March 9-13 World Summit on Children’s TV (London) 12 European Conference (London) 16 Seminar for Culture Ministers (Macclesfield) 17 Transport Council Seminar for Culture Ministers (Macclesfield) 30 Internal Market Council April 6 Social Affairs Committee 6-8 European AV Conference on ‘Challenges and Opportunities of the Digital Age’ (Birmingham) 23 Consumer Affairs Council 30 Health Council… Continue reading Calendar Of Events Related To Commercial Communications
The Radio Authority will advertise the first and only national digital radio multiplex on 24 March. The licence will contain the three current national commercial stations, Classic FM, Virgin Radio and Talk Radio, and will also broadcast up to five new national digital stations.The closing date for applications is 23 June and the licence will… Continue reading Radio Authority Sets Date For Digital Licence Ad
The Radio Authority has announced that it received fourteen applications for the Independent Local Radio (ILR) licence for the North-East region of England. The licence will cover the areas Tyne & Wear, Cleveland and Durham together with some parts of Northumberland and North Yorkshire. The population of the area served is around 2 million.The RA… Continue reading RA Receives 14 Applications North-East ILR Licence
The Direct Marketing Association has published three new sets of guidelines for its members, concerning: best practice for responsible sampling; best practice for catalogue and home shopping; and inserts.DMA: 00 44 171 321 2525
The UK division of global direct marketing group WWAV Rapp Collins has ‘hived’ off its London-based media department into a separate company.Communications manager for the group, Robert Mayers told Newsline that the department had grown to such a size that the company’s other three agencies in Leeds, Edinburgh and Bristol were making extensive use of… Continue reading WWAV Splits London Media Department Across Its Four Agencies
The Mirror Group has sold its 46% stake in the Independent newspapers, it has just emerged.The Irish-based Independent Newspaper group has made a cash offer for the 54% of Newspaper Publishing, which owns the Independent and Independent On Sunday , it does not already own. This values the publisher at just over £6 million.More details… Continue reading Independent Gets New Owner
The Radio Authority will tomorrow advertise a new ILR licence for the town of Coleraine, in County Londonderry, and the surrounding area. The FM licence will serve an adult population of around 30,000.The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday 30 June 1998 and the Radio Authority expects to make its decision some time… Continue reading New Radio Licence For Northern Ireland
The total national newspaper market experienced a year on year fall of 1.8% to 27,964,781 for September-February, with the tabloid papers again showing falls across the board.September-February National Newspaper ABC Comparisons Title Sep 96 – Feb 97 Sep 97 – Feb 98 Actual Change % Change Daily Mail 2,110,476 2,259,563 149,087 7.06 Daily Star 754,740… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – February
IPC Magazines is relaunching its Women & Golf title on 12 March by giving it a new logo, glossy cover and increasing the pagination to 84 pages.IPC bought the golf title from Focus Publishing in November (subscribers see IPC Acquires Golf Title) to sit alongside its existing Golf Monthly.Of the relaunch editor Jane Carter explains:… Continue reading Women & Golf Magazine Gets Relaunched
The scale of the problems facing the new owners of the Independent titles is clearly evident from the large drop in sales both newspapers have faced during the 1990s.ABC figures from 1990 to 1998 for the Independent reveal a drop in sales from 411,378 for July-December 1990 to 255,324 for August-January 1998. The Independent On… Continue reading Tough Test Ahead For Independent
