The battle of the tabloids continues with the Sun reporting the Daily Mirror to the Press Complaints Commission for its report on the Queen sueing the paper for publishing her Christmas speech. In response the Mirror has been told it can either settle the matter directly with Kelvin MacKenzie, editor of the Sun, or it… Continue reading Sun Reports Mirror To PCC
A sponsorship deal has been set up with Britannia Music to back the radio coverage of the Brit Awards, covering the production costs in return for airtime on the 22 stations which are broadcasting it. The awards will cover an hour, the night before ITV broadcasts the event. The deal was organised by Unique Broadcasting.
Trevor Southerden is to take over as advertisement manager with Morgan- Grampian monthly, Tunnels and Tunnelling. He was formerly an ad representative with the title.
Following a failed attempt by Thames to persuade the Independent Television Commission to reconsider its decision not to award the Channel 5 licence to C5 Holdings, the TV company looks set to restructure its request – asking the ITC to re-advertise the licence earlier than planned.Time Warner, the consortium’s main backer, has assured the Commission… Continue reading Thames To Request C5 Re-Advertisement
Following a failed attempt by Thames to persuade the Independent Television Commission to reconsider its decision not to award the Channel 5 licence to C5 Holdings, the TV company looks set to restructure its request – asking the ITC to re-advertise the licence earlier than planned.Time Warner, the consortium’s main backer, has assured the Commission… Continue reading Thames To Request C5 Re-Advertisement
Rick Plata has been appointed Media Director of Burkitt Weinreich Bryant, taking effect from the beginning of April.
Radio 4 long-wave fans may have won their battle to prevent the BBC from replacing it with a 24-hour news service, a move which has caused much protest and anger from those who argue that they cannot receive the station on FM (Newsline 29/9).The Corporation is now launching an inquiry which will examine potential problems… Continue reading BBC Thinking Again About R4 Move
Christopher Chataway will step down as chairman of LBC today, handing the position over to Dame Shirley Porter, whose family now owns the radio station. Chataway will remain as a non-executive director.
Channel 4 Television has set up a new trading subsidiary to sell the company’s films and programmes. Channel 4 International Ltd will take over from Film Four International and the present in-house sales arm Channel 4 International, with Michael Grade as chairman. Existing commercial activities have accumulated an average annual turnover of £10m over the… Continue reading Trading Subsidiary For Channel 4
The Sun has been given seven days to reply to a letter from the Queen’s solicitor, demanding damages for the publication of her Christmas speech two days before it was due to be revealed. The tabloid has made it clear that it will defend all legal proceedings brought by the Queen and feel confident that… Continue reading Sun To Reply To Queen’s Letter
