The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has imposed a £20,000 fine on the Christian Channel, which broadcasts to the UK via cable and satellite. The channel faces the penalty for a number of breaches of the Advertising Code in relation to political impartiality and denigration of other beliefs, as well as a number of further infringements… Continue reading Christian Channel Fined £20,000 By ITC
The last Christmas Day of the century saw ITV take the majority of peak-time television viewing as BBC1 lost the battle for the first time in fifteen years. The commercial network’s decision to broadcast three editions of the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? gameshow paid off, with two of the three programmes appearing in… Continue reading ITV Wins Christmas Day Peak-Time Battle
Greg Dyke, the incoming director general of the BBC, is set to take up his post full-time at the end of January, two months earlier than had originally been planned (see Dyke To Be Next BBC Director General).The Corporation’s current director general, Sir John Birt, has decided to step down on 28 January after receiving… Continue reading Dyke To Take Control Of BBC Two Months Early
Revised forecasts by CIA MediaLab for 2000 set the rise in total adspend at 5%, 1% higher than previously expected. Media inflation, however, will remain unchanged at 3.7%, with a 0.5% increase in audience.The highest year-on-year change for advertising expenditure will come from online ads, which the group predicts will rise by 106% to a… Continue reading Total Adspend Will Rise By 5% In 2000
Scott and Clare, along with all the Newsline contributors, would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a top 2000…Newsline will be taking a break over the holidays, so in the meantime we have put together a look back at the key events of 1999 which will be online throughout the… Continue reading A Merry Christmas And Millennium From Newsline
Music and radio group Chrysalis surged up 217˝p (17.2%) yesterday after announcing a partnership with US group rivals.com to develop Europe’s largest online network of sports team websites. Chrysalis closed yesterday at 1,480p.Shares in United News & Media were boosted by the announcement that the company has appointed advisors to dispose of its non-core businesses… Continue reading Sharewatch
US magazines national advertising spending is set to grow by 7.5% in 2000 according to forecaster Robert Coen, senior VP and director of Forecasting at Universal McCann, a unit of McCann Erickson Worldwide.US Magazines, which saw national ad spending rise to more than $11 billion in 1999, a 5.5 per cent increase, should do even… Continue reading US Magazines National Adspend Set To Grow By 7.5% In 2000
Two members of the cast of US sitcom Friends are believed to be quitting the series. The Independent newspaper has reported that David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow are planning to leave the show, just a week after Channel 4 outbid Sky to secure the broadcast rights to the series for a further three years (see… Continue reading “Friends” To Quit After £125m Deal
Internet service provider Freeserve has appointed a senior member of the board of America OnLine as its chief operating officer. Frank Keeling, who currently works as senior vice-president at AOL Europe, will take up the position.Keeling, who has been at AOL for four years and played a key role in bringing the internet group to… Continue reading AOL Director Defects To Freeserve
Carlton Communications jumped 27p to 596p as the group continued to focus its media business in preparation for a merger with United News & Media by announcing the sales of audio consoles manufacturer Solid State Logic (see Carlton Continues Media Focus With SSL Disposal).Shares in regional publisher Newscom remained static as bid proposals for the… Continue reading Sharewatch
