The Newspaper Society has issued its formal response to the Government’s Broadcast Bill, in which it says that the Bill is discriminatory, and threatens the position of regional and local newspapers.The Newspaper Society points out that the Bill will enable national newspapers and magazines to own radio stations in their circulation areas, but will prevent… Continue reading Broadcasting Bill Is Discriminatory – NS
Sir David Puttnam, the film producer, has approached Lord Rothschild with plans for a worldwide satellite TV education channel, it is reported in the Sunday Telegraph. Apparently Puttnam has approached the BBC and the Open University, but both shelved the idea because it seemed too ambitious.
RevenueNovember was a poor month for ITV in terms of revenue, with ITV’s actual figure down on last year by 1.4% to £147.37m. Channel 4 however, managed an increase of 14.2% year on year up to £43.67 million. This puts the combined ITV/C4 revenue at £191.038 million, an increase of just 1.8% year on year.… Continue reading Television Round-Up – November
… Reed Regional Newspapers, no longer part of the Reed Elsevier group, is to change its name in the next few weeks to Newsquest Media Group.
… IPC is to halve the price of Family Circle to 50p for its February issue, to encourage consumers to buy the revamped title, which goes on sale on January 22.Sandy Gale, publishing director, said “Following an ongoing programme of consumer research throughout 1995, the new look has been developed to change outdated perceptions of… Continue reading IPC Promotions
Allaying fears and rumours that Coronation Street was to move to Sky, ITV has announced today that both Coronation Street and The Bill have been signed up in further long-term production deals.The new deal for Coronation Street, concluded with Granada Television, runs for two years from January 1996; The Bill, produced by Thames for Carlton,… Continue reading ITV Signs Corrie And Bill Up For New Deals
TeleWest has announced that it has bought the cable franchise which covers the Worcester area from Bell Cablemedia.Telewest, the UK’s biggest cable company, paid £9.8 million for the franchise which will cover 75,000 homes and 5,00 businesses. BCM Worcester is not yet operational and is a dormant company.Alan Michels, Chief Executive Officer of TeleWest commented:… Continue reading Telewest Buys Franchise From Bell Cablemedia
Cable TV station L!VE TV has been severely criticised by the British Darts Association for a new show called Topless Darts. The 30 minute Australian import shows topless girls playing darts to the tune of Waltzing Matilda.The BDO, which represents 8 million darts fans, said the show is “something that is not only an insult… Continue reading L!ve TV In Topless Darts Row
Despite pending legal proceedings regarding the granting of its licence, Channel 5 Broadcasting has signed a tranmission contract with NTL, which will ensure transmission will be ready for next January.NTL will handle both the distribution and transmission of Channel 5; the two 10 year contracts are worth around £100 million. Distribution of signals to the… Continue reading Channel 5 Broadcasting Signs Transmission Deal
UK Gold has announced that its contract with cable operator Videotron may end on 12th February this year if it remains unable to agree terms for distribution of the channel.Videotron covers parts of Southampton and London and if the service to these areas ends, UK Gold will lose two per cent of its 3.5 million… Continue reading UK Gold May End Contract With Videotron Cable Operator
