The ITC has awarded the local delivery licence for Taunton and Bridgewater to Convergence Ltd, a jointly-owned subsidiary of The Convergence Group Plc and Orbis Trust Ltd. The award is made subject to the applicant fulfilling certain finance requirements.TeleWest communications was the other contender for the licence.Convergence Ltd: 01293 540444ITC: 0171 306 7743
Time Out is to undergo a complete redesign and is expanding its Time In section with the launch of a TV listings pull-out. It is reported that the 22 page section will be converted into a free A4 magazine at the end of March. It will cover TV and radio listings and video and games… Continue reading TV Listings Guides Set To Multiply
The Media Guardian web site, due to launch today, has been postponed for the third time.The paper is now promising that the site will launch sometime in March; a specific date has not been given.
EMAP managing director David Arculus will be leaving the company to become chief operating officer at United News & Media. His specific responsibilities will include operational duties for Express newspapers, Meridian and Anglia broadcasting, Channel 5 and the group’s magazines and exhibition interests.Mr Arculus’s resignation is thought to have been provoked by recent boardroom battles… Continue reading EMAP Loses Boss To UNM
Despite the well publicised Harrods’ domain name court case *There Is Still Only One Harrods, brand-owners are still failing to protect their brands in cyber-space. Research, carried out by New Media Age , has shown that it is still possible to register domains like adidas.co.uk and eastenders.co.uk. Although the court ruled in favour of Harrods… Continue reading Web Round Up – W/E 28/02/97
A report by Coopers and Lybrand Media Group, entitled The Role of the Regionals in the Digital Future, highlights the importance of electronic media to the future of the regional press.The study argues that it is imperative that the regional press embrace electronic media if it is to retain control of the highly lucrative classified… Continue reading Internet Poses Biggest Threat To Regional Press
The Guardian Media section was due to launch its own web-site today, but it is yet to appear and Newsline is still endeavouring to discover why. Information on this story will be on Newsline as when it is available.Scottish Television’s final results are released on Tuesday, a full report will appear on Newsline.The Media Research… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Independent Television Commission has received one application for the local cable delivery franchise for South Cumbria. South Cumbria Cable & Telecoms, a company backed by the US Cable Corporation, proposes to offer service to 61,500 homes in the area by the end of 2002. The company offered a bid of £21,525. The ITC will… Continue reading ITC Receives Application For South Cumbria Cable Licence
A new consumer travel magazine, Holidays has launched. The monthly full-colour glossy retails at £1.95 and is published by Exeter-based, Icon Publishing.With an initial print-run of 40,000, Holidays is aiming at AB adults who take at least one foreign holiday per-year. According to the publishers, this group spends in excess of £6 billion annually on… Continue reading Holidays For As Little As £1.95
The Telegraph has now redrafted its complaint to the ABC, withdrawing its demand that all figure’s for The Times’ Monday editions since June 3 1996 must be restatedIn the original complaint, The Telegraph claimed that ABC should not classify the cut-price edition of The Times as a sale as the paper gained nothing financially from… Continue reading ABC Dispute Update
