Guardian Media Group has announced that it is to move Jazz FM’s sales operation from Clear Channel Radio Sales (CCRS) to Chrysalis.CCRS was only acquired last month but is to be sold on to Radio Investments Limited, in which GMG is a major shareholder.Chrysalis will now represent nationally all five GMG Radio stations – Jazz… Continue reading Chrysalis To Represent All GMG Stations
The Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, John Whittingdale, has launched an attack on the new Communications Bill, claiming it may “introduce statutory regulation of newspapers through the back door.”Speaking at the second reading of the Bill in Parliament yesterday, Whittingdale commented: “This Bill, far from protecting press freedom, does quite the… Continue reading Tories Warn Ofcom May Jeopardise Press Freedom
BBC Magazines has promoted Katherine Rose, former marketing director of homes, gardening and food magazines, to the new role of marketing planning director.The move is part of a widespread re-structuring scheme to create a central marketing planning team as part of a review of the entire marketing department. As well as the creation of a… Continue reading BBC Magazines Establishes Centralised Marketing Teams
The ITC has dismissed complaints that performances given by Christina Aguilera and Holly Vallance on ITV1’s Saturday morning show, CD:UK, were “inappropriate”.The ITC received 13 separate complaints from viewers who were concerned that the performances were “too suggestive” for children.The regulator acknowledged that the show is one of the most-watched music programmes on TV and… Continue reading ITC Dismisses Complaints Against Raunchy CD:UK
Analysis of the latest TV revenue figures for October reveals a positive period for total UK terrestrial TV. Gains were experienced across the board, but Channel Five saw the most significant improvement, with revenue rising by 31.8% year on year despite the recent departure of chief executive, Dawn Airey (see Airey’s Departure Represents Coup For… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up October 2002
The Government’s plan to switch off the analogue signal by the 2010 deadline has received a boost with news that over one million people have requested information on the new digital terrestrial platform, Freeview.According to the Freeview consortium, which comprises BBC, BSkyB and Crown Castle, around 400,000 calls have been made to the Freeview information… Continue reading Freeview Boosts Prospect Of Analogue Switch Off
Virgin Radio is to run a week long campaign for Microsoft to encourage families to consider buying a PC or upgrading their existing machine in the run up to Christmas.The interactive cross-media campaign, which was secured through Virgin’s Access All Areas initiative, begins next Monday on the Daryl Denham Breakfast Show and continues on the… Continue reading Virgin Radio Secures Festive Microsoft Deal
Half of UK firms now order goods and services online, a 52% increase on 2001, according to a new study by the Department of Trade and Industry. The International Benchmarking Study 2002 revealed that UK companies are becoming increasingly acquainted with the merits of e-business. Over 90% of businesses now have access to the internet,… Continue reading UK Businesses Keen To Develop The e-Economy
The Irish telecoms sector saw revenues increase by 4% and there was a 10% movement of customers from the incumbent to other fixed line operators in the last quarter. A report from the newly-created Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) found that 162,000 Carrier Pre-Selection (CPS) lines are now rolled out in the country and at… Continue reading Irish Telecoms Industry In Good Heart
This year will witness the start of a ‘massive expansion’ in the growth of digital television (DTV) in the Asia Pacific region, with growth forecast to be 57% over 2001, reaching 7.9 million homes. These figures come from a new report from Informa Media Group, produced in association the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association (CASBAA).… Continue reading Asia-Pacific Digital Television Forecasts From Informa Media
