Today saw the release of The Guardians summer sport review; Sport ’96. The supplement will cover all of the summers outstanding sporting events such as Euro’96, Wimbledon, The Olympics and Cricket.Sport ’96 will be published every Friday throughout the summer and features contributions from Sports Writer of the Year Richard Williams together with Guardian writers,… Continue reading Review: Sport ’96 (The Guardian)
In the monthly complaints bulletin from the Broadcasting Standards Council, a complaint made by a viewer concerning the Vanessa show was upheld on the grounds of taste & decency. The viewer complained that it was offensive to show a 16 month old baby with premature sexual maturation on this programme. The complaint was upheld because… Continue reading Vanessa Rapped Over Taste And Decency Complaint
Last night’s Euro’96 Semi Final match between England and Germany attracted a peak-time audience of over 26 million viewers; of these, 19.8 million favoured BBC1’s coverage, leaving ITV with just 6.7 million viewers. The average for the match was 17.4 million viewers for BBC1, and 6.2 million for ITV.At the height of viewing, 93.3% of… Continue reading 26.5 Million Tune In For English Defeat
Vauxhall, one of the UK’s largest advertisers is to boycott the Daily Mirror and Daily Star in protest against their coverage of the Euro’ 96 encounter with England and Germany. Coverage by the two tabloids has included references to the Second World War together with pictures of England players superimposed in British Army uniforms.Wolfgand Schubert,… Continue reading Vauxhall Boycotts Tabloids
Johnston Press, following its acquisition of Emap’s regional titles, has moved into the top 5 regional groups in the country, according to Newspaper Society data. Trinity remains in the top position, (based on circulation per week) with over a total group circulation of 8.5 million. Johnston Press, which before the Emap acquisition had 81 weekly… Continue reading Top 5 Regional Press Publishers
National Heritage Secretary Virginia Bottomley yesterday announced new powers to ensure that the character of a local radio service is to be protected, regardless of changes in ownership of that service.Speaking to the annual Commercial Radio Companies Association Congress, Mrs Bottomley announced an amendment to the current Broadcasting Bill which would allow the Radio Authority… Continue reading Local Radio Stations’ Character Protected
Media group Pearson has announced that it is seeking buyers for Westminster Press, its regional press company.Pearson say that the move is part of its overall strategy of concentrating resources on information, education and entertainment markets. It is believed by analysts that the regional outfit could raise around £300 million. Pearson would not reveal which… Continue reading Pearson To Sell Off Westminster Press
The Euro’ 96 clash between England and Scotland has entered the top ten viewing figures at number six. The match, shown on BBC1 (15/6/96) , attracted an audience of 10.51 million according to the latest BARB viewing figures. Euro’ 96 has proved to be very popular with no less than seven matches in the top… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 16/6/96
The MRG Evening Meeting, held last night, heard two papers concerning television research which focused on ELVs (Elusive Light Viewers) and the measuring of audience appreciation of programmes.Sue Read from Laser presented a paper on the value of ITV peaktime for advertisers, entitled “ITV is Not a Commodity Product”, and Richard Windle from RSL spoke… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting Hears About ELVs
United Artists Entertainment (Programming) Limited is to change its name to Flextech Television Ltd from Monday 1st July. The programme management side of Flextech plc, the UK cable and satellite group, believe the change allows the Flextech name to be strengthened.Managing Director of Flextech Television, Brent Harman, said: “By adopting the name of its parent… Continue reading United Artists Entertainment To Become Flextech
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