The first television Internet channel is to launch in Britain this October. It will be primarily based on customised and enhanced material taken from the existing web sites of Conde Nast magazines. Titles tipped to be providing most of the articles include GQ, Tatler, Vogue and World Of Interiors. Net Channel will be available to… Continue reading First Internet TV Channel Planned
A new women’s monthly title which will focus on the importance of family life is due to launch on 22 September, according to Press Gazette.Promise is the first title to be published by new company Pace Media and it will cost £1.80 and be aimed at ABC1 women aged 25-45 with children.
The BBC is to host a new game-show, TV Dreams, based on National Lottery scratchcards. The licence for the programme was awarded to Camelot by Peter Davis, Oflot director-general.It is likely that the show will bear resemblance to similar shows in Ireland, Denmark and France.Plans for the show’s contestants winning the chance to appear on… Continue reading Camelot Gets TV Dream
There have been further upheavals in the Evening Standard‘s sales department, with new sales head Sue Minnikin instigating a restructure. As part of this Christine O’Doherty, a sales controller, and Richard Wilson, client sales manager, as well as three sales executives, will be leaving the department. It is understood that five new staff will be… Continue reading Appointment News
Homes without computers can now go on-line by switching on the TV. A new gadget, about the size of a satellite receiver, connects a TV to a telephone line and allows viewers to surf the Net through their TV sets. The service is being provided by NetChannel, which is packaging the Internet service into ‘channels’… Continue reading Web Round-Up – W/E 25/07/97
http://www.fwi.co.ukThe beeb brought us “scorewatch”, now strap yourselves in for “blightwatch” from this week’s Website of the Week, Farmers Weekly Interactive.To gain access to the site one must register with an online form. This is, as usual, a traumatic experience which should only be tackled over coffee. All sites using this technique are as bad,… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Farmer’s Interactive Weekly
A report from Continental Research suggests that digital television will be installed in two million homes in the UK by 2002. 50% of these households will have Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) with the other half tuning in to digital satellite programmes.DTT is due to launch in July 1998 while digital satellite will probably go ahead… Continue reading Latest DTT Predictions
Sport First , the daily sports newspaper which has been trying to launch since last year, is gearing up for a launch within the next few months.The six-day per week four-colour broadsheet, edited by Bob Harris, is aiming to raise around £4.5m through a placing document with stockbroker I A Pritchard. The title, if and… Continue reading Sport First Gears For Launch Again
It has been confirmed that Sunday Business has gone into receivership. The title, which has not published for the last two weeks, has been put into the hands of David Sapte of accountancy firm Begbies, which is confident that a buyer can be found.The newspaper, which had been claiming a growing circulation, was hit two… Continue reading Sunday Business Goes Into Receivership
Top-line RAJAR data for Quarter 2 1997 will be released on Friday 8 August, though it is embargoed until 12pm. New stations on the survey will be The Beach, Kiss 105, Kix 96, Mix 96, Spirit FM and Valley Radio while those not participating in this release will be Eleven Seventy AM, London Greek Radio… Continue reading RAJAR Release Date Announced
