matches on Grandstand and BBC2 who will show highlights of the weekend’s matches as part of Rugby Special.Coverage… Continue reading BBC To Televise European Rugby Cup
Which? magazine has launched a Website on the Internet. It is a subscription-based service, with users paying £7.75 per month for full access to the site which contains all the reports from the range of Which? magazines, including Gardening Which?, Holiday Which? and Health Which?, as well as a range of Which? books. There is… Continue reading Which? Magazine Goes Online
The Mirror Group has said that it will be restructuring its marketing department to focus more on brand building.The main result of the changes will be the appointment of two new heads of marketing. Margaret Harvey, group account director at direct marketing outfit IMP, will become marketing director of the Independent and the Independent On… Continue reading Mirror Group Restructures Marketing Department
ABC figures released for October show that the Daily Express‘s revamp has made little impact on the paper’s declining circulation in the face of the Daily Mail‘s growing strength.In October the Daily Express‘s sales fell by 3.64% to 1.205 million year-on-year and though this is a slight improvement on September’s drop of 5.27%, the Daily… Continue reading National Newspaper October ABCs
The Independent Television Commission has today announced a draft for the Code on Sports and Other Listed Events, as required under the Broadcasting Act 1996.In the draft the “listed” events will be the FA Cup Final; the Scottish FA Cup Final (in Scotland); FIFA World Cup finals; the Derby; the Grand National; the Olympic Games;… Continue reading ITC Publishes Code On Listed Sports Events
Channel 4’s comedy series Drop The Dead Donkey has proved that it is still a favourite with the viewers, appearing at number two on Channel 4’s Top Ten programmes list. The episode shown in the week ending October 27th attracted an audience of 4.27 million people and a consolidated share of viewing of 24%.The second… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary
Two media consortia are believed to be planning new cable and satellite music channels for the near future.Granada is reported to be in discussion with a number of record companies regarding the launch of an MTV-style channel and BSkyB and Virgin are in talks over a join-venture of the same nature. The proposals are thought… Continue reading Two New Music Channels Set To Launch
Midland Independent Newspapers will be launching an annual magazine aimed at people who have just passed their driving test. Drive On will be free and distributed to driving centres, giving it a circulation of over one million. It will feature articles on safety, drink-driving and celebrity interviews. Advertisers include magazines such as Auto Express as… Continue reading MIN Launches Drivers’ Magazine
