Press reports today that the Government is to ban the satellite porn TV channel Erotica from British screens are unconfirmed. The Department of National Heritage today denied that National Heritage Secretary Virginia Bottomley has made any statement to this effect.Controversy over the Swedish-based station which calls itself ‘Europe’s hottest adults movie channel’ follows just two… Continue reading Porn Channel Ban?
Football Association officials have announced that they have withdrawn their £118.5 million television offer to the Football League after clubs failed to meet the deadline for a decision. The 72 Endsleigh League chairmen met in London for three hours to discuss the five-year offer by the FA and a rival bid from the Premier League.The… Continue reading FA Withdraw Football Coverage Deal To League Clubs
TNT and Cartoon Network have recently released the results of the third Pan- European Media survey, conducted by Simon Priest & Associates.The survey was conducted in seven European countries; UK, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Spain, Poland and Sweden and a total of 4200 people took part. 500 interviews with TNT & Cartoon Network receivers, both adults… Continue reading TNT & Cartoon Network Pan-European Survey
Commercial radio accounts for 10% of all advertising spend in Southern Ireland, this is more than four times the share it takes in the UK. There are three state owned commercial stations, two of which are national (RTE Radio 1 and RTE Radio 2 FM) and one local (RTE Cork 89FM), and 22 local commercial… Continue reading Irish Radio Market
TeleWest has revealed consolidated net losses of £68m for the 9-months to September 1995, an increase of 58% on the previous year. Revenue for the UK’s largest cable operator rose by 78% to £78.6m.Cable television revenue increased by 60% to £40.2m, largely as a result of a 54% increase in the number of subscribers to… Continue reading TeleWest Results
The Football League is to decide today whether or not to accept a deal from the Football Association covering the television rights to all Endsleigh League matches, FA Cup matches and internationals. The deal, which includes all television rights for the next four years, is worth £118.5m.If the deal is accepted the rights will be… Continue reading Football League TV Rights – Decision Today
IPC Magazines, which publishes TV Times, has joined the Cambridge interactive TV Trial and has begun to develop the world’s first interactive multimedia TV listings guide with the help of Online Media. IPC Magazines will be part of the Service Nursery which allows potential service providers to try out interactive TV to see whether it… Continue reading IPC To Launch Interactive TV Listings
The first unaudited circulation figures for the new magazines which launched this year have been released recently. Future Publishing which launched its Total Football magazine just one month before its rival, IPC’s Goal, seems to be just winning the circulation battle with an independent audit of 81,490 for the first issue. Goal magazine, however is… Continue reading Circulations – Total Football/Goal/Ikon/That’s Life
After several weeks of rumours Cellnet has today announced it is to sponsor the English rugby team and England rugby in an exclusive package, making it one of the most heavyweight sponsorships of the sport.The Cellnet name will appear on all the England team training kit, and also on a range of leisurewear to be… Continue reading Cellnet To Sponsor Rugby
