The Government has today published the Broadcasting Bill, which includes changes to the proposals set out in the Media Ownership and Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting consultation papers.Media OwnershipThe main proposals of the Bill will allow greater cross-ownership between newspaper groups, television companies and radio stations; there is also a change in how regulatory authorities assess and… Continue reading Government Broadcasting Bill – Details
The Independent Television Commission has issued a new version of its Code of Advertising Standards and Practice; the edition officially incorporates amendments and additions adopted during 1994 and 1995.The new Code now includes amendments permitting advertising for the National Lottery, and a new Rule permitting advertising of football pools. There are amendments regarding Financial Advertising… Continue reading ITC Amends Advertising Standards
NBC and Microsoft have announced they are to create two 50/50 ventures; a 24 hour news and information cable channel and an interactive on-line news service distributed on the Microsoft Network, Microsoft’s Internet on-line service. Both will be offered world wide and integrated with the NBC television network.The 24-hour news cable service, to be called… Continue reading Microsoft And NBC Join To Create 24-Hr News Service
Leslie Hill, Chairman of the ITV Council has today issued a statement welcoming the Government’s Broadcasting Bill, announced earlier this morning. “We warmly welcome the Government’s proposals…in particular, ITV welcomes the revised proposals for digital television. We are very glad that the guaranteed allocation for the ITV companies has been increased to half a mulitplex… Continue reading ITV Welcomes New Bill
The Broadcasting Standards Council has again had cause to criticise Yorkshire Television’s Emmerdale, which has changed its style over the past year to become more controversial in a bid to increase ratings.The BSC has upheld complaints over an attempted rape scene where it was shown how the attacker had forced his victim to the floor;… Continue reading Broadcasting Standards Criticises Emmerdale
Daily Mail and General Trust have today announced a drop in profits. Pre-tax profit for the year was £66.8 million, a decrease of 27% over the results for last year. The major factor affecting these results was the increase in newsprint prices, which were not passed on to customers; the Group spent nearly £20 million… Continue reading Newsprint Affects Daily Mail And General Trust Profits
The battle for sports coverage continues with the announcement that Formula One motor racing coverage is to change from the BBC to ITV from 1997. The new deal with ITV, worth £60 million, gives ITV rights for five years.ITV will broadcast all sixteen races in the FIA Formula One World Championship live on Sundays, with… Continue reading ITV Wins Formula One From BBC
Pearson yesterday warned that earnings per share for this year would be “modestly below the current range of outside estimates.” Whilst pre-tax profits for 1995 will exceed those of any prior year, the statement says, this is due largely to the non-operating profit on the sale of Pearson’s direct stake of 9.75% in BSkyB in… Continue reading Pearson Announced Board Changes And Earnings Warnings
Channel 4’s Soap weekend (2-3rd December) has helped the channel to gain a 0.5% share of viewing. The most popular of the programmes featured during the weekend was The Real Coronation Street which attracted 3.31million viewers. The soaps that gained most attention were a classic episode of Coronation Street from the Sixties shown on the… Continue reading C4 Successful Soap Weekend – Viewing Summary
According to the latest CIA Sensor survey more people are looking forward to Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave than the Queen’s speech.The top 12 most looked forward to Christmas programmes are split fairly evenly between BBC1 and ITV, although BBC1 takes the top 2 positions.When split by age, younger viewers (15-24 year… Continue reading I Don’t Believe It – Victor Meldrew More Popular Than Queen
