The EU’s “Television without Frontiers” directive, aimed at ensuring the free movement of television programmes in the single market, has been extended to other European countries through a new Council of Europe convention. Negotiated in parallel with “Television without Frontiers”, the Council´s 1989 Convention on Cross-Border Television has been ratified by 18 countries (Austria, Cyprus,… Continue reading EU: Council of Europe endorses TVWF
The Court of First Instance has criticised the European Commission for not acting within a reasonable time limit on the financing of public television channels in Spain. Following a complaint by the private commercial company Telecinco in March 1992, challenging the legality of state aid to public television channels, the Court found that by 1996,… Continue reading EU: EC criticised over inaction
The European Commission has decided on the content of a proposed directive which will require manufacturers and retailers to provide potential car buyers with information on vehicle fuel consumption. A Commission spokesman said: “The objective of the proposal is to direct consumer choice towards fuel-saving models and to contribute thereby to the Community strategy of… Continue reading EU: EC proposes “labelling” for cars
The European Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association has warned against the risk of the creation of a copyright monopoly, which it says would only benefit copyright holders. It is concerned that the draft EU Copyright Directive would restrict the use of electronic media by students and teachers. It has called on the EP and the Council… Continue reading EU: Warning against copyright monopoly
IPC Magazines is to launch its £1 million promotional campaign for TV Times on 12 October. The publisher announced a strong Autumn push for its titles earlier in the year (see IPC Plans Autumn Promotions Push).The TV ads for TV Times were created by Delaney Fletcher Bozell and feature Samantha Janus and Ally McCoist alongside… Continue reading IPC Launches TV Times Push
The 4th Aerials Awards are taking place on 22 October this year, at BAFTA. The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has revealed its shortlist for the awards, which are the UK commercial radio industry’s credit for outstanding radio creativity. The panel of judges will be as follows: Chris O’Shea – Banks Hoggins O’Shea (Chairman) Will Awdry… Continue reading RAB Reveals Shortlist For 1998 Aerial Awards
Northcliffe Newspapers and Newsquest Media Group have teamed up to launch the www.thisisessex.co.uk website. Both groups own regional Essex titles, but claim that the website is far more than an extension of the titles, featuring domestic and international news and sport, business and show biz items, as well as weather forecasts, tide times, a business… Continue reading Essex Regionals Launch Website
The television production company Flextech, and cable group Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), today signed a nine-channel, analogue and digital carriage deal. The deal covers Flextech’s wholly owned channels Bravo, Challenge TV, Living and Trouble, along with UK Gold, UK Arena, UK Horizons, UK Play and UK Style, from UKTV, the BBC/Flextech joint venture.On analogue,… Continue reading Flextech And CWC Strike Carriage Deal
Newsquest has launched two new paid-for titles in St Albans; St Albans Observer and Harpenden Observer.St Albans has been a city dominated by free newspapers in the past, sometimes with as many as 5 competing at one time. The launch in September followed Newsquest’s acquisition in July of Review Free Newspapers (see Newsline) which had… Continue reading Newsquest Launches Two New Paid-For Titles
This week the Independent Television Commission published Rules on the Amount and Scheduling of Advertising, previously known as the ITC Rules on Advertising and Breaks.The revised document was prompted by the advent of digital services, which created a need to set out principles of policy on the subject.The ITC would welcome comments on the new… Continue reading ITC Considers Volume and Scheduling Of Advertising
