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Peter Risdale, chief executive of home-shopping channel QVC has resigned. The channel has run up losses of £9m in the UK, but chairman Barry Diller insists it will stay on air. Mark Suckle takes over as chief executive.

The only applicant, Cable Communications Fylde and Wyre, has been awarded the cable licence for Blackpool and Fylde.The winning company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SBC Cablecomms (UK), which also owns the companies holding the cable franchises for South Lancashire, Central Lancashire, Wigan, St Helens & Knowsley, and Liverpool. The new area includes 101,000… Continue reading ITC Awards Blackpool Cable Licence

The local delivery franchise for Eastern Derbyshire has not attracted any applicants, the ITC announced today. The franchise was advertised on 24 June with a deadline of noon on 19 September. The licence covers the Chesterfield, Matlock and Belper areas.Jon Davey, the ITC Director of Cable and Satellite, commented that “The absence of applications does… Continue reading No Applicants For Cable Licence

Channel 4’s autumn schedule, released today, is hailed as its “most challenging yet”, for both viewer and other commercial stations. One highlight is four feature-length films from Alan Bleasdale. Other films, in the Film on Four Season include The Crying Game, Peter’s Friends and The Long Day Closes.There is a return for C4’s two BAFTA… Continue reading Channel Four Autumn Schedule

…Aspen Communications, the publishing and media group has reported a pre-tax profit of £1.16m for the six months ending June 30. The figure is 10% down on the £1.29m for last year. However, that result was inflated by an exceptional credit of £1.1m.… International Business Communications, publisher of business titles such as Business Technology, has… Continue reading Publishing Results

Anglia Television has helped raise MAI’s operating profits by £5 million. MAI, the media and financial services company bought Anglia in March for £292m. MAI’s other television company Meridian managed to turn a £3.5m loss in the year to June 1993 into a £3.7m profit.MAI is planning to bid for the Channel 5 franchise, which… Continue reading MAI Profits Up £5m

The new editor of the Sunday Express, Brian Hitchen, has dropped both the separate London supplement, and Section 2 from within the main paper. Section 3 has been renamed Classic, as of yesterday.This leaves the Sunday Express with three sections; the main paper, the magazine and Classic. There is no change to rates.Sunday Express Display:… Continue reading Sunday Express Drops Sections

The ITC has welcomed the government’s decision to lift the broadcasting ban of representatives of Sinn Fein and other organisations, it said in a statement issued on Friday. The ITC said it has consistently argued for such a lifting, and that the lifting of it will allow “full and proper scrutiny of Northern Ireland affairs.”The… Continue reading Industry Response To Broadcasting Ban

The ITC has rejected an application by Skytext for the Commercial Additional Services licence advertised on 1 June. The application was rejected because it arrived after the noon deadline. The only other applicant, SimpleActive Ltd will now be considered. ITC 071 255 3000

The Sunday Times yesterday launched ST:ONLINE, providing readers with a gateway to the Internet network, as well as forums based around Sunday Times pages and articles. The Sunday Times claims it is “the beginnings of an electronic, interactive newspaper.”