The International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations (IFABC) is to introduce a pan-European ABC certificate for titles published in a number of continental markets. The idea is that titles which are currently audited by a number of different European ABCs will be able to report them on a single combined certificate. The new certificate… Continue reading European Magazines To Receive Pan-European Circulation Audit
Telewest has appointed Chris Townsend as director of interactive services. He will oversee Telewest’s interactive programming and other services. BSkyB is to launch its new Sky Sports Extra service on Sky Digital at the start of the new football season, which will give viewers the chance to see games from different angles. Geordie Greig is… Continue reading Newsline Brief
The Electronic Telegraph has signed up with NTL to be included of the cable company’s interactive television service which launched at the end of March (see NTL Interactive Launch On Schedule). The online version of the Daily Telegraph will offer NTL viewers daily news, sports coverage as well as features and comment.From July the Electronic… Continue reading Electronic Telegraph Joins NTL’s Interactive TV
Global communications company Cordiant Communications has released a trading statement this week following its annual general meeting. It confirmed a strong financial performance in its first whole year as an independent company. Cordiant split from Saatchi & Saatchi towards the end of 1997 (see Newsline).In the first five months of 1999, the group reported a… Continue reading Cordiant Reports Positive Finances In First Independent Year
ITV’s latest attempt at situation comedy has got off to an impressive start, despite the critical mauling it received: 9.8 million people tuned in to watch the first episode of Barbara. It will be interesting to see if the show can maintain these figures considering the fairly negative reviews it has so far attracted in… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 27/06/99
Radio group, GWR, has set up a new division called Now Digital which will bid for a series of regional and local digital radio multiplexes throughout the UK.Now Digital will initially target areas in which GWR already has a radio presence, starting with the licence for Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford, advertised by the Radio Authority… Continue reading GWR Forms Regional Digital Radio Unit
The Radio Authority has this week imposed its highest fine ever on a licensee. The watchdog is fining 107.5 CAT FM £20,000 for “serious irregularities” in the running of its competitions. The RA received complaints that prizes for competitions which the station was running did not exist and that the prize winners’ names were fictitious;… Continue reading Radio Authority Imposes ‘Out Of Proportion’ Fine On Cat FM
Emap Elan is preparing to launch a new multi-media travel brand called Escape Routes. The brand, to be aimed primarily at women, will take the form of a magazine, a website and a phone booking service and is due to roll out in September with a first year marketing budget of £1 million.Sharon Ring, previously… Continue reading Emap Creates Multi-Media Travel Brand
Granada and Carlton both enjoyed healthy rises in their share prices by the close of trading yesterday, due to expectations of high subscriber levels to the groups’ 50:50 owned digital TV venture, ONdigital.This morning, the digital broadcaster has announced that it has signed up 247,000 subscribers since its launch in November last year, increasing from… Continue reading Sharewatch
London News Radio has made its entire sales team redundant following the switch of sales control to GWR’s Opus last week (see Opus Takes Sales For London News Radio Stations) and has also lost its group programme director, John Simons.It is understood that around 15 of LNR’s sales staff will leave the company by the… Continue reading LNR Sales Team Lose Jobs Following Switch To Opus
