ITV2, ITV’s digital network to be launched in December (see Newsline), has awarded a third of its programme commissions to independents. ITV are believed to be ‘furious’ at this decision – the group is footing the bill for the digital service and had hoped to maximise its commissions in order to recoup start-up costs. S4C… Continue reading Newsline Brief
BSkyB is planning to offer a slashed rate cable company ratecard in an attempt to encourage operators to buy more of its premium packages.Elizabeth Murdoch, managing director of Sky Networks, made the announcement at the European Cable Communications Conference this week. The Office Of Fair Trading is in the process of considering the new rate-card,… Continue reading Sky To Cooperate With Cable Companies
The advertising agency Ammirati Puris Lintas has appointed Susanna Hailstone board account director.Hailstone was behind the ‘hello boys’ Wonderbra campaign, and will be working on Lever Europe, Interflora and new business projects at APL. She will report to Chris Thomas, the agency’s chief executive.APL recently lost its chairman in the form of Andrew Cracknell, who… Continue reading APL Acquires New Director
Commercial radio is claiming to have hit its highest ever hours per listener for the summer period, up to 15.1 in these RAJAR figures. Radio listening as a whole, was also up for this quarter by 4%.In the local commercial market London’s Capital 95.8 has turned in strong results with its market-leading share of listening… Continue reading Q3 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
Commercial radio is claiming to have hit its highest ever hours per listener for the summer period, up to 15.1 in these RAJAR figures. Radio listening as a whole, was also up for this quarter by 4%.In the local commercial market London’s Capital 95.8 has turned in strong results with its market-leading share of listening… Continue reading Q3 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Talk Radio is to be subjected to pre-vetting of all its advertisements after the radio group ran an ad featuring a woman’s naked backside stamped with a bar code.Following new sanctions introduced in June this year (see Newsline), the Committee of Advertising Practice will now pre-vet all subsequent… Continue reading Talk Radio Gets A Slap On The Bum By The ASA
The weekly reach of all BBC stations increased by 1.4% this quarter to 26.6 million, a slightly larger increase than all commercial stations, which saw a rise of 1.2% year on year. During the summer period, both Talk Radio and Virgin saw healthy increases in weekly reach, of 11.2 and 18.6 percent respectively.Radio 4 saw… Continue reading Q3 RAJAR 1998 – National Stations
David Arculus, chairman of IPC Magazines, yesterday told the PPA’s annual Magazine Subscriptions conference that subscriptions and an investment in effective database marketing are the future of magazine publishing. “They are an expensive investment, but we must treat them as a valuable asset to our industry,” he said.Arculus pointed out that the subscribers who make… Continue reading IPC Chairman Says Subscriptions And Databases Will Drive Magazine Growth
The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) is to hold its third Digital Production Conference on 4 November at Grosvenor House. The global impact of digital production on magazine publishing is to be the focus of discussion, and the meeting will be chaired by Martin Bloomfield of Reed Business Information.Other than the main sessions, the conference will… Continue reading PPA Digital Production Conference
The weekly reach of all BBC stations increased by 1.4% this quarter to 26.6 million, a slightly larger increase than all commercial stations, which saw a rise of 1.2% year on year. During the summer period, both Talk Radio and Virgin saw healthy increases in weekly reach, of 11.2 and 18.6 percent respectively.Radio 4 saw… Continue reading Q3 RAJAR – National Stations
