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Channel 4 has come under fire from a media watchdog which has branded its programming ‘sleazy’ and is calling for the withdrawal of the broadcaster’s licence.Mediawatch-UK, previously known as the National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association, was founded by infamous taste and decency campaigner Mary Whitehouse in 1965. The organisation is now calling for advertisers and… Continue reading Watchdog Calls For Viewers To Desert ‘Sleazy’ Channel 4

Former Five chief executive David Elstein has entered into a bidding war for control of the Hallmark Channel, reputed to have tabled an offer of around £500 million, the move puts him in direct competition with reported bids from several other companies including Sony.Among the parties understood to be interested in acquiring the Hallmark Channel… Continue reading Former Five Boss Enters Bidding War For Hallmark Channel

BSkyB is beleived to be reviewing the future of its three music channels, The Amp, Scuzz and Flaunt, as part of a shake-up that will see head of music channels, Jo Wallace, move to oversee original programming at flagship entertainment channel Sky One.Reports suggest that Wallace’s arrival at Sky One will conincide with the channel’s… Continue reading BSkyB Reviewing Future Of Music Channels After Shake-Up

News International, owners of The Times, Sunday Times and The Sun, has announced a partnership with Powerade to promote the drink’s close association with this year’s Olympic games.The deal spans News International’s portfolio of newspapers and will see the Coca Cola-owned brand promoted across all news, features and supplements in the newspapers as well as… Continue reading News International Partners Powerade For Olympics

ITV is planning a raft of early-evening soap spin-off programmes to boost flagging tea-time ratings, building on the success of popular soaps such as The Bill and Coronation Street.The broadcaster is understood to have commissioned scripts from programme maker Thames Television for a Bill spin-off entitled Sun Hill General, centering on the fictional St Hughes… Continue reading ITV Planning Soap Spin-Offs To Boost Autumn Schedule

As audiences begin to migrate to digital technology, the prospect of switching off the analogue radio signals has been raised by the government for the first time.Talk of future plans, similar to those for the television digital switch-over have been aired by Tessa Jowell, secretary of state for department of culture, media and sport.In her… Continue reading Analogue Radio Switch-Off Raised By Jowell

Chyrsalis Radio’s LBC stations have come together with weekly financial newspaper, The Business, to create joint radio and press advertising packages for targeted clients and agencies.The aim of the initial six-month deal, which includes LBC 97.3 FM and LBC News 1152 AM, is to allow advertisers to develop bespoke, creative-led activity which can bought across… Continue reading LBC Stations Secure Cross-Media Deal With The Business

Wireless Group chairman and chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie has this morning revealed a positive performance for the radio group with second quarter revenues rising by 36% year on year. At the company’s annual general meeting, MacKenzie announced that the Euro 2004 football championships helped national speech station talkSPORT to see revenues for the quarter rise… Continue reading Euro 2004 Helps Profits Surge By 40% At Wireless Group

Emap chairman Adam Broadbent says the cross-media group is making ‘reasonable’ progress towards its full year goals with consumer magazine circulation revenues and advertising performing well. The Emap boss told investors at the company’s annual general meeting this morning that business to business operations are performing strongly and magazine display advertising remains good. However, he… Continue reading Emap Makes Steady Progress Towards Full Year Targets

Kelvin MacKenzie’s Wireless Group suffered a dip yesterday, sliding by 2.73% ahead of today’s AGM. The company is due to detail its strong performance throughout 2003, as well as highlighting achievements in the first half of 2004.The company claims to have seen a significant 36% increase in revenues during the second quarter of 2004, in… Continue reading Sharewatch: Wireless Group Dips Ahead Of AGM