The Radio Authority received ten applications for the new small-scale Independent Local Radio (ILR) licences which cover East Kent. The Licences allows a small service to cover locations within Canterbury, Thanet, Dover, Shepway or Ashford districts of East Kent. The number of frequencies available will depend upon the submitted applications although the Authority anticipates three… Continue reading East Kent Licence Receives Ten Applications
IPC Magazines has announced a new look for Rugby World. The title will feature a redesigned logo and front cover together with new sections in the content of the magazine. The cover price will be reduced from £2.25 to £1.50 with an increase in editorial paging.The new look Rugby World will be on-sale from September… Continue reading Revamp For Rugby World
Eve Salomon has been appointed to the position of deputy secretary at the Independent Television Commission. She replaces Anthony Hewitt who becomes deputy director within the new Programmes and Cable Division.Ms Salomon is currently senior sponsorship and advertising officer for the ITC and will take up her new position on 16 September. Her responsibilities will… Continue reading ITC Appoints New Deputy Secretary
A group of companies are working together in a bid to increase the profile of Web advertising with media buyers. The group, which consists of News International, Mirror Group, Future Publishing, John Brown Publishing, The Audit Bureau of Circulation, Cityscreen on Reuters and Webmedia, are working together with New Media Marketing and Sales (NMM&S).NMM&S will… Continue reading Web Round-Up
RTL Country 1035 and Virgin Megastore have linked to provide a major cross promotion. The RTL Country 1035 AM Virgin Megastore Chart, will have the week’s top selling country titles displayed in the store and broadcast on The Connection programme on Saturday evening’s.Country has also signed two additional deals. The first is a joint press… Continue reading Country Radio In Promotion Deal
The Publishing Consultancy, Bauer’s UK sales house, has appointed Stacey Paul to group sales director London after five years of service. She was previously the advertisement director for Bella magazine.The appointment comes after a restructuring of the advertisement department which sees Louise Schofield adopting the new title of promotions director. Jane Lenny takes on the… Continue reading Publishing Consultancy Restructures
Yesterday’s MRG Evening Meeting considered how to research the youth market, a notoriously difficult job yet one which can provide huge dividends. The main point of contention was whether such a market could be researched using traditional methods of modelling and categorising or by using a looser, more flexible approach.Dave Anderson, of Navigator Research, pointed… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting: The Youth Market And How To Reach It
BSkyB today announced financial figures for the year ending 30 June which show pre-tax profit rising by 66% to £257m.The satellite company’s subscribers rose by 900,000 to 5.5 million and advertising also saw a healthy growth. Subscriber revenue, which rose 25% to £727m, accounted for nearly three quarters of total revenue which hit £1.01bn.Compared to… Continue reading BSkyB Profits Soar 66%
R&B and Pilat are forming a new company called Pilat Media, which will develop information systems for customers across the media and advertising industry. Products will consist of both off the shelf systems like NOMAD and commissions for bespoke developmentsR&B, which supplies the media buying system NOMAD to the industry, and Pilat, an international management… Continue reading R&B Enter Joint Venture With Pilat
Five companies have bid for the production contract for ITV’s coverage of Formula One Grand Prix to be broadcast next year.They are: Independent Sports Network (ISN) MACh 1 (Meridian, Anglia and Chrysalis Sport) Fast Track Productions (YTV, Cheerleader Productions, BBC Resources, Small Back Room Productions and Venner TV) Visage Productions Television Sport and Leisure Ltd… Continue reading Five Bidders For Formula One
