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
In the same week that new business paper Sunday Business was threatened with legal action over controversial stories in its dummy issues, it has now emerged that the paper’s printers have pulled out and important financial backers have been lost.West Ferry Printers were contracted to print the first edition of Sunday Business but the relationship… Continue reading Sunday Business Hits More Trouble
QVC, Britain’s only television shopping channel has announced another record breaking quarter, with net sales for Q1 1996 at an all-time high of £13.9 million, a 97% increase on the same period in 1995.During the quarter, QVC gained 98,000 new customers, answered 1.5 million calls and shipped 796,000 items. On Sunday 3 March, QVC set… Continue reading QVC Continues To Break Sales Records
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
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
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
