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
Prior to the FA Cup final on Saturday, research, carried out by Telewest Communications, found that only 20% of those people intending to watch the match find the half-time conversation interesting, while 37% found it quite dull.But, even if Des failed to draw the crowds, according to overnight figures, the live match coverage on BBC1… Continue reading FA Cup – The Real Score
The Guardian has announced that it will be sponsoring the prestigious Edinburgh International Television Festival. The annual event, which attracts around 1,500 delegates, will from now on be known as the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. This year’s event will take place from August 22-25.Guardian: 0171 239 9696
Bad language and violence are the last no-go areas for advertising, according to new research conducted by Grey.90% of people interviewed would like to severely restrict the use of strong language in advertising, banning it at least until after the 9.00pm watershed. 90% of correspondents would similarly like tough restrictions on violence, at least until… Continue reading The Last Taboos
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
