The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is sticking to its decision that ITV’s Nightly News bulletin must be moved to an earlier time in the schedule in order to improve audiences (see ITV Must Address News Audience Decline, Says ITC). Following a meeting today the Commission is to issue a legally-binding direction for the ITV licensees… Continue reading ITC Says ITV Must Reschedule Nightly News
Wendy Johnson has been promoted from picture editor to editor of IPC tx title TV & Satellite Week. Johnson joined the publication before it launched in 1993 and will take up her new position immediately. She said, “It will certainly be challenging. I’m particularly pleased to be starting this job at a time when sales… Continue reading Appointments Brief
The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) has called for an urgent meeting with ITV to discuss “critical issues” in the network’s performance. As ITV awaits a decision from the ITC regarding its late evening news bulletin (see ITC Tells ITV To Bring Forward Nightly News), the body, which represents the UK’s biggest advertisers, says… Continue reading ISBA Demands Urgent Meeting With ITV As Fate Of News At Ten Imminent
Capital Radio last week announced the acquisition of youth radio station Beat 106 for £33.8 million, representing the group’s first move into Scottish radio. Beat 106 was set up to provide ‘dance and new rock’ for Central Scotland’s 18-35 year olds with backing from a range of investors, from Emap Radio to footballer Ally McCoist.… Continue reading Feature: Capital Buys Into The Scottish Beat
Appealing to youth markets without coming across like Blue Peter is a challenge constantly faced by advertisers. Men may be from Mars and women from Venus, but teenagers come from a planet we’re too sad even to have heard of, where everyone wears the right footwear.Target Media is now hoping to boldly go where no… Continue reading Target Media Encourages Young Style Leaders To Turn On, Tune In And Attend Workshops
The BBC has published its list of promises for the coming year which include increased spend on programming. By 2006 the corporation will increase the percentage of licence fee money devoted to programmes from 76% to 85%.More internet services are also in the pipeline including websites for sports, lifestyle and the arts. But today’s news… Continue reading BBC Makes Promises, ITN Makes Threats
Flextech’s teen channel Trouble is to add a new dimension to its cable, satellite, digital and internet output this summer, with the addition of a radio station available through its website.The channel’s summer schedule includes a magazine show T-Nation, which will go out live at 4.30pm on weekdays from 24th July. The TV show, broadcast… Continue reading Trouble Launches Internet Radio Service
The Guardian Media Group has asked the secretary of state for trade and industry for consent to make a bid for Regional Independent Media, the UK’s sixth largest regional publisher. It is the third regional newspaper group to make a formal application, clearance having also been recently sought by Gannett and Johnston Press (see Johnston… Continue reading Guardian Group Joins Bidding War For RIM
Granada Media ended its first day of unconditional trading down 6p at £5.19 as fears it would over pay for Carlton or United News and Media continued. The share prices for Granada Media have now replaced those for Granada Group in the Sharewatch list.Rumours that Carlton might pull out of its merger deal with United… Continue reading Sharewatch
Independent News & Media (INM) has been given clearance from the Competition Commission to acquire the Belfast Telegraph group from Trinity Mirror plc, as it is not thought that the transfer would operate against the public interest.Stephen Byers made the announcement yesterday, saying that when considering the Commission’s report he had been “mindful of the… Continue reading INM Acquisition Of Belfast Telegraph Group Cleared
