On 9 July President Bill Clinton dealt a major blow to the proposed $368.5 billion deal reached previously between tobacco producers and litigants concerning various class action legal suits. The deal meant that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would have to show that the reduction of nicotine levels in tobacco would not mean a… Continue reading US: Clinton blow to tobacco deal
The British Rally Championship has received a boost, with news that Mobil intends to continue its sponsorship of the event for at least another three years, until the end of the year 2000.Following the decision to base the championship on two litre, two-wheel drive cars the event has grown from strength to strength with eight… Continue reading Mobil Extends British Rally Championship Sponsorship
Mark Fisher, the broadcasting minister, has launched a public consultation document on what criteria should be used to decide whether sporting events merit a ‘listing.’ Viewers’ organisations, sports bodies and broadcasters are being consulted in the first stage of the Government’s review of the current lists of events for which live TV coverage must be… Continue reading Which Events Merit A Listing?
From today, Bloomberg Television is available free-of-charge to Sky satellite viewers in the UK and Ireland. The 24-hour English-language news channel has started broadcasting on the Astra 1a satellite.The channel is already transmitted on a number of UK cable networks, but this deal represents a significant audience acquisition for the company, making it a more… Continue reading Bloomberg TV Arrives On Astra
Sunday Business has learnt that, following a week of turbulence and financial doubt, its future is secure for the present at least. An undisclosed consortium of investors is now taking control of the 75% stake formally controlled by the papers major stake holder Group 2000, which has now passed into receivership. The Mirror Group who… Continue reading Sunday Business Saved
The Broadcasting Standards Commission, which replaced the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Council in April, has published the final Annual Report of the two former bodies.Both organisations reported a continuing increase in complaints about fairness and standards. The BCC received 249 complaints during 1996-97. It ruled on 149 complaints. The pattern of complaints… Continue reading Complaints Keep Rising
This week’s edition of The European saw the paper turn from a broadsheet into a tabloid.The new size makes the paper more approachable. It now looks like an in-depth read you want to get your teeth into, as opposed to a heavy document that no one wants to pull off the news-stand.It is not only… Continue reading First Issue Review – The New Look European
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4BBC Radio 4 is one of our vastly under-valued institutions, particularly amongst those under the age of 35 years. If the purpose of a Web site is to promote, and get people to readdress their opinions, then Radio 4 not only needs, but deserves, any of the benefits that this would bring to its image.… Continue reading Web Site Of The Week – Radio 4
EMAP Internet Sales is to represent ad sales for Lycos UK, the British member of the Lycos-Bertelsmann Gmbh group of European Internet navigation centres.Carol Dukes, managing director of EMAP Internet Sales said “With the addition of Lycos UK, not only do we represent the largest portfolio of sites in the UK, but we offer the… Continue reading Emap Internet Sales To Represent Lycos UK For Ad Sales
Michael Grade bid good-bye to the TV industry last night at a Royal Television Society gala dinner. The Guardian reports that Grade used his farewell speech to attack the management of the BBC and the industry’s regulators. “Sadly, I think things at the BBC are getting worse not better,” he said and he hoped that… Continue reading The BBC Fails To Make The Grade
