The Observer was given a face-lift at the weekend, with a new masthead for the main paper as well as each of its four sections (Business, Sport, Life and Review). The new look, with a smaller, squarer and more modern feel, represented a “new enthusiasm under a new government”, according to a Guardian spokeswoman. The… Continue reading Observer Gets New Look
The BBC is launching a commercial Internet site. Beeb will be the BBC’s new on-line entertainment and information service.Built around BBC programmes, magazines and personalities, beeb aims to create web-based equivalents that extend brand values rather than simply replicating them. There will be a series of webzines focusing on sport, film and TV, motoring, travel,… Continue reading Money’s In The Net At The Beeb
The legislation for a tobacco advertisement ban, announced in the Queen’s speech last week, is set to be introduced in a draft Bill this summer. Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health, also confirmed yesterday what many in the media industry already knew: that a tobacco advertising ban would include a ban on tobacco sponsorship,… Continue reading Tobacco Ban Set For Summer
The Channel 5 9pm movie, much trumpeted as a popular alternative to other channel’s offerings, can be seen as a general indicator of 5’s success since it launched at the end of March. This is not only because 5 itself placed so much faith in it as an audience puller, but because advertisers did too.… Continue reading Channel 5 Analysis – The 9pm Movie
The government has promised to review the listed sports events that are guaranteed to be shown on free-to-air terrestrial TV. Mark Fisher, junior National Heritage Minister told the Commons yesterday“As promised in our manifesto, the Government will carry out a review of the listed events. Many people wish to see a wider range of key… Continue reading Listed Sports Review
Katz Radio Sales, named as the sales house for new London station Xfm, has said that it will be recruiting four new staff to handle its new client.Simon Lynds, president and chief executive of Katz, told Newsline that he wanted sales people who would embody the spirit of the indie-music station who had preferably been… Continue reading Katz To Recruit New Staff For Xfm Push
Channel 5 has just announced that it has signed a deal with Chelsea Football Club for exclusive live coverage of the team’s home games in the European Cup Winners Cup. The agreement also includes exclusive rights to Chelsea’s South East Asia tour to Hong Kong, Thailand and Brunei which begins this week. The first match,… Continue reading Channel 5 Secures Chelsea Coverage
The ITC’s Programme Complaints and Interventions Report for April was published today. The report has all the ingredients for a Jackie Collins novel, party politics and problem sex.The Conservative Party’s Party Election Broadcast was one of the subjects under investigation. In the broadcast concerned, the Tories took an imaginary glimpse into the future, claiming to… Continue reading Tories Examined By ITC
Chris Smith, the National Heritage Secretary and the Sports Minister Tony Banks are considering curbing the power that BSkyB currently wields over broadcast sports events *Question Mark Still Hangs Over Sky’s Football Coverage.They may extend the number of listed events currently prohibited from being shown exclusively on subscription channels. There are also plans to investigate… Continue reading Labour Looks To Limit BSkyB’s Power
The Observer reported that a survey, carried out by New Media Communications, has found that established publishers profit the most from going on-line. Conde Nast, Electronic Telegraph, The Financial Times, The Guardian and The Times/Sunday Times were found to be the 5 most profitable UK sites in 1996. These sites are said to have attracted… Continue reading Internet Revenue
