According to a report in yesterday’s Sunday Times a non-terrestrial TV channel devoted to the European Parliament will receive most of its funding from the European Union.The channel, which has been rumoured since January (Newsline 04/01), will be called the Citizen’s Channel and feature unedited debates of proceedings in Brussels. More than £700,000 has been… Continue reading European Parliament TV To Get EU Backing
The ITC is inviting applications for a local cable delivery franchise for Daventry and the surrounding areas, extending from the Rugby franchise to the Northamptonshire franchises. The area comprises around 29,000 homes; those not included in the existing Northamptonshire and Rugby franchises, and nine parishes of the South Northamptonshire District, including Bugbrooke and Gayton.Applications must… Continue reading New Cable Franchise For Daventry
According to the Sunday Business, yet another newspaper is to hit the newsstands. The Weekly Journal is relaunching under new ownership; previously owned by the Voice Group, the Journal will be aimed at black professionals as an upmarket alternative to The Voice.The Journal has been bought by a private consortium of black businessmen and women… Continue reading Black Newspaper To Launch
A new piece of technology developed by Pace Micro Technology could be implemented to solve the problem of having to retune millions of VCRs in order for households to receive Channel 5.The problem at the moment is that 60% of the population would receive the Channel 5 signal on a frequency which would interfere with… Continue reading Channel 5 Retune May Not Be Needed
The Nationwide has said that press rumours indicating that it has made an offer of £6 million to sponsor the Football League were ‘pure speculation.’The League is currently sponsored by Endsleigh Insurance. Endsleigh replaced Barclays Bank as sponsor in 1993 and the contract is now up for renegotiation.
The ITC has upheld complaints from viewers who bought a special Coronation Street video. Viewers felt that they were misled by the fact that the video was promoted as “only available on video” but that an edited version of the video was actually broadcast on ITV at a later date.Granada has sent a letter of… Continue reading ITC Upholds Complaints On Corrie Video And Girlie Show
Quarterly financial results released by General Cable show that losses were slightly down at £6.16 million before tax compared to £6.2 million last year.Revenues rose however by 49% to £17 million: 43% of this came from telephony, 32% from cable tv and 25% from business customers. In terms of cable tv subscribers have increased by… Continue reading General Cable Losses Drop To £6.1m
The latest Rajar figures to be released for Q1 1996 show that the BBC has reclaimed a majority share of radio listening. BBC Radio accounted for 50.4% of listening compared to commercial radio’s 47.6% which is in contrast to the BBC’s 47.2% and commercial radio’s 49.7% for Q4 1995.Amongst BBC stations Radio 5 Live has… Continue reading BBC Wins Majority Share Of Radio Listening
Last night’s Media Research Group Evening Meeting saw a heated discussion about the release of the new outdoor research, POSTAR. The concern was over the introduction of a new measure of visibility of posters, Visibly Adjusted Impacts.Peter Bowman from WCRS was worried that the much lower figures achieved by the VAI in POSTAR would devalue… Continue reading “POSTAR Should Be Used As A Stick To Beat The NRS”
Vauxhall has announced the launch of its official Euro’96 web site. Vauxhall is using the Internet to bring an extra dimension to sponsorship; as the official sponsors of Euro’96, they have launched their Euro’96 web site together with The Lowe Group and The Guardian. Eurosoccer.com is billed as “the indispensable site for soccer fans throughout… Continue reading Euro’96 Sponsors Launch Web Site
