More than 200 staff at the British Satellite Broadcasting customer services centre in Leeds are being made redundant. BSkyB will only require limited services from the centre, as a similar operation has also been inherited from Sky. The number of redundancies resulting from the merger is now thought to total around 650.
Hamfield Publications has confirmed the launch of a national paid-for listings title, TV Plus, next March. It will replace Plus,the free title distributed with regional newspapers. The final issue of Plus appears on December 5. The new title is to be a derivation of Plus and is to be edited by Gillian De Bono. Four… Continue reading TV Plus To Replace Plus
Following its closure, directors of the Sunday Correspondent have put the title up for sale and are attempting to refund the shareholders through voluntary liquidation. Finance director, Alan Thompson, confirmed there was some interest in the sale but would not say from where.
Speaking yesterday on C4’s Answering Back, Michael Checkland, director general of the BBC, dismissed suggestions that the licence fee should be replaced by subscription. However, he said he is worried that it may reach the £100 level.Checkland suggested that the licence fee for mono sets might be raised to that of the colour licence. He… Continue reading BBC Licence Fee And Audience Share
This week the Times and Sunday Times are to become the first newspapers to be available on CD, a single disc will hold the contents of more than 400 newspapers.
Before last November , satellite television was a diffused, disparate medium tottering on the fringes of the broadcasting industry.Whilst many consumers liked the idea of more choice and niche channels, confusion over whether to opt for Sky or BSB (a dish or a squarial) and the mixed messages coming from the broad- casters themselves, blurred… Continue reading BSkyB – One Year On
QUALITIES Among the quality newspapers The Independent on Sunday and The Observer continue to be the only titles to increase circulation year – on-year, when comparing both the monthly figures for October and the six monthly figures for May to October.The Times and The Independent once again experienced the greatest circulation falls in this group.… Continue reading National Press Round Up – October
The IPA has undertaken some comparative work between the old and the new BARB data, comparing coverage and the effect of the Negative Binomial Distribution calculation.A pool of almost 300 actual schedules (or parts of schedules) running during July was analysed for the IPA by DDS on both the old panel using the old methodology… Continue reading IPA Examines New V Old BARB Panel
Only 15% of people would be prepared to invest in cable or satellite receiving equipment if their favourite programmes moved onto satellite, according to a new study conducted by NOP for Key Note.The report counters industry predictions that the recent TV franchise round could provide a boost for cable and satellite, with more popular programmes… Continue reading Commercial TV Study
TV revenue for October reflected the success of the Rugby World Cup, coming in 13.29% higher than last year at £174,917,605. Amongst the individual contractors, LWT performed well , up 0.41% points to 11.24% (on the same number of days), whilst TVS (up 0.27% points), Central (up 0.09), Anglia (up 0.07) and TSW (up 0.01)… Continue reading TV Round-Up – October
