The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has said that it believes the Government’s plans to set a switch-off date for analogue television signals are premature. The Government outlined these plans in The Multi-Media Revolution report by recommending the announcement of a switch-off date this year.The IPA indicates that “new digital channels have not yet… Continue reading Too Early To Set Analogue Switch-Off Date, Says IPA
Chronos Publishing’s Velocity magazine has been closed only three months after its launch due to insufficient interest from advertisers.The free title had a distribution of around 70,000 copies to bars and clubs within London but according to a spokesperson for Chronos other pubs and clubs were not interested in advertising in the title as they… Continue reading Velocity Closes After 3 Months
The City was shocked today when the Bank of England increased interest rates by a quarter-point to 7.5% because wage inflation was too high and the pound had fallen too quickly.Shares lost value rapidly and the FT-SE 100 index was down more than 50 points at one stage before recovering.
The Institute of Economic Affairs will be holding a conference on 29 and 30 June 1998 to discuss the future of broadcasting in the digital media market.Speakers will include Sir Christopher Bland, chairman of the BBC, Nigel Walmsley, director of BDB, Graham Duff, chief executive of Zenith and Richard Dunn, adviser to the Premier League.Topics… Continue reading Conference To Debate Future Of Broadcasting
Viewing shares stand at more or less the same levels this week. ITV continues to hold a commanding 33%. BBC1 follows with 28%, BBC2 has 10.7%, Channel 4 10.8%, and despite an overall improvement in some of its audience figures over recent weeks Channel 5 still sees no improvement and clings on to its 3.9%… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 24/05/98
The ITC has reported that 48 viewers complained about an ad for Sky’s Movie Channels which featured people quoting famous lines from various films. One of these is Michael Caine’s immortal line from the Italian Job: “You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!”A number of complainants objected in principle to the use… Continue reading Sky Told To Move Ad Past Watershed
The Radio Authority has said that it will be conducting a public interest test into 107.1 BFM’s application to run the new small-scale licence covering the Greater Manchester area.This is due to the fact that the Independent Radio Group owns 107.1 BFM and also two other services (Lite AM and Wire FM ) which would… Continue reading RA To Conduct Interest Test On Manchester Licence
The Cable Communications Association (CCA) has said that it is to restructure its role following a high degree of consolidation of companies in the cable industry.As a result of this the Association’s chief executive, Bob Frost, has left the CCA. The reorganisation meant the chief executive’s post was ‘no longer deemed necessary’, according to a… Continue reading CCA To Restructure In The Light Of Cable Industry Consolidation
Sky Sports today announced that it had won exclusive live TV rights for the new Scottish Premier League competition. The satellite broadcaster paid £45 million for the coverage, which will last for four years.Under the contract, Sky will broadcast 30 matches live each season. These will be screened at 6.05pm on Sunday afternoons.The deal for… Continue reading Sky Signs Up New Scottish Football League
Bristol United Press has reported a 73% increase in pre-tax profits to £14.5 million for the period ended 31 March 1998.The regional publisher, which produces the Bristol Observer Series, gained £1.1 million operating profit from the acquisition of Wessex Newspapers in September last year for £35 million (see Newsquest Sells Titles). It also gained exceptional… Continue reading Bristol United Press Reports £14.5m Pre-Tax Profit
