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Home Counties Newspapers, the regional newspaper publisher, has released interim financial results which show that pre-tax profits have risen three-fold to £1.7 million. Turnover was up slightly to £18.9m.HCN: 01727 811 911

The Independent Television Commission (ITC)has approved changes to its Rules on Advertising Breaks that will enable cable, satellite and new digital channels to carry additional teleshopping advertising and open the way to the licensing of self-promotional channels. The changes, which have immediate effect, reflect some of the provisions of the revised EU TWF Directive.

The Council and the European Parliament have published the revised Television Without Frontiers Directive (OJ/L202/97). It entered into force on 30 July and must be implemented by the Member States by 30 December 1998. A contact committee will be set up to examine the implementation of the Directive and the developments in the sector.

Computer Arts, Future Publishing’s creative arts and technology magazine, has turned from a bi-monthly into a monthly. The title changes its frequency from the October issue which goes on sale this month.The launch of the monthly title will be supported by a double disc covermount and an ad campaign in the Guardian, Independent and Design… Continue reading Computer Arts Goes Monthly

All of the daily broadsheets except the Independent revealed respectable year on year growth in the March-August ABC figures. While the Daily Telegraph and the Times both increased sales by over 5%, the Independent slumped 5.6% to 257,598. The Sunday Telegraph again saw large growth, with a rise of almost 30% while the FT increased… Continue reading National Newspaper August ABC Summary

Both of the Telegraph titles again boosted their readership figures in the latest batch of NRS data to be released. The Sunday Telegraph grew by almost 24% year on year to 2.390 million while the Daily Telegraph increased by 10% to 2.713 million. The FT suffered a large loss in readership, which fell 12% to… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – July

Monday The Evening Standard today launches its new jobs and lifestyle sections with a cover-price of 10p. The Daily Telegraph has increased the price of its Monday edition by 5p to 45p, the price of the title for the other weekdays.Highbury House Communications, Home Counties Newspapers, Scottish Television and the Scottish Media Group all announce… Continue reading The Week Ahead

The ITC has announced that it is to join Digital TV Group (DTG), the coalition of broadcasters, manufacturers and network operators which will be in charge of launching digital television in the UK.Digital TV Group: 01730 821188

Business Age Magazines, the company formed by ex-Sunday Business editor Anil Bhoyrul, is rumoured to be planning a raft of new magazine launches for next year. They will all have “Age” in the title and there are plans for titles such as Net Age, Financial Age, Political Age and Hospitality Age.…Emap has confirmed that its… Continue reading Magazine Briefs

The Radio Authority has said that it will be investigating the recent bid by a Burton Daily Mail company to run the ILR licence for South-East Staffordshire. This is because the newspaper company publishes two local titles in this area: the Burton Daily Mail and the Burton Advertiser.Under the 1996 Broadcasting Act regional newspaper companies… Continue reading RA Examines Licence Bid