A new media division of Poulter plc, the advertising agency, has been launched this month. MediaVantage integrates Poulter’s in house media department with its already up and running stand alone media service.MediaVantage believe the move will make a significant impact in the media market which will open new doors to business for future investment. It… Continue reading Poulter Announces New Subsidiary
Eurosport has confirmed that it will broadcast live the European Cup Winners’ Cup match between Liverpool and Switzerland’s FC Sion. The coverage is believed to be against UEFA’s ruling but Eurosport declined to comment on the issue.For more information on next weeks European matches, subscribers can access Sports Diary.Eurosport: 0171 468 7777
Two applications were received by the ITC for the local delivery franchise for Taunton and Bridgwater. The applicants are: Convergence (Somerset) Limited, a jointly-owned subsidiary of The Convergence Group plc and Orbis Trust (Guernsey) Ltd. Convergence proposes to offer service to 71,300 homes by 2002. A cash bid of £426,027 was made. TeleWest Communications (Taunton… Continue reading Two Applicants For Taunton And Bridgwater
The Retail Prices Index for September came in at 162.6, taking 1985 as the base rate. This represents an increase of 2.1% on last year and an increase of 0.5% on August.For RPI trends subscribers can access MediaTel’s Encyclomedia section in Talking Windows.
Channel 5 has announced a $10m deal with Columbia TriStar which covers 144 titles. The material, which includes television film premieres, recent blockbusters and mini series, will be available when the channel launches early next year.Films include Streetfighter, with Jean Claude Van Damme, Robin Hood; Men In Tights, Next Karate Kid and Money Train.Dawn Airey,… Continue reading C5 Announces Deal With Columbia Tristar
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued a letter to cable companies asking for responses on BSkyB’s ratecard and package deals. Earlier this year the OFT decided that although BSkyB were not operating as a monopoly, it was still difficult for cable operators to compete *(BSkyB Escapes Monopoly Investigation).According to reports in today’s Financial… Continue reading More Flexibility With BSkyB Packages
NTL, the broadcast transmissions and telecommunications company, gave a taste of the future with a complete end-to-end digital television broadcast over the whole of Greater London. The multichannel demonstration included widescreen pictures, data services, an access system for pay-TV, and an on-screen Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) all used with decoders for television sets.NTL believe that… Continue reading NTL Demonstrates DTV
The six monthly National Newspaper ABC’s to September show only the Times and Daily Mail making any real improvements. The Times increased by nearly 10% (65,998) from the same period last year. The Daily Mail performed even better with an increase of 14.4% (261,444).The poorest performance came from the Express On Sunday, which will hope… Continue reading National Newspaper September ABCs
ITV is claiming that only 2% of homes targeted by Channel 5 have been successfully retuned and, projecting on the channel’s ‘current performance’, the 90% of homes which legally have to be retuned would not be completed until mid-1998.Research was carried out on behalf of ITV by Continental Research and RSL and was based on… Continue reading ITV Claims C5 Will Complete Retune In ’98
According to reports in yesterday’s Guardian, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has written to Virginia Bottomley, the National Heritage Secretary, stating that the privatisation of Channel 4 could hinder the station’s remit to serve minority interests. Members of the ITC also believe that the move would make regulation for the channel much more difficult to… Continue reading ITC Opposes C4 Privatisation
