Talk Radio has signed a six figure sponsorship deal with One 2 One, Mercury’s mobile phone division. The deal will feature in the football slot Mobile Phone Fans, part of There’s Only One Gary Newbon, which starts at the beginning of the football season (August 17).Talk Radio are looking to build on the success of… Continue reading Talk Radio Kicks Off With Sponsorship Deal
The 1996 European Television Symposium, to be held in November in Prague, will focus on the development of commercial broadcasting in Central Europe and the difficulties facing the sector in Western Europe.In particular the problem of developing ‘people meters’ which will effectively measure an ever more fragmented television audience will be discussed. The symposium will… Continue reading Symposium To Tackle TV ‘Crisis’
The Guardian will be introducing two new sections to its Saturday edition. The Week is a new current affairs section providing a review of the week with features, comment and background information on the week’s big stories. Jobs & Money will provide coverage of the converging issues relating to the workplace and jobs, personal finance… Continue reading New Sections For Saturday Guardian
Inflation figures for July were in line with City expectations, with a headline rate of 2.2% and underlying rate of 2.8%. This is an increase of 0.1% on June’s figure. For RPI trends subscribers can access MediaTel’s Encyclomedia section in Talking Windows.
Granada Media Group has announced a new organisation structure designed to give its operations a better chance of competing in the changing media industry.The new structure will give a separate focus to GMG’s production and broadcasting businesses and is aimed at expanding production business within and beyond ITV in the UK and in international markets.… Continue reading Granada Announces New Organisation Structure
IPC Magazines are launching a Loaded annual entitled Loaded 1st Scrapbook: Strange Phenomena From Beyond Closing Time. IPC believe the annual will be well received following an increase in ABC circulation figures for Loaded.A Shoot and Soccer Stars Annual are also being released following successful circulations in previous years.Loaded Annual is on sale from September… Continue reading IPC To Launch Loaded Annual
The Monopolies and Mergers Commission announced at 3pm today that it will be investigating Pearson’s sale of Westminster Press to Newsquest Media. No other details are available at present, though a statement from the MMC is expected tomorrow.The takeover, which occurred last week *Newsquest Buys Westminster Press For £305m, boosts Newsquest’s titles to almost 200… Continue reading Westminster Press Sale Referred To MMC
http://www.slate.com/Since its launch in June *(Microsoft To Provide Quality Journalism Online) Microsoft’s website, Slate, has received many awards and critical acclaim. The on-line magazine is Microsoft’s attempt to bring quality journalism to the Internet. The site features articles on culture, politics and public policy. Since its release Slate has accounted for approximately 10,000 readers per… Continue reading Website Of The Week: Slate
Heartland Cablevision II has applied to run the cable delivery licence for Daventry, offering service to almost 9,000 homes.Heartland, which is owned by Telecential Communications, made a bid of £7,400 for the licence which would form a contiguous area with Northampton, Northeast Northamptonshire and Rugby. These areas are currently covered by Telecential’s existing franchise.Heartland was… Continue reading Heartland Cablevision Applies For Daventry Licence
