Independent Radio Group has made a £4.5m agreed bid for broadcasting group Allied Radio. IRG was established last year with the intention of creating a new commercial radio group through acquisition of UK commercial radio stations.IRG will now look to increase the audience levels of Allied Radio’s stations by improvements in programming, supported by research… Continue reading Independent Radio Takes Over Allied Radio
The Austrian National Tourist Office is sponsoring a themed Austria Week on Classic FM, to celebrate the 1,000th Anniversary of Austria. The themed week, to start on March 18th, will be supported by advertising promoting Austria’s national heritage.Classic FM will broadcast a series of special events, including programmes from and about Austria. Heinz Patzak, Director… Continue reading Austria Week On Classic FM
TeleWest, the UK’s largest cable company, has shown a drop in its cable penetration rate from 22.2% to 21.9% in its 1995 results. This comes as the number of homes passed by TeleWest’s network increased from 805,475 to 1,142,860.Other figures show that cable churn was reduced from 47.1% to 41.0% and cable television revenue increased… Continue reading Telewest Shows Cable Penetration Dropping
Bell Cablemedia, one of the largest cable providers in the UK, believes that around 8,000 subscribers will book their viewing of the Bruno fight on 17 March.2,481 people have so far paid to see the fight live. It will cost £9.95 if booked before 12pm on March 15 and £14.95 thereafter.Bell Cablemedia: 0171 363 2000
Details have been confirmed regarding a new daily newspaper devoted entirely to football. The as-yet untitled paper will be published by Parliamentary Communications and launched in the summer, probably just before the Euro ’96 championship.It will be a broadsheet, cost 50p, have 16 pages and will be published every day except Sunday. A spokesman said… Continue reading Football Daily Details Confirmed
The Brits Award Ceremony had its most sucessful year on ITV yet. 11.08 million people watched the show in the wake of the Michael Jackson and Jarvis Cocker incident. The show also had a 41% consolidated share of the viewing audience for 8.30pm to 10pm on the Tuesday night it was shown.BBC1’s two new drama… Continue reading 11m Watch Jarvis vs Jacko Thriller
The Nottingham Evening Post is to be relaunched as a full-colour tabloid on March 11. Northcliffe Newspapers is spending £250,000 on a 12-week ad campaign running on TV, radio and outdoor to support the relaunch.Clacksons has changed The Bracknell News to a tabloid. The title was relaunched on 29 February after extensive reader research.The new-look… Continue reading Regional Papers Go Tabloid
The Radio Authority has received five applicants for the Wigan local licence. The licence will cover the town of Wigan and the surrounding area, including St Helens and Skelmersdale.The applicants are:Hear FM (Wigan) Ltd: Russell Stuart, 01603 630621 Classic hits from the 60s to today, with extensive local newsJet FM (Magic FM Ltd): Paul Birchall,… Continue reading Local Radio Licences; Applicants, Awards And Advertisements
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) began transmitting in the London area yesterday by broadcasting seven commercial radio stations.The Radio Authority has licensed National Transcommunications Ltd (NTL) as a multiplex provider to transmit Classic FM, Heart 106.2, Kiss 100 FM, Melody FM, Sunrise Radio, Talk Radio UK and Virgin 105.8 FM on DAB. The main benefits from… Continue reading Commercial Digital Radio Begins Broadcasting
The Department of Trade and Induttry has opened the floodgates of a new burst of media mergers by declaring that the proposed merger of United News and Media and MAI need not be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.The deal is now just awaiting clearance from the shareholders of MAI; United’s shareholders have already… Continue reading Media Merger Go Ahead
