In a response to devolution, BBC Radio 1 has signed up a raft of new presenters who will host shows broadcast directly to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The new shows will focus on the music scene in each country and will replace Steve Lamacq’s Evening Session on Thursdays. Lamacq’s programme will still be broadcast… Continue reading BBC Radio 1 Responds To Devolution With New Regional Programming
United News & Media’s ITV franchises – Meridian, Anglia and HTV – have this week launched branded free internet service providers (ISPs) in a joint venture with existing free ISP LineOne. LineOne is joint owned by UNM and BT.UNM hopes to use its existing television brands to attract users to the services and has launched… Continue reading UNM’s ITV Stations Launch Free Net Access
The Independent Television Commission has agreed that Channel 5 can reduced the proportion of original programming and commissions it broadcasts in order to increase its focus on other areas.The changes will see a cut in the number of original productions in entertainment, sport, current affairs and drama. The minimum requirement for C5’s original productions/commissions has… Continue reading ITC Agrees To Reduction In Original Material On Channel 5
e-partners, News International’s recently launched online investment firm, has appointed News Corp’s Bruce McWilliam as a partner in the group. He joins Mark Booth, who left the position of chief executive at BSkyB to join e-partners (see Newsline). Cable & Wireless is to shed 100 management jobs in a shake-up of its corporate operations at… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Digital media agency Syzygy has launched Digital Fast Track, a new service dedicated to providing clients with a fast-response internet business solution.The new division, headed by Andrew Lowe, previously head of multimedia at Oasis TV, is intended to provide deadline-driven business solutions including promotional micro-sites that support above the line campaigns or product launches, business… Continue reading Syzygy Launches Net-Dedicated Business Solutions Division
EMAP is to make broad editorial changes to its new weekly listings and entertainment magazine, Heat after the title failed to meet its target circulation of 100,000. Announcing the media company’s annual financial results yesterday, EMAP chief executive Kevin Hand, admitted that the magazine is only selling around 60,000 copies per issue (see EMAP’s Consumer… Continue reading EMAP’s Heat Given Overhaul After Poor Sales
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has this afternoon condemned the Sun‘s decision to publish a topless picture of Sophie Rhys Jones, fiancée to Prince Edward, as a “grave error” by the paper’s editor David Yelland. The ten year old picture was published in last Wednesday’s Sun and within hours Buckingham Palace had issued a formal… Continue reading Press Watchdog Slams Sun’s Rhys Jones Picture As Reprehensible
BSkyB has unveiled the details of the ‘multi-million’ advertising campaign with which it will reveal its new brand identity. Under the strapline ‘See the world your way’, Sky’s new brand values seek to draw together the company’s interests in not only television, but also interactive and multimedia services.The new look was created by branding agency… Continue reading Sky Unveils New Identity And Promotional Campaign
front, the men’s magazine launched by Cabal Communications in October last year (see Newsline), is to undergo a redesign and an increase in price. The July issue will be the first to feature the new look, which will include an increase in size to wide A4 format. The magazine, which is aimed at 18-24 year… Continue reading Cabal Fronts Up With A New Look
EMAP rose by 2p to 1,307p yesterday after it announced a 16% increase in operating profit (see Newsline) as well as reporting a downturn in revenue growth. Its recently launched weekly title Heat is understood to be selling below its target circulation of 100,000, at around 60,000.Both of ONdigital’s owners, Granada and Carlton Communications, enjoyed… Continue reading Sharewatch
