In a deal announced this morning, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is to pay more than £360m over ten years for TV rights to a new Southern hemisphere Rugby Union competition featuring Australia, South Africa and New Zealand in home and away internationals, and leading club sides in a further league tournament.It is thought that the… Continue reading Murdoch Turns His Attention To Rugby Union Now
The Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, has announced that he is to retire from politics, and will remain in his post only until the next Cabinet re-shuffle.In a statement released a few minutes ago, he says that he informed the PM in the Spring of 1994, and re-affirmed earlier this year, that he intended to retire… Continue reading Douglas Hurd Announces Retirement
Channel One has begun transmitting live pictures of its internet programme Digital World on the internet. The experiment began this week when constantly updated live still pictures were transmitted onto Digital World’s Web pages. Next week the cable channel, owned by Associated Newspapers, hopes to include sound as well. Digital World goes out at 9.30pm… Continue reading Channel One Transmits Live On The Internet
MTV’s decision to scramble its signal from July 1st (Newsline yesterday) in an attempt to increase subscription revenues, will mean the loss of 10m homes with satellite dishes unless they get decoder boxes.Negotiations continue over 10m more homes in Belgium, Switzerland and Holland. MTV hopes its income base will become 30% subs, 70% advertising (now… Continue reading MTV To Lose 10M Viewers
The Radio Authority has received no applications for the local licence for Southwold in Suffolk. This is the first time a new licences has not attracted a single applicant. A ‘community radio’ group, which had pressed for the advertisement of such a licence, had been expected to apply but withdrew its application shortly before the… Continue reading Suffolk IR Licence Attracts No Applicants
Midland Independent Newspapers has agreed to pay £14.2m for trade publisher and exhibitions company, Inside Communications (industrial and welfare titles).The deal will be financed from existing resources.
The Central Statistical Office has published its 30th annual edition of Regional Trends. Cost is £34.95 from HMSO and booksellers.A flavour of the facts included this year:* Nearly two thirds of adults in Yorkshire & Humberside took a holiday in 1994, the highest proportion of any region in Great Britain.* People in East Anglia are… Continue reading CSO Publishes Regional Trends
The city had initially reacted calmly to John Major’s resignation, but trading became more nervous as the day went on and at 3pm the FTSE 100 was down 29 points and the pound unsettled, as home news was compounded by Germany appearing less likely to cut interest
Channel One is to broadcast two and a half hours of Wimbledon highlights at 9.30 every night, for the two weeks of the tournament. BSkyB has lost out in the deal which gives Channel One exclusive secondary rights for three years.
The Saga group has expressed an interest in moving into radio and is expected to apply for any new regional licences that are advertised. The group may also bid for one of the new London licences later this year. Like the holidays and magazines, Saga radio will be aimed at the over 50s.
