Chiltern Radio became the first station in the country to run a bingo ad today after a 30 year long ban was lifted on Friday.The station ran the first ad, in a £4,500 campaign for Top Rank Bingo Club in Luton, at one minute past midnight; 60 seconds after the ban, under the 1968 Gaming… Continue reading Two Little Ducks On The Wireless
TV Times has been appointed the official media partner for the BAFTA Awards. The Awards will take place at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday April 29.IPC Magazines: 0171 261 6575
Computer Shopper and Computer Buyer are searching for sponsorship partners for their Internet sites, cover-mounted CD-Roms and disks and their regular buying advice booklets.Both titles are increasing the frequency of their cover-mounted extras.Dennis Publishing: 0171 631 1433
IPC magazines has announced that Loaded editor James Brown will be leaving the title to join the rival GQ, published by Conde Nast.Brown, who has edited the title since its launch four years ago, said: “I am now 31, and a great believer in letting the younger talent come through.” IPC says that it expects… Continue reading Loaded Editor Quits For Rival
The Sunday Business will be undergoing a revamp over the next couple of weeks as it celebrates its first birthday this weekend. A TV listings section will be launched along with special editorial for small and medium-sized businesses. There will also be an expanded IT and economics section.A spokesman for the title told Newsline that… Continue reading Sunday Business To Undergo Revamp
The Conservative Party gained more editorial coverage in the national press for its election ad campaign than any other advertiser in the first quarter of 1997, according to the latest Ads That Make News survey by Propeller Marketing Communications.From January to March 57 stories were written about the Tories’ ads, whilst Labour’s got 24, and… Continue reading Ads That Make News Survey Published
Ready Steady Cook is hoping to mirror the success of its TV show with its new magazine. GE Magazines is currently trailing the magazine spin-off of the TV series in Newcastle. If the experiment is successful the 32 page title will become a nationwide monthly.GE Magazines: 0171 836 0519
After putting back its launch 4 times * Rapture To Launch “Very Soon”, the cable channel Rapture has finally secured cable carriage and aims to begin broadcasting in June. The youth-orientated channel, backed by United News & Media, has now negotiated carriage deals with Cable & Wireless, Comcast, Cabletel and Telewest.Rapture will be based at… Continue reading Rapture Launches
The annual survey carried out by the ITC, Television: The Public’s View 1996, identified television as the main source of news for 68% of homes.The majority of viewers, 73%, considered news programming to be free of bias. Although, 16% felt that ITV favoured a political party, this fell to 12% for Channel 4 and below… Continue reading Its Official, TV Is The Main Source Of News
Spectrum Radio has been fined once again by the Radio Authority for breaching its Codes. The station breached the Authority’s News and Current Affairs Code and its Advertising and Sponsorship Code. The breaches occurred during two editions of a weekend phone-in programme that were hosted by a politician. The Authority was particularly dissatisfied with Spectrum’s… Continue reading Spectrum In The Soup Again
