Lord Wakeham, the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has promised that the organisation will come down hard on newspapers, TV crews and paparazzi if they subject Prince William to harassment while he is at university.In a speech today at St Bride’s Institute, Fleet Street, Lord Wakeham warned newspapers against publishing pictures of the… Continue reading PCC To Set Out New Guidelines For Prince William’s Privacy
A decline in viewing figures for ITV’s Nightly News programme prompted talk of a court battle last week after the ITC insisted that the network bring forward the time of its 11pm news slot. ITV had asked permission to scrap the News at Ten a year earlier but after the schedule change lead to a… Continue reading Feature: How Much More News Can We Take?
Capital Radio this week announced that it would be using MediaTrader to post media opportunities. They join Atlantic 252, Chrysalis Radio, Clear Channel Radio Sales, Impact, and Unique Broadcasting who are all using the online media availability service to post sponsorship, event inventory and airtime. Colette Lister, head of trading systems at Capital said, “We… Continue reading Capital Radio Joins MediaTrader
A new venture from new media company Worldpop and Mobile Channel Network (MCN) could enable a future where advertisers can follow their target audience, even on holiday. The Mobile Ibiza information service, which launched yesterday, hopes to register as many of the 700,000 British clubbers heading for the Balearics as possible, in order to provide… Continue reading Worldpop Launches Mobile Information Service For Clubbers
The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has outlined its support for the concept of “light touch” regulation, but argues that “this must be accompanied by a more accountable approach from broadcasters and other content providers.”Launching its third Annual Report, the BSC noted that swearing, violence and the portrayal of sex continued to be a cause for… Continue reading Lighter Regulation Must Mean More Accountable Broadcasters, Says BSC
National Readership Surveys Ltd (NRS), the industry-funded organisation which controls the UK National Readership Survey, is inviting bids for its next four year readership contract, worth over £2m per year.Ipsos-RSL has held the contract since 1992. The next contract would begin on 1 January 2002 and would involve the continued production of readership data for… Continue reading NRS Invites Bids For New Research Contract
Scottish Media Group is now listed as SMG. Yesterday it restructured its share capital, creating a 4 for 1 share split (see Scottish Media Group Announces Restructure Plans). This meant that shares ended trading effectively up 17¼p at £3.21.Granada announced plans regarding its media arm flotation yesterday (see Granada Unveils Plans For Media Arm Flotation).… Continue reading Sharewatch
A prospectus was released today detailing plans for the flotation of Granada’s media arm (see Granada Group To Float Media Arm). Just over 260 million ordinary shares will be offered at a price expected to be between £4.65 and £5.25 per share. This would value the new company at £5.6 to £6.3 bn, prior to… Continue reading Granada Unveils Plans For Media Arm Flotation
London will gain nine more digital radio stations tonight, as Switchdigital launches its range of services just eleven weeks after winning the second digital radio multiplex licence for the capital (see Switch Digital Wins Second London Licence).Three of the stations will be existing London stations Heart 106.2 FM, Jazz FM 102.2 and BBC London Live… Continue reading Second London Digital Radio Multiplex Prepares To Switch On
GWR has called for a raft of reforms to radio legislation in a submission to the Government’s Communications Reform White Paper team. The group wants a lighter, more flexible system of regulation with the UK radio ownership threshold raised to 25%, in line with conventional competition law.In its submission, GWR said, “UK commmercial radio struggles… Continue reading GWR Calls For Lighter Regulation In Communications White Paper
