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
Thursday night’s hour long Emmerdale special in which Ned Glover held Chris Tate hostage at gunpoint achieved an audience of over 13 million, according to unofficial overnight figures. This had a disastrous effect on Eastenders, with the London soap falling from 15.4 million the week before to 7.8 million on Thursday.
Yorkshire Tyne-Tees Television staged a much needed recovery last week, making up the ground it lost when its non-involvement in the recent digital TV bids left its shares in the doldrums. That old favourite of rumours, that Granada would increase its stake in YTTV to mount a takeover, pushed the Yorkshire broadcaster’s price 42.5p on… Continue reading Sharewatch – W/E 21/02/97
Cable channel TLC, owned by Discovery Communications, will be rebranded as Discovery Home And Leisure from 31 March.The move is aimed at dispelling confusion over what the channel represents. TLC was previously called The Learning Channel and it is believed that many adult viewers were put off from watching the channel because they thought it… Continue reading TLC To Be Rebranded
