The Department of National Heritage has confirmed that it is being taken to court by the European Commission over its interpretation of rules on jurisdiction over satellite broadcasts. The Commission is insisting that Britain should have no jurisdiction to prevent satellite companies from broadcasting in Britain; this could remove Britain’s right to stop Continental satellite… Continue reading European Satellite Row Continues
Melody Radio’s regular financial news summaries are to be sponsored by Schroder Unit Trusts in a one year deal beginning on April 18.
Dennis Publishing is launching a new business title, Network Reseller Magazine, on June 28. The title will be bi-monthly, changing to monthly in September.Editorially the title will aim to cover all information needs of third party service providers, in the networking industry; it will be targeted at resellers, primarily those who work with networking equipment.A… Continue reading New Computer Business Title
IPC’s new men’s magazine, Loaded, launches today. The monthly has a cover price of £2, although the first issue has an introductory special price of 95p. With all the recent growth in the male sector, IPC examined the market and found what they believe is a gap between the younger titles, such as Sky and… Continue reading Loaded Review
Media advertising is not under any threat from the new marketing possibilities of databases, sponsorship, telemarketing and interactive media, according to Winston Fletcher, chairman of DFSD Bozell, speaking at the Newspaper Society’s advertising conference.Fletcher pointed out that media advertising actually accounts for 77% of all marketing communications, or £7.825 billion; sales promotion only accounted for… Continue reading Media Advertising Not Under Threat
Quality NewspapersThe latest national newspaper ABCs for October to March show the Independent and Independent on Sunday continuing to lose circulation at a dramatic rate. The Independent’s 6-monthly ABC figure was down by 16% year-on-year to 300,849 and its monthly figure for March fell to 276,837, down by 5.3% on February. The Independent on Sunday… Continue reading National Press Round Up – March
Unofficial overnight ratings for Monday nights’ viewing battle show the BBC’s third episode of Eastenders fared better than ITV’s spoiler, the Bond film Living Daylights. Eastenders achieved an audience of 11m; the first hour of the Bond film got 8.7m. Although this is lower than the usual Eastenders figures, the other episodes have weaker opposition.BBC… Continue reading Eastenders Beats Bond
At the Newspaper Society’s Advertising Conference yesterday Hew Stevenson told delegates that ad spend in the regional sector has increased in the past twenty years. In 1992, ad spend in the regional press was higher in constant terms (at £1120m) than it was in either 1983 (£910m) or 1973 (£1020m). Hew Stevenson said, “The fact… Continue reading Ad Spend In Regional Press Grows
Astra is planning to launch a fourth satellite later this year, in Setptember or October. If this is successful, Astra could have 14 more channels on air by the end of the year. Old receiving equipment is not compatible however, and will either need new equipment or a converter box.The main purpose of the fourth… Continue reading More Channels For Astra
Allied Radio has announced results for 1993; pre-tax losses were £1.90m, a deterioration on the previous years losses of £1.72m. The company proposes a rights issue to raise approximately £1.55m. The chairman said that the first few months of 1994 had been difficult, but there are encouraging signs.
