The BBC has been criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Council for a number of its programmes which fell short of the acceptance barrier, in the eyes of the council.The final episode of Casualty shown recently (which attracted 17 million viewers) was excessively violent, according to the report. The highly successful One Foot in the Grave… Continue reading BBC Taken To Task By Council
The Times Magazine editor, Nick Wapshott, has confirmed to MediaTel his involvement with the ‘Radio Greater London’ consortium, which will be applying for one of the London FM licences on June 8 (Newsline 20/5).Wapshott described the consortium’s bid as an attempt to “privatise GLR.” Their proposed format of “intelligent talk” combined with music, would be… Continue reading Wapshott Confirms GLR Involvement
John Price is to become deputy editor of the Observer after the completion of the paper’s sale. Price, currently assistant editor and home editor for both the Independent and Independent on Sunday, will take over from Adrian Hamilton. Hamilton will remain at the Observer as leader page editor.No plans as to editorial changes for the… Continue reading New Deputy Editor For The Observer
TMP Communications confirmed to MediaTel this morning that it has closed its sports magazine, Mega Sports, targeting 11-18 year old boys. The magazine was aiming for a circulation of 100,000 but was disappointed to find that it is currently selling less than half that amount.The company is unsure whether the closure will affect Encore’s launch,… Continue reading TMP Closes Mega Sports
Ulster Television is planning to reveal its new identity on June 4, in an attempt to overhaul the corporate image. The station is refusing to disclose details of the changes until the relaunch day.BSC CRITICISES BSKYB VIOLENCEThe Broadcasting Standards Council has conducted a monitoring report on sex and violence on television, using a panel of… Continue reading Ulster TV To Revamp Image
19% of men watch television in a pub/ club each week on average (3.96 million), according to an out of home viewing report released by Sky this week. The most viewed channel is Sky Sports with 58% of men stating that their out of home viewing included this channel sometime in the past week. 54%… Continue reading Details Of Sky Ooh Survey
F John French is to merge with SMS following a reverse takeover of Osprey Communications by SMS chief Jack Rubins .. Bartle Bogle Hegarty has this week released a client manifesto allowing all of its clients to audit any invoice relevant to its business. Agencies have dismissed the move as “a publicity stunt”.. Richard Webb… Continue reading Industry//Snippets..
Bartle Bogle Hegarty has recently conducted a study to examine the public’s attitudes to the BBC, revealing that consumers oppose the introduction of ads on the TV service.Research groups were split into three age brackets, 18-25, 26-35 and 36-50 and concentrated on heavy TV viewers in the BC1/C2D brackets.Results from the survey show that although… Continue reading BBH Examines Public Attitudes To BBC
According to leaked figures from ITV’s financial director Granada’s net annual revenue share may have been over- estimated by 0.06%, equating to £1m in money terms.The implications for contractors are complex in as much as contributions to, and funding from, the Network Centre are all based on percentage share of revenue; for example percentage cuts… Continue reading Granada – Nar Share Over Estimation
John Price is to become deputy editor of the Observer after the completion of the paper’s sale. Price, currently assistant editor and home editor for both the Independent and Independent on Sunday, will take over from Adrian Hamilton. Hamilton will remain at the Observer as leader page editor.No plans as to editorial changes for the… Continue reading New Deputy Editor For The Observer
