Culture Secretary Chris Smith has announced that from this Sunday advertisements will appear in the press for BBC Governorships; this is the first time that public positions of this sort have been opened up by advertising.Adverts inviting applications for the positions of Vice Chairman and Governors will appear in the national and home country press… Continue reading BBC Governorships To Be Advertised For The First Time
Research released by the PPA shows that viewers welcome masthead programmes and want to see more of them in the UK, including on terrestrial channels.The research, conducted by Hall Test, suggests that masthead programmes maintain editorial standards and integrity – 93% would expect a programme based on a magazine to be as accurate as any… Continue reading Report Shows Viewers Back Masthead TV
Dennis Publishing has announced that Stuff magazine, the “gear and gadget bible for men”, is to increase its frequency to ten issues a year.The magazine, launched in November 1996, currently publishes six times per year and made an ABC debut of 61,358.Publisher Bridget Marrison commented: “We are increasing the frequency in response to growing reader… Continue reading Stuff Magazine Increases Frequency
Barry Cox, director of the ITV Association, is to leave his post at the end of March. He will continue to work for ITV on a part-time basis until the end of May.Cox commented: “One of my main tasks over the past three years has been to lead ITV’s digital TV effort. Now the job… Continue reading Cox To Leave ITV
Former Westminster Press employee Eve Atkins is set to take on Johnston Press in the Hemel Hempstead area with the launch of a new free weekly newspaper called Dacorum Independent. Published by No Problem Publishing, the company set up by Atkins, the title will compete with Johnston’s paid-for title Hemel Hempstead Gazette, and its freeHemel… Continue reading Privately-Funded Local Paper Takes On Johnston
Public awareness of the proposals for digital TV has risen from four out of ten in 1995 to six out of ten in late 1997, according to CIA MediaLab’s latest Sensor survey.After an explanation of the new technology was provided, nine out of ten of the public currently felt they understood the merits of digital… Continue reading Digital TV Awareness Grows
The external appearance of Computeractive, VNU Business Communications’ ‘big’ computer launch, gives the impression of a down-market trader type rag which you would expect to contain reams of small print classified ads. Both the thin, half-glossy pages and the gaudy Exchange & Mart-esque cover design lend the magazine a throwaway feel. However, as the old… Continue reading First Issue Review – Computeractive
Two years after being suspended and awaiting relaunch, Northern & Shell’s Chic magazine is set to relaunch with only the editor Ruth Corbett remaining from the original editorial team.In June 1996 Northern & Shell suspended the title a year after buying it from Hamerville Magazines. The relaunched version is to be released today and will… Continue reading Chic To Relaunch After Two Years
The Disney Channel will be available to Sky and to cable operators as a separate premium service from 2 March after an ITC investigation (subscribers see ITC Extends Bundling Review).The decision is the result of detailed discussions between the Disney Channel, BSkyB and the ITC after complaints about the practice of requiring cable viewers to… Continue reading Disney Channel Goes “A La Carte”
