The TV Times will become the first event and broadcast sponsor of the British Academy’s TV Awards. The TV listings magazine will endorse the screening of the event on ITV at 8:30pm on 19 May.This is the first year that the British Academy has separated the Film and TV awards.The deal was negotiated by David… Continue reading TV Times To Sponsor BAFTAs
Northcliffe Newspapers Group has launched two new community-based websites under its expanding This Is brand. This Is Plymouth and This Is Leicestershire are hosted by the two Northcliffe titles Plymouth Evening Herald and Leicester Mercury.The two new sites can be found at http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/ and http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk.The company is planning to roll out 17 This Is ‘digital… Continue reading Northcliffe Newspapers Launches New Community Websites
On Sunday 17 May the Observer will be giving away a special edition of Gardens Illustrated to readers in London and the South East, to coincide with this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.To promote the 24-page glossy supplement, the Observer will be offered at half price during a two week promotion in garden shops, nurseries and… Continue reading Observer In Gardens Illustrated Promotion
Cable & Wireless has today announced annual financial results which show a 16% year on year increase in turnover to £7 billion while profits before tax and exceptionals rose 13% to £1.6bn.Richard Brown, Cable & Wireless group chief executive, commented: “In the last twelve months we have reshaped Cable & Wireless. We have invested in… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Sees Strong Growth
This week the European Parliament (EP) is due to vote (in its May Plenary Session meeting in Strasbourg) on the Council Common Position banning tobacco advertising in the EU. Christian Cabrol (F, UFE), the Rapporteur, is expected to recommend approval without amendment, despite the claim by the EP’s Legal Affairs Committee that the legal basis… Continue reading EU: Parliament votes on Directive
The Radio Authority is inviting comments from the public and interested parties on the subject of Xfm ‘s proposed takeover by Capital Radio (see Capital’s Xfm Move Dependent On Watchdogs).A public interest test, which assesses if a takeover would be expected to operate against the public’s interest, is automatically invoked when a company proposes to… Continue reading RA Invites Comments On Xfm Takeover
According to the MEP Mark Hendrick (UK, SOC) – author of a report on vetting procedures for the creation of rules covering the information society – regulating the Information Society is mainly the responsibility of the MS. However, the Commission believes that this poses a real risk to the development of information services in the… Continue reading EU: Information society rules
Trade and industry secretary Margaret Beckett yesterday made moves to prevent a potential rebellion over the extent of restrictions to predatory pricing. She claimed that the new Competition Bill will tighten the law against predatory pricing and will introduce European jurisprudence in the form of Clause 60.The Bill promises that any companies which find themselves… Continue reading Beckett Reassures Of Tighter Restrictions To Predatory Pricing
Admissions to the cinema in the UK in the first three months of 1998 are the highest for 26 years according to the Cinema Advertising Association. Between January-March 41.26 million people visited the cinema, a 22.6 per cent increase over the same period the year before.
The Radio Authority has announced that the acquisition of Melody FM by EMAP Plc could not be expected to operate against the public interest.The RA did say, however, that the main concern expressed to it over the EMAP move was the possibility that changes to Melody’s programming content and style would reduce the level of… Continue reading EMAP Acquisition Of Melody Unopposed By RA
