Future Publishing will be publishing a new computer title on May 16th. Playstation Power will be a mix of both games and consumer computer magazines. It will have an initial print-run of 55,000 and cost £2.75.Rumoured launches include Gruner & Jahr’s Prima Baby in June and a celebrity magazine Top People in the Autumn. IPC… Continue reading New Magazine Launches
NTL has been chosen by The Weather Network to distribute its new service by satellite to cable operators all around Britain. The service begins on 2nd June (Newsline 15/04) and will be delivered digitally via the Orion 1 satellite using NTL’s new all-inclusive distribution package.The Weather Network will be a 24-hour service offering ‘more than… Continue reading NTL To Distribute Weather Network
Press rumours indicate that Flextech, the cable and satellite group, will scrap The Family Channel and replace it with a new service aimed at upmarket women.The new channel, which would launch in September, would probably be run by Nigel Packard who is currently The Family Channel’s director of programming. It is believed that most of… Continue reading Flextech Set To Scrap Family Channel
Granada TV is apparently in the process of planning a Liverpool or Manchester-based cable channel.The service could be launched by early next year and would be developed in conjunction with local media such as newspapers or radio stations. Granada would then provide regional programming for the service. The venture would be separate from Granada’s other… Continue reading Granada In Local Cable Talks
The Independent Television Commission has today confirmed the grant of the licence to provide the Channel 5 television service to Channel 5 Broadcasting.The ITC had awarded the licence in October subject to a further period of 12 weeks during which the technical details of the licence were finalised. The process was further delayed by the… Continue reading ITC Grants Channel 5 Licence
The gay kiss in the Peugeot 406 “Search for the Hero” TV commercial caused it to be the ad which attracted the most coverage in the national press during the first quarter of 1996. The ad generated 19 stories, toppling Wonderbra from the top spot.Propeller Marketing’s Ad That Make the News survey puts Levi’s “Spaceman”… Continue reading Peugeot’s Gay Kiss Causes Most Furore
ITV has confirmed that it has signed a ground-breaking sponsorship deal with Midland Bank to sponsor all of its prime-time drama. The £2m deal will begin on May 1st with sponsorship credits in the new series of Sharpe.The deal will last for a year, with the option of extending it until the end of 1997.… Continue reading Midland Signs ITV Sponsorship Package
Banner & Co has announced the release of the 1996 Banner Computer Readership Survey (BCRS) data which is an independent readership survey of decision-makers in the IT industry.It was found that there has been an increase in daily national newspaper readership by 8% for decision makers within large organisations (50+ employees) and by 4% within… Continue reading Banner Computer Survey Launch 1996
The Broadcasting Bill successfully passed its second reading in the House of Commons last night. The final stage remaining is for the Bill to go to a Commons Committee where it will be discussed between officials and ministers. This process can take three to four weeks and should begin next Tuesday.Last night Labour had tried… Continue reading Broadcasting Bill Nearing Completion
According to the CIT Media Map Monitor 1996, which charts the top Media companies in Europe, Bertelsmann heads the chart. CLT is set to become the fastest climber, according to CIT, which says CLT’s recent deal with Bertelsmann will send the Luxembourg-based TV company with a share of Channel 5 from ninth to fifth place… Continue reading Top European Media Companies
