Two agreements for the televising of Premier League football matches are to be referred to the Restrictive Practices Court, the Office of Fair Trading announced today.The first relates to the rules and regulations of the FA Premier League Ltd which prevent member clubs from selling their television rights to broadcasters without first seeking permission from… Continue reading Premier League Broadcast Agreements Referred To Court
Two out of three MPs want new regulations to be introduced to the Broadcasting Bill to ensure that major sporting events continue to be shown on terrestrial TV channels, according to a new MORI survey.Overall, 69% of MPs support regulation with 23% opposed. Conservative MPs support regulation by 48% to 37%. Opposition MPs are overwhelmingly… Continue reading Government Should Act On Sports Say MPs
BSkyB has today announced pre-tax profits of £106 million, an increase of 93% year on year for the six months to 31 December 1995. Turnover was up by 30% to £464 million.Sam Chisholm, chief executive and managing director of BSkyB said, “The last quarter of 1995 was our best ever; net subscriber growth of 354,000… Continue reading BSkyB Profits Up 93% To £106m – Over 5 Million Subscribers
A Bill to be presented before Parliament today is causing concern amongst the magazine industry. The Bill proposed by Peter Luff, MP for Worcester, calls for magazines to be required to publish minimum readership ages on their covers.Magazine industry body the Periodical Publishers Association has dismissed the proposal as “unnecessary and dangerous.” PPA chief executive… Continue reading Industry Concern Over Magazine Censorship Bill
Speculation continues to mount over the possible takeover of media group Pearson. The latest candidate rumoured to be interested in Pearson, which owns the FT, Penguin books and Thames Television, is Viacom.With revenues of more than $11bn, Viacom is now the world’s second largest media group after Time Warner. Analysts believe that the similarities between… Continue reading Media Takeover Rumours
IPC Magazines has sold Practical Woodworking magazine to Nexus Media Ltd. Both the International Practical Woodworking Show and the National Practical Woodworking Show will also transfer with the sale.Nexus, who will publish Practical Woodworking from the April issue, already publish The Woodworker magazine. Practical Woodworking, whose circulation has been in steady decline is a monthly,… Continue reading IPC’s Practical Woodworking Sold To Nexus
Following Rajar’s confirmation in January that the next set of Rajar figures, Q4 1995, are expected to show a drop in weekly reach, the release of these figures,(scheduled for this Friday, 9th February) is now to be delayed until mid-March.The new diary format for respondents means that virtually all services, both national and local will… Continue reading Rajar Figures Delayed
The Department of National Heritage has published a Government paper, ‘Broadcast Sports Rights: Informing the Debate’, which aims to ‘help inform the public and Parliamentary debate’ on the question of TV coverage of sports events.Virginia Bottomley, National Heritage Secretary, said: “There is a widespread view that certain events are more than mere sporting occasions and… Continue reading Government Opens Debate On TV Sport
Yesterday saw the Sunday Express launching a revamped version of its Classic supplement. Expresso, which keeps the same size and format as its predecessor, is the third reincarnation for the Sunday Express supplement. Section III launched in September 1993; this became Classic a year later in September 1994 to be followed yesterday by the relaunch… Continue reading Sunday Express Expresso Replaces Classic
Attic Futura’s teenage magazine Sugar, which launched in October of 1994 has released its second ABC; at 318,053 for July – December 1995 this is an increase of over 55,000 copies on its first ABC, up 21.2%. What Personal Computer has also released its July-December ABC today, up 18.3% on last year’s figure. Jl-Dec’94 Jl-Dec’95… Continue reading Latest ABCs – Sugar Up 21% On Last Period
