…Kellogg’s has signed a sponsorship deal with breakfast television station GMTV. GMTV’s fitness spot is to be sponsored by Kellogg’s Bran Flakes, and Kellogg’s All Bran will sponsor the health slot presented by Dr Hilary Jones three days a week.… Carlsberg is sponsoring the World Cup Athletics taking place at Crystal Palace on September 9-11.…… Continue reading Sponsorship Deals
Carlton UK Television announced 180 job losses yesterday, in a restructuring move following its takeover of Central Television. More than £15m a year is expected to be saved
Melvyn Bragg warned yesterday that the break-up of British Television into a two-tier system of broadcasting was fast approaching. Speaking at the launch of the new season of The South Bank Show, Bragg warned that viewers without satellite or cable were being denied access to programmes. He called on Stephen Dorrell, Secretary of State for… Continue reading Decline In British TV Quality Warning
Further details on the new Daily Express supplement, This Week, are now available. Launching on Saturday 17 September This Week will retain the style of the Saturday Review section which it replaces, with an additional 16 page TV guide for the week. There will also be photonews features.Editorially the section will feature articles on health… Continue reading Daily Express This Week – Details
Zenith Media has released the latest version of its UK Television Forecasts to 2003. Forecasts of both economic and advertising performance have been raised since the March projection. The UK economy is expected to grow in real terms by 3.5% this year; total advertising expenditure by 5.9% and television advertising is expected to increase by… Continue reading Zenith UK TV Forecasts To 2003
BBC, Channel 4 and ITV representatives have been holding meetings to discuss plans for digital terrestrial television in the UK. A first stage is to agree on a European standard for digital terrestrial television. Existing broadcasters, along with the operator of a Channel 5, would get a digital channel to match each of their existing… Continue reading Broadcasters Discuss Digital Tv
MTV has signed a distribution deal with TeleWest, on behalf of VH-1, MTV Europe and Nickelodeon. The contract with TeleWest, the UK’s largest cable operator, is the first five year distribution deal for VH-1 and Nickelodeon. Each channel will be distributed to TeleWest’s 145,000 subscribers for five years.
Media Guardian is holding a special debate this Wednesday at the National Film Theatre. Called “Towards 2004: 500 Channels and Beyond” the debate will discuss the digital media future. Taking part in the debate are Michael Grade, Richard Dunn of Pearson Television Holdings, Nigel Haunch of Wire TV, Marjorie Mowlam, Shadow Heritage Secretary, and John… Continue reading Multimedia Debate
The two largest entertainment groups are seeking to take over national television networks; Time Warner is in talks about buying NBC from General Electric and Walt Disney is looking at CBS.The sudden interest in network takeovers stems from new regulations which take effect in November 1995, which will allow networks to own and produce their… Continue reading US TV Market Merging
Phil Walker has been appointed as Editor of the Daily Star, replacing Brian Hitchen who was appointed Editor of the Sunday Express last week.Walker, who is 50, joined the Daily Star in 1991 as Deputy Editor; prior to this he worked as Deputy Editor at The Daily Mirror for five years. Peter Hill has been… Continue reading New Editor Of Daily Star
