The Carmarthen Journal which is owned by Northcliffe Newspapers is to be relaunched this Wednesday as a tabloid. The Journal, Wales’ oldest newspaper has been given this face-lift after research including a poll of the readers showed that tabloid was the preferred format; the paper is also doubling its pagination from 32 to 64.Contact Liz… Continue reading Wales’ Oldest Newspaper Shapes Up For The Future
Ian Scott has left Cinema Media after just two months as Sales Director; he joined from IPC’s Women’s Weeklies division.Katrina Hill, Cinema Media’s group sales and Marketing Director has now appointed Andy Williams as the director of national sales with Debbie Edinger as his deputy.… Mediacom has poached Trevor Barry, Channel 4’s group head, to… Continue reading Appointments
Initial results from research into newspaper section readership show that Sunday newspapers are, as has always been claimed, read for longer. Sunday papers take an average of 1 hour 27 minutes to read through, Saturday papers take 1 hour 11 minutes. The research shows that size of the paper is not the issue either, because… Continue reading Sunday Newspapers Read For Longer
The Broadcasting Standards Council has upheld complaints against the Radio 1’s Breakfast Show. The Council found some comments made by Mr Evans unsuitable for a breakfast audience.Two complaints concerned an offensive reference to a ‘shag’ during a skit on the television show ‘Countdown’ in the programme broadcast on 17 May. There was one complaint which… Continue reading Ooh Err Missus – Chris Evans Accused Of Smut
A new study published by CIT Research called Satellite Communications In Europe 1995, predicts that by the year 2004, nearly 9 million European households could own a digital satellite receiver.Although the future of digital terrestrial television in many countries is as yet unsettled, the study points to the potential for satellite delivered digital TV broadcasts,… Continue reading New Study Into Future Of Digital TV
United News & Media has released results today, reporting a decrease in pre-tax profits of nearly 7% for the 6 months ending June, to £65.1m.Lord Stevens, chairman of the group which includes Express Newspapers said that results were held back by re-launch costs in the UK, and that national newspapers were affected by lower circulation… Continue reading United News & Media Profits Down 6.9%
Yesterday saw Channel 4’s autumn schedule formally announced, with drama getting top billing, according to John Willis, Director of Programming.Willis also said that C4 had enjoyed a successful year with factual based programming and would continue to do so into the next season. He said that £70m had been invested in the new schedule and… Continue reading Channel 4 Autumn Schedule
According to the FA Premier League, Sky TV is the favourite for football coverage among football fans. The results come from a nationwide survey carried out for the FA Premier League by the Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research.47.7% of fans believe that Sky TV’s football coverage is excellent; 37.8% think that of Radio… Continue reading Sky TV Football Coverage Comes Up Tops
Haymarket Magazines is set to launch a new motor racing magazine with editions in English and German.F1 Racing, which launches in February next year, will be a glossy monthly dedicated to Formula 1 racing with an emphasis on high quality photography. Features will include a behind the scenes look at the drivers and races, the… Continue reading Haymarket Races Ahead With New Motor Magazine
Virginia Bottomley has given official government support to the BBC’s launch yesterday of Digital Audio Broadcasting.Mrs Bottomley said ” This is a major landmark on the way to a digital future. Digital broadcasters will mean that listeners will be able to receive all five of the BBC’s radio stations with quality of sound and no… Continue reading Virginia Bottomley – DAB Approval
