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Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television is to axe 188 jobs as part of a restructuring programme. Voluntary redundancies will run until July 26 at which stage compulsory job losses will occur, including 91 positions in London.

An analysis of the public response to the Government’s green paper on the Future of the BBC yielded the following results:Funding/Money 66% believed the BBC should continue to be funded by the license fee. 29% of respondents believed money could be saved through improved efficiency, rather than through a drop in quality or range of… Continue reading Viewers Respond To Green Paper

Last night’s Media Research Group meeting discussed the vexed question of whether a TV audience’s appreciation of the programme they are watching effects their appreciation of the ads shown in the breaks.Andy Tilley presented some of Zenith Media’s research into AIs (Appreciation Indices), previously shown at the Monte Carlo conference earlier this year. The “Saturday… Continue reading MRG Meeting Report: TV Appreciation

The ITV Council has temporarily deferred a decision over the future of the News At Ten until it meets with the ITC next week, to examine fully “the differing interpretations of the 1990 Broadcasting Act in relation to the scheduling of the high quality news service to which ITV remains completely committed” (Council statement).

Branson-owned adult rock station, Virgin 1215, has plans to start broad- casting in stereo from August 1, using the Astra satellite- a move that will enable 9 million BSkyB viewers to receive the station on an audio channel.Virgin also plans to change the name of its hourly news service to Sky News, a continuation of… Continue reading Virgin Stereo Link-Up With BSkyB

Branson-owned adult rock station, Virgin 1215, has plans to start broad- casting in stereo from August 1, using the Astra satellite- a move that will enable 9 million BSkyB viewers to receive the station on an audio channel.Virgin also plans to change the name of its hourly news service to Sky News, a continuation of… Continue reading Virgin Stereo Link-Up With BSkyB

The Radio Authority has issued details of the timetable for the next phase of local radio licence re-advertisements. They are as follows; Area Advert Closing Award Effec Leicester Nov-93 Feb-94 May-94 Sep-95 Hereford/ Worcester Dec-93 Mar-94 Jun-94 Oct-95 Preston Jan-94 Apr-94 Jul-94 Oct-95 Swindon/ W.Wiltshire Feb-94 May-94 Aug-94 Oct-95 Greater London Mar-94 Jun-94 Sep-94 Oct-95… Continue reading Radio Licence Re-Advertisements

Classic FM will extend its reach later this year, with an additional 11 transmitters going on-air between July and December to cover areas including Sheffield, Carlisle, Devon, Swansea and North Wales.The second phase in Classic FM’s £5m transmitter network will increase the station’s coverage to almost 86% – adding 3 million potential listeners. The Sheffield… Continue reading Classic To Reach Extra 3 Million

Classic FM will extend its reach later this year, with an additional 11 transmitters going on-air between July and December to cover areas including Sheffield, Carlisle, Devon, Swansea and North Wales.The second phase in Classic FM’s £5m transmitter network will increase the station’s coverage to almost 86% – adding 3 million potential listeners. The Sheffield… Continue reading Classic To Reach Extra 3 Million

Future Publishing confirmed to MediaTel today that it has purchased two computer games titles from Dennis Publishing – Sega Zone and Game Zone. Future currently publishes 17 computer and leisure titles including Sega Power (circ.102,033), SuperPlay (90,000), Mega (90,000) and Games- Master (370,000) which launched in October of last year. Dennis Publishing sold the magazines… Continue reading Future Buys Titles From Dennis