The BBC yesterday won an undertaking in the High Court that it will remain part of the Star TV service in Asia until the full hearing of a contract dispute, following the writ issued by the BBC against News Corporation. (Newsline 18/10)News Corporation threatened to terminate the BBC’s 10 year contract because of the planned… Continue reading BBC And Star TV Truce
IPC Specialist Group has today announced the launch of a new yachting magazine, to be published at the end of March 1994. Called Yachts & Equipment, it will be produced by the Practical Boat Owner team. The title will come out twice in 1994, in March and September.It wil be glossy, perfect bound and with… Continue reading New Yachting Magazine
A joint venture company set up by South Wales Electricity and International CableTel of the US plans to invest about £200m in building a cable TV and telephone network covering most of urban South Wales. South Wales Electricity expects that within 10 years half of the residents in its area will be taking cable TV… Continue reading Cable Venture For South Wales
Speculation has arisen today over the true revenue figure achieved by the combined YTTV in September.It would appear that YTTV initially were pulling revenue forward into September, thus producing an artificially high revenue figure, and thus presumably higher CPT figures. It would appear today however that YTTV have now decided to push revenue back into… Continue reading YTTV September Revenue Questioned
Perspectives on Architecture is a new magazine launching next March in association with the Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture and Wordsearch Publishing. It will cover architecture, arts, crafts, house decoration, landscaping and green issues.The monthly A4 title will have a cover price of £2.50 and an initial print run of 40,000. The magazine’s contributors… Continue reading Perspectives On Architecture Launch
According to an unconfirmed report in today’s Media Week GMTV are planning to set up 4 macro regions to sell both regional and national airtime. The regions under discussion are:Scotland and northern England Ulster Midlands and HTV SouthernThe move towards regional business is said to be a result of GMTV’s poor audience figures, which are… Continue reading GMTV – Macro Sales Regions?
Omnicom is to pay £15m for a 9% stake in Aegis, the Carat parent company. The move is part of a major refinancing package designed to raise more than £60m of new equity. Omnicom claims that the deal has no implications for The Media Partnership, its European joint venture with WPP, although TMP and Aegis… Continue reading Omnicom Takes Stake In Aegis
Omnicom is to pay £15m for a 9% stake in Aegis, the Carat parent company. The move is part of a major refinancing package designed to raise more than £60m of new equity. Omnicom claims that the deal has no implications for The Media Partnership, its European joint venture with WPP, although TMP and Aegis… Continue reading Omnicom Takes Stake In Aegis
Virgin is revamping its weekend schedule and moving the Virgin-Labatts album chart from its Sunday afternoon slot. From this Saturday the album chart will go out at 1pm, directly after the Nescafe Big Red Mug Show.Announcing the changes John Revell, joint director of programmes, said “The chart show move will enable us to consolidate on… Continue reading Virgin Revamps Weekend Schedule
According to an unconfirmed report in today’s Media Week GMTV are planning to set up 4 macro regions to sell both regional and national airtime. The regions under discussion are:Scotland and northern England Ulster Midlands and HTV SouthernThe move towards regional business is said to be a result of GMTV’s poor audience figures, which are… Continue reading GMTV – Macro Sales Regions?
