The Radio Authority has decided to impose a fine of £1,000 on Spectrum International Radio, a multi-ethnic station that broadcasts to Greater London. The fine is to punish the station for breaching the 1990 Broadcasting Act and the Authority’s Code.“Radio Iran Zamin” broadcasts programmes for the Iranian community on Spectrum and the Radio Authority found… Continue reading Radio Authority Fines Stations
ISBA, IPA and DMA have merged their pitch guides to produce composite guidance backed by all three organisations and minor changes to the old ISBA/IPA guide show further clarification on copyright and presentation issues.Said John Hooper, ISBA Director General: “I am delighted that the three organisations have combined to produce a comprehensive set of guidelines… Continue reading ISBA, IPA And DMA Reissue Pitch Guide
The Times has registered 500,000 readers in its first year on the Internet. The Times and The Sunday Times launched the site on January 7 last year. Within 7 months the site had won Yell and .net magazine’s, “Hottest site on the net award.”For a review of the Times’ site subscribers should click The Times… Continue reading Times Registers 500,000 Readers
The ITC is inviting applications to run a new local cable delivery franchise for the Ayr area. The licence area will include the local authority districts of North, South and East Ayrshire and those parts of the Inverclyde District not included in the existing Inverclyde broadband cable franchise. The area contains approximately 155,000 homes.Applications must… Continue reading New Cable Licence For Ayr
An organisation set up to try to combat the problem of illegal material on the Internet has received only 34 calls in its first full month of operation. Of those only half were referring to material which was actually illegal.David Kerr, Chief Executive of the Internet Watch Foundation, said that 6 of the calls, all… Continue reading Slow Response To Internet Watchdog
The Radio Authority is advertising a new Independent Local Radio licence to serve the town of Huddersfield and the surrounding area. This is designed to cover a more localised area than the existing ILR services provided by The Pulse (FM) and Great Yorkshire Gold (AM), and the Yorkshire regional service of Kiss 105 which launches… Continue reading New Licence For Huddersfield
The Institute for Public Policy Research study, ‘Small Firms On-Line’, has found that the slow take-up of advanced telecommunications and services by small firms is a result of the supply industries, such as Mercury and BT, failing to target their needs properly.Gillian Lauder and Andrea Westall, the authors of the report also argue that government… Continue reading Small Firms Failing To Enter Communications Revolution
Future Publishing is to launch a new monthly buyers’ guide magazine for cycling enthusiasts in the spring.Total Bike! will aim to offer readers a comprehensive and entertaining guide to the vast range of cycling equipment on the market. It will concentrate on mountain bikes of all categories, from £300 hybrids to £3,000 down-hill models.Each month… Continue reading Future Launches Biking Title
ITV’s flagship drama premiere Rebecca failed to win the ratings battle on Sunday evening when more people watched a new series of the popular Ballykissangel on BBC1. Unofficial overnights show that 9.6 million people (36%) watched the dramatisation of Daphne DuMaurier’s novel while 12 million (43%) viewed Ballykissangel.On Saturday however Sabrina The Teenage Witch (6.8m/33%)… Continue reading Rebecca Fails To Outdo Ballykissangel
The ITC has responded to Sheffield University’s ‘Violence on TV Research Report’ *(Survey Shows Little Change In Amount of TV Violence) by welcoming its conclusions.The Report, which was jointly commissioned by the ITC, BBC, BSkyB , Broadcasting Standards Council, ITV and Channel 4, found that the overall percentage of violence on TV, compared to the… Continue reading ITC Wants More Research Into TV Violence
