QualitiesThe Times is still continuing to build its circulation and in April took a 20% market share among the quality dailies, up from 18% in January and 15% last August, prior to the introduction of its price cut. The newspaper’s April ABC of 478,419 was up by 1.6% on March and its 6-monthly figure for… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – April
Channel 4’s board is to consider whether to mount a formal campaign for independence from ITV to avoid paying the safety net subsidies. In February Channel 4 handed over £38.2m to the ITV companies and it could end up paying £200m to ITV over the ten years of its licence.A final decision on the exact… Continue reading Channel 4 Seeks Independence
The creation of one of the world’s largest multimedia companies was looking possible after a General Motors subsidiary, Electronic Data Services, said it was having talks about a $30 billion merger with the US telecommunications group Sprint. A joint statement from the two companies said that they saw great opportunities for synergy by a either… Continue reading Multimedia Merger
Technicians and Journalists at the BBC are to stage a series of strikes from next week, in a dispute over pay and conditions. Staff will stage a 24-hour strike on Tuesday and Friday of next week, and two days will be targetted each week until the dispute is settled.The two unions involved, the National Union… Continue reading BBC Unions Announce Strike
The trade and technology minister, Patrick McLoughlin, has made it clear that the government will not ban “lookalike” products. After consultations on the issue, he rejected pressure from manufacturers to amend the Trademarks Bill to crack down on goods that resemble well-known brands.Mr McLoughlin said the Goverment agreed with the “overwhelming majority”of views received that… Continue reading No Ban On Lookalikes
With the decision over the National Lottery winner due within two weeks, Rank Organisation is now one of the favourites, together with the Camelot Consortium and the Great British Lottery Company.
According to a report in the Sunday Times this week, the Guardian Media Group is considering merging the troubled Observer paper with the Independent on Sunday. Losses at the Observer are running at an estimated £1m a month. Tentative discussions have taken place with Mirror Group Newspapers.TECHNOLOGY SUPPLEMENT FOR GUARDIANThis Thursday the Guardian is to… Continue reading Observer/IoS Merger?
The Department of Trade and Industry has been examining how the government should deal with the issue of supermarket lookalike products. It has been asking brand manufacturers if they believe protection for brand names against lookalikes should be included as an amendment to the trademarks bill or whether new legislation on fair trading would be… Continue reading Guidelines For Brand Lookalikes
According to the latest GfK Satellite Monitor, for March 1994, satellite dish ownership as at 26 March was 2.565 million dishes, which is an increase of 41,000 dishes on the previous month. However, the age profile of those acquiring dishes is getting older, whereas the age profile of those deinstalling satellite equipment is strongly biased… Continue reading Satellite Owners Getting Older
The government has announced new restrictions on tobacco advertising at the same time as opposing a Labour bill to ban all forms of tobacco advertising. The new restrictions are part of a 5-year voluntary agreement between the government and tobacco manufacturers and mainly involve outdoor advertising.The restrictions include a 40% reduction in poster advertising expenditure,… Continue reading Restrictions On Tobacco Ads
