Sir Iain Vallance, Chairman of BT, has called for an urgent change in Government policy that would allow the company to deliver television services via a fibre-optic network. Sir Iain, talking to the Trade and Industry Select Committee, said that uncertainty over the entertainment ban was hampering BT in its investment planning, and that Britain… Continue reading BT Calls For TV Rights On Network
The BBC has announced its spring/summer schedule, promising to avoid a repeat of last year’s season when 25% of its schedule was made up of repeats.Eastenders is to be given an extra third episode a week from the middle of next month, it was announced, although there were no such plans for Casualty, which had… Continue reading BBC – Fewer Repeats This Summer
Channel One, the London cable television service owned by Associated Newspapers which was due to launch on 1 April, is delaying the launch until the autumn.This is due to major rescheduling plans; originally the channel’s plans were for 4-5 hours programming daily. This is to be increased to a round the clock service, with a… Continue reading Channel One Delayed Due To Rescheduling
The IPA has today released details of its submission to the ITC concerning the television airtime sales market.The IPA has proposed that the ITC introduces firm regulations to prevent anti-competitive practices the market by: The prohibition of any combination of competitive television services (ie ITV regions, GMTV, Channel 4, BSkyB, C5 or the two London… Continue reading IPA Calls For Firm Regulation Of TV Sales
Southern Newspapers has announced results for the six months ending January 1. Pre-tax profits were up 138% from £3m to £7.15m. This figure includes a £3.5m profit from the sale of the group’s shareholding in Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers.NEWSPAPER PROMOTIONSThe Observer and Guardian are to enter the latest round of broadsheet promotions by launching a… Continue reading Southern Results
Carat Research has today released details of its mediaGRAPHICS segmentation system which replaces social class as a method of categorising the UK population.mediaGRAPHICS is based on the idea that the amounts and types of newspapers and magazines people read and television they watch give a clear indication of their attitudes and lifestyle. Carat believes that… Continue reading Social Class Replacement?
The ITC’s chief executive last night attacked the recent spate of ITV takeovers, suggesting that they were driven by ambition rather than any commercial considerations. David Glencross, in a speech to the Royal Television Society said that “the advantages of size are not so clear-cut as is sometimes claimed”. He said that takeovers were driven… Continue reading TV Mergers Attacked
The nominations for the PPA Magazines 94 Awards have now been released. The results will be announced on 3 May, at a dinner following the Magazines 94 Conference.Shortlisted magazines are:Business and Professional Magazine of the YearBuilding – The Builder GroupCare Weekly – Inside CommunicationsCheckout – Reed Business PublishingFarmers Weekly – Reed Business PublishingHuman Resources –… Continue reading Magazine Nominations – 1994 PPA Awards
The Radio Authority has re-awarded the ILR licence for the Brixton area to Choice FM and also re-awarded the licence for Thamesmead to RTM. A new FM licence for St Albans and Watford has been awarded to Century Radio. This Century Radio is not connected to the group of the same name which has won… Continue reading ILR Licences
