The Scottish Media Group has confirmed that it has held talks with BSkyB with a view to securing rights to broadcast Scottish football after the end of this season.Although the Media Group said that ‘no formal approach’ had been reached with BSkyB, it made clear its desire to bring football coverage to viewers in Scotland… Continue reading SMG To Bid For Scottish Football Rights
ABC //electronic has issued the LOOT website with its first certificate, it has been announced. From 2 February-4 March 1998 the site received 2.496 million page impressions.http://www.loot.com/ offers classifieds which reach a variety of buyers via 9 categories which range from property, cars and recruitment to general consumer items.The site with the largest number of… Continue reading LOOT Website Gets First ABC
Channel 5 has received a number of proposals from broadcasters wishing to buy the unused capacity on the channel’s digital terrestrial multiplex. Channel 5 will invest in one channel on the multiplex, leaving around two channels’ worth of frequency spare. It is preparing these proposals which will shortly be passed to the Independent Television Commission… Continue reading Channel 5 Receives Proposals For Spare Digital Capacity
The UK Digital Radio Forum has welcomed a report by the National Economic Research Associates (NERA) which concludes that digital transmission is essential for the long term health of the radio industry. It coincides with the news that the Forum is bidding to win funds from the Department of Trade and Industry in order to… Continue reading Digital Radio Forum Seeks DTI Funding
http://www.mcsaatchi.com/This is a classic exercise in design poncery. Objects fly around, links are unlabelled, it’s difficult to navigate and you need four different plug-ins to make everything work. In fact, this site is so design-laden that it crashes Netscape 4.0 as soon as you enter the URL. However, for all the complaints that websites like… Continue reading Website Of The Week – M&C Saatchi
ITV maintains its commanding viewing share of 33.4 % against BBC1’s 29 %, no doubt helped along by the ‘sending down’ of Deirdre Rashid in Sunday night’s Coronation Street which gave the Sunday episode its best ever audience figure of 17.61 million viewers.We can draw several positive points from the caging of Rashid. Firstly, there… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 29/03/98
Guardian newspapers has made two senior editorial appointments at its Guardian and Observer titles.Jocelyn Targett, currently deputy editor of features becomes deputy editor in general of the Observer, while Paul Webster, currently the Observer‘s deputy editor of news, becomes an assistant editor of the Guardian.Guardian Newspapers: 0171 278 2332
Two new non-executive directors have been appointed to the board of Channel 4, the ITC has announced. Andrew Graham, acting master of Balliol College, Oxford, and Joe Sinyor, previously managing director of Dillons bookstores, will take a place on the board for a period of three years.ITC: 0171 255 3000
IPC Magazines is introducing a new look for its 40 year-old women’s weekly title Woman’s Realm in a bid to halt its falling circulation. Since 1986 the magazine has seen its sales fall from 613,000 to just over 230,000.The redesign, aimed at differentiating the magazine from its competitors, includes a new logo and cover design… Continue reading New Look For Woman’s Realm
The first sponsor for new teenage cable channel Rapture has been announced as Blockbuster Video. The video retail outlet is sponsoring the top ten video chart on the channel’s cinema show ACNY until the beginning of May.Subscribers can access the Sponsorship database by selecting “Sponsorship” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.Rapture:… Continue reading First Sponsor For Rapture
