Following yesterday’s dramatic fall for the worse in the world’s stock market, traders around the world were bracing themselves for even worse this morning. As expected the crash went global and at one stage this morning more than £76 billion was knocked of British equities. London’s FT-SE index fell steeply first thing this morning hitting… Continue reading FT-SE’s Rocky Ride
Chief executive of Capital Radio, David Mansfield, has appointed Sally Oldham as Capital’s first managing director of group radio. She moves from the post of regional operations director where she was responsible for Capital’s stations in Hampshire, Sussex, Kent and Birmingham. Oldham will now also have responsibility for the London market as well as Capital’s… Continue reading Capital Appoints First Managing Director For Radio
Since the Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) agreed to recommend that its members send admissions data to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA), the industry and advertisers have started to reap the benefits of accurate audience share data.The first ever accurate quarterly cinema admissions figures have been published by the CAA. This report, covering the period July-September… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Data Benefits Advertisers
Following extensive consultation, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has decided to retain the requirement that 80 per cent of ITV programmes by subtitled. The ITC did not accept that the quota should be reduced but did allow an extra two years to allow ITV licensees to achieve this. The result is that the 80 per… Continue reading ITV Must Subtitle 80% Of Programmes By 2004
Reed Elsevier announced yesterday that it is to put its IPC Magazines division up for sale (subscribers see Reed Confirms IPC Sell-OffDespite industry sources speculating that a deal of this magnitude might be a stretch for Emap, chief executive Robin Miller told Newsline that Emap would be considering further the opportunity saying that there were… Continue reading Possibilities For IPC Magazines Sale
Treaty Radio Ltd. has signed a sound broadcasting contract with the Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) for the provision of a local Limerick City and County radio service. The station will begin broadcasting as 95FM on 6th November. It can be received on 95.0FM in Limerick City and East Limerick and 95.3FM in West… Continue reading IRTC Sign Contract With New Limerick Station
Sunday afternoon’s screening of the Formula One Grand Prix from Jerez in Spain attracted a peak ITV audience of 7 million viewers, according to unofficial figures from the Network Centre. The average viewing figure for the race was 5.4 million, which is a viewing share of 49%.ITV Network Centre: 0171 843 8000
The official ABC //electronic audit for the NME online site, nme.com, was announced this week. The site is recorded as receiving 1,012,472 page impressions from 51,669 users. This covers the period 24 June-23 July 1997.nme.com is the third IPC site to receive ABC //electronic certification this month, following uploaded.com and newscientist.com.ABC //electronic: 01442 870 800… Continue reading nme.com Makes A Million Impressions
ITV’s coverage of the 1998 World Cup Finals is to be sponsored by Vauxhall in what is the biggest sports broadcast sponsorship of all time. The deal, negotiated with TSMS for ITV and by Western International Media on behalf of Vauxhall, is worth over £4m. Vauxhall will be both event and broadcast sponsor as it… Continue reading Vauxhall And World Cup 1998
Monday Cable and satellite channel UK Living changes its name today to become simply Living as part of a general revamp.Reviews of BBC Family Life and Beautiful Living will appear on Newsline.Thursday Future publishing are expected to launch No Limits World, a 132-page sporting title.TeleWest announce third quarter financial results.Saturday The BBC/Flextech channels, under the… Continue reading The Week Ahead
