World Cup ’98 coverage on Talk Radio is to be sponsored by The Times in a deal which continues the paper’s ‘Under the Skin of Sport’ promotional campaign.The newspaper has also created an international version of its interactive fantasy football game. Participants in the game will be able to follow the teams’ progress on the… Continue reading Times To Sponsor Talk Radio World Cup Coverage
Express Newspapers has said that it will be launching a sports website in partnership with ITN.The site, to be called Express Sport Website, is expected to launch in the early Summer and will feature audio sports bulletins from ITN.Express: 0171 928 8000
GMTV has signed a sponsorship deal with Transitions Lenses which will see the optical lens company sponsoring the station’s weather forecasts. The association will begin in May and run until July.GMTV: 0171 827 7000
The Advertising Association has announced the publication of a new reference guide to EU rules on advertising, marketing and other commercial communications in Europe.The 140-page guide is edited by deputy director-general Lional Stanbrook and fills a long-standing gap in the industry’s reference literature.The European Advertising Briefing service is available by clicking here.AA: 0171 828 2771
The UK broadcasts of NBC Europe are to be converted to the National Geographic Channel from 1 July this year. The change to National Geographic programming in the UK continues NBC’s partnership with the company in the US and Europe.The NBC news and entertainment format will continue to be broadcast in Germany and German-speaking regions.… Continue reading UK’s NBC Channel To Become National Geographic TV
Total terrestrial television was estimated to have brought in ad revenue of £198.61 million. Of this, ITV brought in £138.64m (down 6.4% year on year), C4 £43.9m (down 0.2%), C5 £10.57m and GMTV £5.5m (down 14.1%).There was little change among the ITV franchise holders, with only LWT showing a substantial change in revenue share –… Continue reading TV Revenue – March
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has decided to hold a meeting with BSkyB and British Digital Broadcasting (BDB) following their dispute over digital set-top box technology.Last week Sky issued a writ claiming that BDB had broken an agreement between the two companies by choosing decoder technology which is incompatible with Sky’s services; BDB denied that… Continue reading ITC Attempts To Smooth Set-Top Box Dispute
NTL Internet has announced the acquisition of NetChannel UK, the internet-TV access and content provider, for $1 million.NetChannel will now become a division of NTL Internet, providing web-TV across all of NTL’s cable franchises. These include areas such as the South-East of England and the main cities of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.It has been… Continue reading NTL Buys NetChannel UK
Virgin Radio ‘s new DJ Ray Cokes has launched a new slot on the station’s FM wavelength. London Calling began broadcasting in the South East at the weekend and will run from Sunday-Thursday between 6:45pm and 7:30pm. It is described as an “exciting blend of celebrity chat, live music and spontaneous outside broadcasts.”Cokes, who previously… Continue reading Ray Cokes Gets New FM Virgin Show
Total terrestrial television was estimated to have brought in ad revenue of £198.61 million during March. Of this, ITV brought in £138.64m, C4 £43.9m, C5 £10.57m and GMTV £5.5m.There was little change among the ITV franchise holders, with only LWT showing a substantial change in revenue share – it slipped 1.7% points to 11% though… Continue reading TV Revenue – March
