As Bob Phillis, deputy director general of the BBC put it: “This is the second long-awaited announcement to be made today, the first being the election date.” Subject to the approval of shareholders and the Department of National Heritage, BBC Worldwide Ltd, the commercial arm of the BBC, has finally concluded an Agreement with Flextech… Continue reading Flextech And The BBC Finally Shake Hands
Pearson’s financial results are released today and AMV’s finals appear on Thursday; Newsline will report on both these results.Two industry conferences are taking place this Tuesday; Marketing To Adultescents, organised by Marketing Week is taking place at the Cosmic Comedy Club and the IPA conference, Advertising Effectiveness, is being held at the National Theatre. Newsline… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Radio Ireland, the new national independent radio station, launches today on frequencies between 100 and 102 MHz.The station, whose backers include Scottish Radio and ICC Venture Capital, will air specialist items such as comedy, arts, education and Irish language programming as well as more mainstream drama. It will run an early morning current affairs programme… Continue reading Radio Ireland Goes On Air
Business Monitor, the online business and economics information source, has launched its DataCash payment system whereby users pay a fee for each item of data requested. This means that users will no longer pay annual subscriptions.The first database to be made available through DataCash is Spicers Centre for Europe, an information source containing over 60,000… Continue reading Internet ‘Pay-Per-View’ System Launched
United News & Media, reporting its first full year results since its merger with MAI in February last year *United News & Media Merge With MAI, has reported a 12% increase in profits to reach £290.2 million. This is on the back of turnover up from £1.801bn to £1.917bn.1996 was a strong year for the… Continue reading UNM Profits Up 12%
On 7 March representatives from the European film industry met a group of EU national experts to discuss the Audiovisual Guarantee Fund being proposed to encourage audiovisual production in Europe. This project was submitted in December 1996 to the Culture Council, and provides for the establishment of an ECU 60 million fund, to guarantee loans… Continue reading EU: Audiovisual Guarantee Fund Meeting
The Independent will be celebrating St Patrick’s day by giving a way a cover-mounted CD of Irish music. 100,000 CD’s are being distributed in the Capital; they will appear on the front of copies of Saturday’s Eye and are being sponsored by Guiness.The Independent: 0171 345 2000
In the UK, the Advertising Association has produced a position paper for the Department of National Heritage on the “protection of minors and human dignity in audio visual and information services.” The paper stresses the importance of treating commercial communication issues within the context of DGXV’s Green Paper, and castigates the European Consumers’ Union (BEUC)… Continue reading UK: Protection Of Minors
A cut-price Manchester Evening News has added around 50,000 sales each week, the newspaper is claiming.Since the end of last year the newspaper has been slashing the price of its Friday edition from 30p to 10p and it is rumoured that the cut will be extended to another day of the week.Although the paper has… Continue reading Manchester Evening News Claims Sales Success
The scheduled discussion in the European Commission of a new draft directive on pluralism and concentration of the media has been postponed. The commissioners may return to the subject soon, but the prospect of Commissioner Mario Monti – responsible for the Single Market – obtaining a majority for his views now seems unlikely.As it currently… Continue reading EU: Draft Directive Hits Problems
