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
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
QualitiesThe Times began 1994 by offering to retain its reduced cover price for those who subscribe to the newspaper for a year. Its circulation rose again in January with its monthly ABC figure reaching 456,000 and its 6-monthly figure for August to January up by 14.2% year-on-year to 430,368. The only other quality newspapers to… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – January
The combined TV Revenue for December, based on agency estimates, came in at £138.32m, an increase of 8.5% on the same month in 1993. The ITV share was £111.64m, with Channel 4 at £26.6m. This is an 81:19 split.The best performance came from Central, improving its share by 1.54% points on last year to 16.09%.… Continue reading TV Revenue Share – January 1994
Marc Mendoza, WCRS media group head has been appointed media director, filling the position left by Phil Georgiadis, who has become vice president. Michael Lines, sales director of More O’Ferrall Adshel is to leave the company. Abbott Mead Vickers has promoted Alan Brydon to media director, and Paul Gummer has been promoted to international media… Continue reading Appointments
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
