According to the latest GfK Satellite Monitor, for December 1993, estimates of dish ownership are at 2.466 million dishes. This represents an increase of 90,000 dishes since the November monitor.ESTIMATES TO DECEMBER 1993 OF DISH OWNERSHIP (000’s) NET INCREASE IN OWNERHSIP % CH CUMULATIVE INCREASE CUM %CH 92 93 92 93 JUL 41 27 -34… Continue reading Satellite Dish Ownership Now At 2.5m
In response to our article this morning on Newsline (Key 2) The Time Exchange have asked us to point out that they are not the only company responsible for the delay in TV Messages for January; the hold up is also down to Laser not informing AGB of their new ratecard factors.
Michael Heseltine has invited all interested parties to comment by March 3 on whether he should give consent to a take-over of the Independent and Independent on Sunday without any enquiry by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.The MGN consortium has asked for the consent to be granted under a section of the Fair Trading Act… Continue reading Comments Invited On Independent Deal
TV Messages (impacts) for January will be delayed this month whilst data is re-calculated by AGB.The reason for this is that the timings of commercial spots for Granada, Border and Scottish Television have been found to be incorrect between January 4th and February 3rd 1994. Provisional timings instead of actual transmission times were provided and… Continue reading TV Messages Delayed
The ITC has published guidelines on the conditions under which advertising and programme sponsorship by religious bodies are acceptable, to help clarify the following rule:“No advertising is acceptable from religious bodies … whose rites or other forms of collective observance are not normally directly accessible to the general public”.This also applies to potential programme sponsors.For… Continue reading ITC Publishes Religious Guidelines
HTV has today announced that, subject to shareholders approval, Flextech will take a 20% stake in HTV for £27m. Flextech provides cable and satellite broadcasting throughout Europe, including five channels from the Sky Multi-Channel’s package. This is the first alliance in Britain between terrestrial and non-terrestrial operators.The deal should help HTV achieve one of its… Continue reading Cable Company Takes Stake In HTV
Following a misleading article in yesterday’s Evening Standard, which stated that there was a row brewing over Jazz FM’s official go-ahead to reduce its jazz output, the Radio Authority has written to the paper to correct facts.Since Jazz FM was re-awarded its licence to commence later this year, the Radio Authority has looked at the… Continue reading Jazz FM Row
The Observer magazine is to close its glossy magazine from the beginning of April, merging its contents with those of the current Life tabloid, which contains the review section. The new magazine, which will not be sold until mid March, will combine the most successful parts of the two existing magazines, as well as including… Continue reading Observer To Merge Magazines
