The Independent Television Commission yesterday announced that it does not consider that a video on demand service needs to be licensed as a local delivery service under part II of the 1990 Broadcasting Act.The service would be where individual programmes are transmitted by means of a telecommunication system to only one household at a time… Continue reading Video On Demand Go Ahead
The government has delayed the awaited white paper on privacy and the press, amid disagreements among ministers and the complexity of issues involved.Peter Brooke has decided to wait until responses to the Lord Chancellor’s green paper on privacy have been assessed: responses to this must be in by October 15. The government white paper is… Continue reading WHITE PAPER DELAY
Panasonic has signed a deal to become the seventh sponsor for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehmmer, Norway. Pop Group Wet Wet Wet are the first British band to sponsor a football team after signing up for their home-town club, Clydebank FC. Cow & Gate is sponsoring GMTV’s weekly Mother and Baby series. Skoda Automobile… Continue reading Sponsorship Latest
Panasonic has signed a deal to become the seventh sponsor for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehmmer, Norway. Pop Group Wet Wet Wet are the first British band to sponsor a football team after signing up for their home-town club, Clydebank FC. Cow & Gate is sponsoring GMTV’s weekly Mother and Baby series. Skoda Automobile… Continue reading Sponsorship Latest
Peter Overy is to be the new Marketing Manager for the Radio Times. Formerly Research Manager at JWT, and (more recently) an Associate Director at Research Consultancy BJM, Overy joins the Radio Times in mid-November. Denise Gardener, Research Manager at Barle Bogle Hegarty joins Leo Burnett’s Research department next week, continuing the recent exodus of… Continue reading Appointments
Peter Overy is to be the new Marketing Manager for the Radio Times. Formerly Research Manager at JWT, and (more recently) an Associate Director at Research Consultancy BJM, Overy joins the Radio Times in mid-November. Denise Gardener, Research Manager at Barle Bogle Hegarty joins Leo Burnett’s Research department next week, continuing the recent exodus of… Continue reading Appointments
IPC’s TV Times is to reduce the number of pages it carries for advertising by eight, and will switch them to editorial from 16 October.The move comes in a bid to build circulation and provide better value for readers. There will also be editorial changes such as a new family section, which will include articles… Continue reading TV Times Loses Ad Pages
Independent Radio Sales has won the representation for Pirate FM, the Cornwall ILR station from MS&M.IRS has also moved offices, as well as promoting David Salem to head of business development and Steve Jordan to national sales manager for Kiss FM’s team.The new address and telephone number for IRS is:1 Carriage Row163 Eversholt StreetLondonNW1 1BUTel:… Continue reading IRS WINS PIRATE
Airport TV should launch early next year at the six British Airport Authority airports: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.The service will be launched by Sky Sites and will be primarily news-based, with some light entertainment features.The service will be available 17 hours per day, all the operational hours of the airport. It will… Continue reading Airport TV Early Next Year
The national newspaper’s autumn battle to win readers means that the price changes and the new supplements launching have dramatically changed the look of the nationals. There follows a summary of the major alterations: QUALITIES CHANGES DATE 1994 D.TELEGRPH- Considering newsections 20/9 & redesign FT – 10 sponsored colour 4/9 magazine supplements GUARDIAN – A5… Continue reading National Newspaper Promotions Summary
