Channel 4 news is to get a facelift, and the channel is to feature a six-part gay drama. These were just some of the developments unveiled yesterday when Channel 4 revealed its winter schedule.The news will be getting a new look and be broadcast from a new, fully integrated newsroom as well as reforming its… Continue reading Channel 4’s Plans For Winter
Live! TV has increased its viewing share of cable viewers by 33% over the last year, according to official figures by BARB. The average weekly reach of the channel has risen 13% over the year to 34.6%, making Live! TV the fourth most widely watched cable channel in cable TV homes.The number of homes connected… Continue reading Good News For Live! TV
The GWR radio group has commissioned a study which will set out the options for future controls of radio ownership. In July, the Government published a Green Paper called Regulating Communications which GWR welcomed (see Newsline), and the groups commissioned report, Radio Ownership Controls, is due to be published early next week.The accountancy firm KPMG… Continue reading GWR Concerned About Radio Ownership Controls
It was announced in the Commons yesterday by Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, that the group is unanimously opposed to ITV’s proposal to scrap the News AT Ten. The group voiced opposition to the move late last month (see Newsline), its criticism being that ITV is putting advertiser… Continue reading Commons Culture in Favour of News At Ten
The Independent Television Commission is this week inviting groups to apply for licences to provide television services over a cable or telephone network to the four million UK homes currently not in a cable franchise area.The licences are to be used to provide broadband cable services or to provide broadcast entertainment services using existing telephone… Continue reading ITC Offers Four Million Homes Up For Grabs
The publisher of Bizarre magazine, John Brown Publishing, releases a one-off Christmas special titled Cream this week, priced at £2.75.The title combines some of Bizarre’s most popular features whilst trying to appeal to a broader audience of men’s magazine buyers.Editor Howard Johnson commented on the release: “We wanted to create a magazine with even broader… Continue reading Bizarre Christmas Special
The editor of IPC’s popular women’s title Marie Claire, Juliet Warkentin, resigned from the magazine yesterday morning, and has been appointed managing director for marketing and home shopping at Arcadia Group.Juliet commented on her departure: “The decision to leave the magazine was a difficult one for me to make. Marie Claire is a joy to… Continue reading Women’s Title Editor Moves On
At a presentation this morning at the Network Centre, ITV & Cable and Wireless Communications announced a deal which will involve the cable broadcaster carrying ITV2, ITV’s digital channel. The channel will be launched on the cable provider’s analogue service on 7 December, and will become digital when the group launches its digital service in… Continue reading Cable & Wireless To Carry ITV2
This weekend saw the launch of Channel 4’s new film channel, Film Four, on cable, digital and satellite television. As a one off, Channel 4 suspended its usual service, and Film Four was broadcast simultaneously on Channel 4, and cable, digital and satellite.The line up included the films What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Usual Suspects… Continue reading Film Four On Air
…Talk Radio has promoted Jane O’Hara to marketing director……The Independent Radio Group has made Barbara Gardner from Emap group sales director……Richard Jacobs has been made sponsorship co-ordinator across all Emap radio brands at Emap On Air…
