Detailed standards of programme quality which could be used to measure the performance of TV licence holders and set the criteria against which they would incur financial penalties are being called for by the IPA in a new discussion paper published today.The paper reaffirms the IPA’s 1989 proposal that viewer reaction should be an important… Continue reading IPA On Quality TV
Six major independent local radio groups have joined forces to set up a marketing bureau with the aim of promoting the medium and increasing its 2% share of advertising revenue.Metro, Capital, Clyde, Crown, Midlands and Transworld are to fund an organisation modelled on the US’s Radio Advertising Bureau. It will target national advertisiers who do… Continue reading Radio Groups Set Up Marketing Bureau
National Readership Surveys plans to begin using the Computer Aided Personal Interviews method by the middle of this year, which will lead to greater flexibility and increased speed of reporting.RSL completed a pilot study last year using the CAPI method. The readership levels in the pilot study confirmed the findings of previous CAPI tests and… Continue reading NRS CAPI Research
A formal commitment to quality has been secured by the ITC from Granada Group chief executive Gerry Robinson and chairman Alex Bernstein, following fears sparked by the forced resignation of David Plowright, Chief executive of Granada TVRobinson and Bernstein confirmed that programme pledges would be properly resourced to allow the company to meet the range… Continue reading ITC Obtains Assurances From Granada TV
The new RAJAR contract has been awarded to RSL.Negotiations on the final specification for the RAJAR research, which is worth £2m a year over four years, should be concluded and the contract signed in March . Fieldwork will begin in September, with first data publication in January 1993.Fieldwork will be conducted in all four quarters… Continue reading RSL Awarded RAJAR Contract
National NewspapersThe NRS six-monthly readership figures for July to December 1991 show The Daily Telegraph and The Financial Times to have faired best amongst the daily newspapers. The Telegraph increased its readership by 12.1% year-on-year and The Financial Times increased by 17.9%.The only other daily newspapers to record increases in readership during this period were… Continue reading NRS Advance Figures July-December’91
Following a board meeting today, TSW has decided to pursue an appeal to the House of Lords against the ITC’s decision to reject their franchise application.TSW’s decision was taken “in view of the importance of the case to TSW and the shortcomings in the ITC’s decision- making process.”It is hoped that the House of Lords… Continue reading TSW Decides To Go To House Of Lords
The Court of Appeal has today refused, by a 2 to 1 majority, to quash the ITC’s decision to reject TSW’s franchise application.The Court of Appeal said that, while it recognised the shortcomings in the manner manner in which the ITC dealt with the auction process, it did not feel these were sufficient to justify… Continue reading TSW Loses Judicial Review
The Independent National Broadcasting Company, which placed the highest bid for the INR2 licence yesterday (£4.01m), has revealed it has the back- ing of White Rose, which failed to win the Yorkshire TV franchise.The second highest bidder, Independent Music Radio (£1.88m), is a joint venture between TV-am and Virgin.The huge variations in the sizes of… Continue reading INR2 Applications – More Details
The Radio Authority received five applications for the INR2 licence, and subject to all the requirements of the Broadcasting Act being met, the licence will go to the highest bidder, Independent National Broadcasting.INB pledged £4,010,000, £2.1m ahead of its nearest rival, and is planning a pop and rock music format targeted at “young adults in… Continue reading INR2 Applications Received
