The blatant pinching of big company brand names to use as Internet sites just for fun has come to an end, as a court ruling has demanded that all adopted trade names must be handed over to the big guys. As you may remember from a previous Web Round-Up, a couple of likely lads going… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 05/12/97
The Media Research Group is holding a media research computer fair at JWT on Friday 5 December. It will begin at 11:30am and close at 3:00pm and is free for all MRG members.Companies taking a stand will include: BMRB, MediaTel, SP Consultants and Taylor Nelson AGB.The MRG website can be found in the new Media… Continue reading MRG To Hold Research Computer Fair
A new survey by technology analysts Datamonitor claims that 11% of the UK will have the set-top boxes required to receive digital television by 2002. These boxes will be capable of fully interactive television. The report also claims that only Spain and France will have higher set-top box penetration than the UK by 2002, despite… Continue reading UK Digital Set-Top Box Penetration 11% By 2002
Only seven national newspapers experienced year on year June-November ABC increases, with the Sunday Telegraph again storming ahead with a massive 18% rise to 883,505 copies sold. The FT also had a good month, with an increase of just under 10% to 326,036. Title Jun 96 – Nov 96 Jun 97 – Nov 97 Actual… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – November
The Advertising Association (AA) has submitted a number of policy recommendations for the UK Government to consider during its Presidency of the EU which begins in January. The AA believes that the UK Presidency should use its influence in the European advertising sector to: Encourage cross-border self-regulation, and deliver a vote of confidence to the… Continue reading AA Policy Recommendations For Europe
The Sunday Telegraph will be revamping its magazine supplement in early 1998 with a new look and a seven day listings guide. The RX health supplement, which only launched in April this year, will also be incorporated into the new Sunday Telegraph Magazine.Subscribers can access Press Planner by selecting “Press” from the drop-down box at… Continue reading Sunday Telegraph Magazine Gets Revamp
The national newspaper market had a bad month in October, with only three titles not showing year on year drops in readership. The Guardian saw a year on year NRS increase of 12.5% to 1.359 million for May-October and the Sunday Telegraph went up almost 18% to 2.39 million. The Mail on Sunday could only… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – October
On 17 November the EP and Council agreed the text of a Directive on consumer protection and product prices. It proposes compulsory labelling to show both the selling price and the price per unit of measure (per kilo, per litre, etc.) for all products. An overall compromise was reached on 10 controversial amendments, adopted in… Continue reading EU: Directive Agreed
The Newspaper Society (NS) is lobbying against two proposed pieces of legislation. “Both could introduce stringent privacy legislation which would effectively halt investigative reporting and gag the media unless urgent action is taken to introduce press exemptions,” said the NS. The Human Rights Bill and the Data Protection Bill “will strike at the heart of… Continue reading UK: NS Campaigns For Press Rights
On the eve of the Health Council meeting in Brussels, the Dutch government has said that “in principle” it will change its position in order to back the Commission proposals to ban tobacco. Greece, Germany and Denmark continue to oppose a full ban, and the UK’s insistence on an exemption for Formula One events has… Continue reading EU: Last-Minute Compromise On Directive?
