Capital Radio is rebranding its Cardiff based station Touch Radio after gaining approval from the Radio Authority. The station will become Capital Gold 1359 and 1305AM, and will have its schedule revised.The new schedule will include Tony Blackburn on the drive time show, and a stronger emphasis on sport across the station. The official launch… Continue reading Capital Radio Gives The Golden Touch
MediaTel will tonight present its inaugural Media Question Time at the BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, Portland Place at 6:45pm. The event, which is produced in association with the Economist, has attracted a talented and powerful panel of leading media figures.Media Question Time will be chaired by BBC Radio media correspondent, Torin Douglas. He will… Continue reading MediaTel Presents Inaugural Media Question Time
The Radio Authority is next week inviting declarations of intent to apply for the local radio licences to Guernsey and Jersey. Both licences are for eight year periods starting from October 2000.The Guernsey licence covers an area with a population of about 50,000, and is currently held by Island FM . The licence for Jersey… Continue reading Radio Authority Pre-Advertises Channel Island Licences
Rodale Press’ lifestyle title Men’s Health has won the magazine of the year prize at this year’s PPA Annual Magazine Awards. The title launched at the beginning of 1995 (see Newsline), and the last ABC audit (Jul-Dec 1998) showed that it has a circulation of 283,359. Dotmusic.com is the UK’s most popular music website according… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Digital terrestrial television broadcaster, ONdigital, has today fired a return salvo against its rival, BSkyB, with the announcement of a range of incentives for consumers to buy into the ‘TV revolution’. The most significant of these are plans to offer customers free set-top boxes as from this Friday 28 May, when they sign up to… Continue reading ONdigital Returns Fire In DTV War
Carlton Communications, which is releasing its six-monthly financial results on Wednesday, dropped 10p on Friday to 528p. Carlton, which half owns digital terrestrial broadcaster ONdigital with Granada, is expected to report a hit on pre-tax profit following the launch of the digital service late last year. Granada also suffered a 20p drop in its share… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel presents its inaugural Media Question Time to be held at the BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House tonight. More details to follow…A TV Round-Up for April 1999 will be available on Newsline.Wednesday Carlton Communications releases its interim financial results. Merrill Lynch predicts that pre-tax profit for the first half of 1999 will be £118.8… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Evening Standard is setting up a network of six-sheet poster sites in London newsagents. Fifty have already been installed, with another fifty or more currently in the pipeline. “Independent newsagents is where our product sells, therefore it makes sense to advertise there” commented marketing manager Nick Sheldon, describing the opportunity as a synergy between… Continue reading Evening Standard Makes Its Mark On London Newsagents
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has put News International (NI) on notice after an investigation into recent ‘predatory pricing’ tactics. The OFT ruled that Rupert Murdoch’s group has used anti-competitive pricing tactics with its discounting of the Times newspaper.Between 1996 and 1998 the price of the Times was dropped to 10p on some issues… Continue reading OFT Puts News International On Notice Following Predatory Pricing
The Newspaper Publishers Association has elected Douglas Flynn, News International’s managing director, as its new chairman. He replaces Nicholas Rudd-Jones who recently transferred to United News & Media to head up its online operations (see Newsline). IPC Magazines launched a bi-annual title called Mountain Bike Buyer this week, which is aimed at first time and… Continue reading Newsline Brief
