Media Secretary Chris Smith has announced the commencement of the digital radio provisions of the Broadcasting Act 1996.This effectively means that the three independent national radio licensees (Classic FM, Talk Radio and Virgin Radio) will have to notify the Radio Authority by 28 February 1998 if they want to transmit their services on the digital… Continue reading Broadcasting Act Digital Radio Provisions Begin
Future Publishing’s Sports & Entertainment Division has created an agency sales team to sell all its consumer magazines which include Total Film and Total Football. Future says that any new magazine launches aimed at young males will also be catered for by the sales team.Future has recruited three advertisement managers for the team which will… Continue reading New Agency Ad Sales Team At Future
Carlton Communications, in response to the writ which is being issued against it by BSkyB (see today’s BSkyB Confirms June Launch For Digital item), has said that it has not paid the satellite broadcaster the amount owed because BSkyB has not yet secured the Premier League football rights for the British Digital Broadcasting consortium.A Carlton… Continue reading Carlton Communications Waiting For Premier League Rights
PA NewsCentre, the news and information website from the Press Association, has obtained its first ABC //electronic certificate.The certificate shows that the site, http://www.pa.press.net/, recorded 4.684 million page impressions for the audit period 31 July to 30 August 1997. This makes PA NewsCentre the third busiest of UK sites certified so far, behind the Times… Continue reading PA NewsCentre Gets First Web Audit
BSkyB today announced that it expects its digital satellite service to launch in June of this year and said that it will serve a writ on Carlton for the £30 million it says the ITV company owes it.The satellite broadcaster says that it is owed £60m following its withdrawal from the British Digital Broadcasting consortium,… Continue reading BSkyB Confirms June Launch For Digital
The UK national newspaper market suffered drops in both sales and readership during 1997, despite a short-lived resurgence during September as the public sought information in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana.January to December 1997 ABC figures for all the nationals reveal that there was a 1.4% year on year drop in sales… Continue reading National Press Market Round-Up – 1997
The Guardian Media Group has cited strong ad markets, lower newsprint costs and tight cost control as reasons for a significantly improved first-half performance for 1997.The owner of The Guardian and The Observer, announced pre-tax profits of £26.6 million for the six months to 28 September, 1997. This compares to a loss of £1.8 million… Continue reading Strong Performance From Guardian Group
The ITC has fined Med TV, a UK satellite service for Kurdish viewers in Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, £90,000 for three “serious” breaches of the Commission’s impartiality requirements.The station was fined £50,000 for a programme which consisted entirely of coverage of a political rally organised by the PKK (Workers’ Party of Kurdistan) with… Continue reading ITC Fines Satellite Channel £90,000
A new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warns that the launch of digital television may result in a ‘television underclass.’The Institute is concerned that the £200 cost of the set-top boxes required to receive digital television will force the poor out of the picture. The report says that there are many… Continue reading Digital May Create Inequality Of Access, Warns IPPR
The dance music magazine, Wax, is to be relaunched by its new owners Music Scotland Ltd. on 19 February. The title was previously published by Mark Allen Publishing but the group decided to fold the magazine in November last year. Prior to this the title was published under the name of Generator by Gillies Publishing… Continue reading Wax Magazine Resurrected Again
