L!VE TV, the cable only channel famous for its News bunny and topless darts has announced expansion plans. It is to launch a series of City TV stations across Britain.The first will be Liverpool L!ve which will go to air on November 1st. Edinburgh L!ve launches a month later. Early in 1997 L!ve TV will… Continue reading L!Ve TV Announces Expansions
The Evening Standard is to launch a new section on Fridays. ‘Hot Tickets’, an A4-sized listings magazine, will begin this week. It will cover all events in London and feature a seven-day TV and radio guide. The Independent also recently launched a listings section on Fridays, called 24seven (Newsline 22/04).The launch of the new Standard… Continue reading Evening Standard To Launch New Section
National Heritage Minister Iain Sproat yesterday announced a further relaxation of cross-media ownership rules. The new arrangements will allow local newspapers with more than a 50% share of their market to own a radio station in the area concerned, (providing that there is at least one other independent local radio station in operation in the… Continue reading Local Newspapers Media Ownership Rules Relaxed
TeleWest has announced the launch of its own Internet access service called Cable Internet. Although currently wholly owned by TeleWest, the UK’s largest cable operator, Cable Internet is intended as a platform that would allow all cable operators to provide Internet services.According to TeleWest a number of major operators, including NYNEX CableComms, General Cable and… Continue reading TeleWest Launches Internet Service
The European, the weekly English-language newspaper, has been launched in electronic form to subscribers via ISDN. This allows electronic transmission of the whole newspaper to a PC in exactly the same format as the original printed version – with the advantage of video, radio and voice clips. It will be available to subscribers at the… Continue reading Newspaper To Go Online
Peter Rogers, chief executive of the ITC, has announced four key appointments and a reorganisation of the television watchdog.Clare Mulholland, director of programmes, has been named as the new deputy chief executive. Her new duties, which include a range of regulatory, managerial and external representational roles, will begin on 1 July.Sara Thane, currently director of… Continue reading ITC Announces Senior Appointments And Restructure
The latest IPA Trends in Television Report, for Quarter 1 1996, shows a further improvement in overall television performance, halting the previous long term decline. Three of the last four quarters have shown a year on year increase in overall television viewing; during the earlier years of the decade every quarter showed a decline.ITV continues… Continue reading IPA Trends In Television Viewing Show Halt To Long Term Decline
The ITC announced this morning that it has issued formal warnings to Channel 4 and Yorkshire Television. The warnings relate to three editions of Channel 4’s TFI Friday for bad language and two episodes of Yorkshire’s The Governor for explicit violence.The three TFI Friday shows concerned were broadcast in February and March and two of… Continue reading ITC Warns Channel 4 And Yorkshire TV
Press rumours continue to circulate that magazine publisher EMAP is on the verge of selling off some of its titles. The group’s regional titles are tipped to be the first disposal and the most likely buyer is thought to be Newsquest Media Group. Newsquest controls the regional newspapers previously owned by Reed.City analysts believe that… Continue reading EMAP In Sell-Off Rumours
Tom Rubython’s Sunday Business is to relaunch on 2nd June 1996, after finally securing the financial backing of an investment consortium; this will be backed by a TV advertising campaign.Sunday Business, which launched on 21st April, claims to have sold 145,608 copies in its first week; and 101,589 in its second week. Tom Rubython claims… Continue reading Sunday Business Secures Backer For Relaunch
