The Independent’s price rise, up to 40p as from yesterday, puts it in line with the Daily Telegraph, also now at 40p. News International’s Times, however, is still at the cheaper price of 30p. The Guardian, unscathed by the price war, is still the most expensive, at 45p. The price war has increased the quality… Continue reading Independent Latest To Up Price
L!ve TV has bravely entered the cut-throat arena of securing football coverage for cable viewers. The bid is rumoured to be £10,000 per year for 20 live games and the target of L!ve TV’s interest is none other than…the Pontins League.The league, made up of the reserve teams of northern Premiership and Football League clubs,… Continue reading L!ve TV Bid For Football Coverage
Granada’s takeover of Forte was confirmed today, with over 60% of Forte’s share capital accepting Granada’s offer. However, counting of acceptances was not complete by 2.30pm, so the final level of acceptances is likely to be higher.Gerry Robinson, Granada’s Chief Executive, said, “We are naturally delighted with the outcome. Sir Rocco and his colleagues put… Continue reading Granada Wins Takeover Battle
The Independent Television Commission has announced the award of two of its cable franchise licences. The licence for Southport is to go to TeleWest Southport, a subsidiary of TeleWest, the UK’s biggest cable company.The licence for Lincolnshire and South Humberside has been awarded to Diamond Cable; Diamond Cable operates a group of franchises from Grimsby… Continue reading Cable Franchises Awarded In Lincolnshire And Southport
John Brown Publishing has released ABCs for July to December for Gardens Illustrated and Fortean Times. The bi-monthly Fortean Times, which covers freakish events and scientific oddities, has recorded a massive increase on July-December 1994, up by 112% to over 60,000 copies. Gardens Illustrated was up by almost 50% year on year to 46,066. ABC… Continue reading Early July-December ABCs Released
The latest regional newspapers to launch on the Internet include the Surrey Advertiser and the Sunderland Echo. The Surrey Advertiser, which launched its site last week currently only has its entertainment section on-line; its news, business, sport, classifieds are to follow later.http://www.surreyad.co.uk/The Sunderland Echo carries the top local news and sports stories of the day,… Continue reading More Regionals Joins Net
Age restraints could be imposed on teenage magazines, it is reported, if the wishes of a Tory MP are taken into account. Peter Luff, the Tory MP for Worcester, is to introduce a Bill to enforce new curbs on teenage magazines.The Bill has come about following the recent furore surrounding advice given in an agony… Continue reading MP Calls For Magazine Curbs
In court this morning Mr Scrivener QC said that his client, Virgin TV, had been treated unfairly when its programmes failed the quality thresholds set by the ITC.One criticism was that Virgin TV did not have enough staff on its news team. Mr Scrivener, however, said they had the same amount of staff as C5B… Continue reading Latest In Channel 5 Court Hearing
This year’s Radio Advertising Bureau Conference, to be held on 15 October, is to be opened by Troubleshooter Sir John Harvey-Jones. He will review the Commercial Radio industry, and particularly radio as an advertising medium.Douglas McArthur, managing director of the RAB, said, “We believe his analysis of the potential role of radio for the advertiser… Continue reading Sir John Harvey Jones To Open RAB Conference
The first July to December Consumer ABC has been released. Mixmag has recorded a total circulation of 72,364; this represents a massive 65% increase on its July to December 1994 figure, an actual change of over 28,000 copies.Emap is likely to be the first big group to release its ABCs; these are expected to be… Continue reading First Jul-Dec ABC Released
