A noticeable number of the complaints made to the Broadcasting Standards Commission in a report published today were provoked by incidences of male nudity.Tarrant on TV received 11 complaints in regard to male nudity, some of which concerned an item which showed an Indian Holy man lifting a rock with his penis. The BSC decided… Continue reading Male Nudity Provokes BSC Complaints
A number of regional sales operations and media owners have joined forces for the first time to form the Regional Press Club (RPC) North.RPC will be used to promote regional marketing, initially through presentations to planners, buyers and advertisers and, ultimately, by collaborating to develop tailored packages that fully demonstrate the benefits and opportunities offered… Continue reading Publishers And Sales Houses Form Regional Marketing Alliance
BSkyB announced today that it will be launching its digital satellite service to new customers on 1 October. Sky hopes the October launch will make it the first company to fully launch digital television, and it is likely to benefit from the key Christmas selling season.The company also announced incentives today which might well advantage… Continue reading Countdown To BSkyB Digital Launch Begins
Publishing giant Emap has announced that it is bringing its leisure and lifestyle magazine titles under the newly-created division of Emap Active.In an attempt to give the currently disparate titles a central identity, the magazines currently published by the Emap Apex, Nationals, Images and Pursuit departments will all operate under Emap Active. This will see… Continue reading Emap Groups Leisure Titles Under Emap Active
The television landscape now seems a bit bare without the World Cup to distract us – yes I know most of us are glad to see the back of those sponsorship credits that went with ITV’s coverage of the tournament – but suddenly things have got boring. The highest placing new programme is Duck Patrol,… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 19/07/98
Channel 4 intends to revitalise its children and drama output, and as part of this process is currently negotiating sponsorship deals for each.David Charlesworth, head of sponsorship at Channel 4, confirmed that discussions were currently underway, although any deals have not been finalised.Channel 4: 0171 396 4444
Published today is research carried out by the Advertising Standards Authority(ASA) this year which shows that the public are increasingly concerned with taboos such as swearing, sexism, homosexuality, drugs and religion in advertising on TV.Bad language, sexually explicit images or inappropriate images of young children were most likely to cause concern. Eight out of ten… Continue reading Advertising Standards Authority Reveals Growing Public Concern
Sky Sports are to launch a round the clock sports channel on the Sky Digital Satellite service on 10 August. The channel will focus mainly on football, but will generally involve a complete news service and live coverage of major sports as well as features and round-ups. Eight new presenters have been recruited for the… Continue reading 24 Hour Sports Channel On Sky
The launch of ONdigital, the new face of British Digital Broadcasting, has again given rise to speculation over the compatibility of the various receivers on the market with the different services available .It is understood that customers wanting to receive digital television will be given a choice of two options. The first is a set-top… Continue reading Digital TV Customers’ Reception Dilemma
Insiders at IPC have been seeing a few changes in their ranks of late. Nick Wray has been promoted to new media publisher from the position of new media producer. IPC’s new media activity spans sites such as uploaded.co.uk and nme.com to information kiosks and electronic programme guides. Colin Tough, new media publishing director, commented:… Continue reading Shifts In The IPC Ranks
