Sky Sports has clinched four separate deals for international cricket coverage. The broadcaster will broadcast live coverage of the Sharjah tournament involving India, Pakistan and England from 6-7 April 1999. Every match, including the final, will be broadcast on Sky Sports 2. Coverage of the West Indies Tests and One-Day international series for the next… Continue reading Sky Sports Secures International Cricket Broadcasting Rights
IPC Magazines is to launch a new gardening title called New Eden on 15 April. It will be aimed at design conscious women and men in their late 20s and capitalise on the growing trend of home owners who see their garden as an extension of their home.Editor Tim Richardson said of the new title:… Continue reading IPC Launches New Eden Into Gardening Magazine Sector
ITV has announced that it is to provide extensive coverage of American basketball action this winter. The channel will screen four programmes a week from the National Basketball Association (NBA) across both ITV and its digital version, ITV2 (see Newsline).Under the NBA ’99 banner, the channel will broadcast a magazine show on Saturdays on ITV,… Continue reading ITV Secures American Basketball Action
RAJAR The data release for Q4 1998 topline radio audience figures will be available in MediaTel’s Radio Database from 2:00pm tomorrow, 4 February.ABC Consumer magazines circulation data for July-December 1998 is released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) on 12 February and will be available in MediaTel’s Press Database from 9:30am on that date.National… Continue reading RAJAR And ABC Data Release Times
Following yesterday’s reports that the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) may lean on BSkyB to relinquish its exclusive grip on Premiership Football television rights, BSkyB’s shares closed at 439.75p yesterday, down 6.5%, a loss of almost 30p.Elsevier also lost a substantial 26p. The publishing group closed at 945p, after falling 2.7%.The Dialog Group announced that… Continue reading Sharewatch
The recently launched Guardian Unlimited network of websites announced some appointments today. Geoff Inns is appointed new media business development manager and joins The Guardian from Express Newspapers.Steve Hearsum takes on the position of e-commerce manager. He has been at The Guardian since 1995 and adds his new role to his responsilbilites as interactive development… Continue reading Guardian Unlimited Appointments
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has upheld a complaint, documented in this month’s Television Advertising Complaints Report, against the Cartoon Network.The Network broadcast an advert for Impulse which features gay men, and the ITC pointed out to the channel that the ad should not have been shown at all, as the restrictions imposed on it… Continue reading ITC Bans Ad Featuring Gays From Cartoon Network
The Word, the centralised sales and marketing operation which represents the regional daily paid-for press to national advertisers, has appointed Jonathan Hustler to its board. Hustler is also chairman of the International Newspaper Marketing Association’s organising committee in the UK and represents the UK on the INMA’s European board. Sun Microsystems and JCP Computer Services… Continue reading Newsline Brief
National newspaper readership figures for December 1998 paint a rather dismal picture of this particular market sector, much like last month. The total readership of all national newspapers fell year on year by 6.3%.The Daily Mail and The Mirror are again the only titles to increase their readership year on year. The Independent On Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – December 1998
National newspaper readership figures for December 1998 paint a rather dismal picture for the industry, much like last month. The total readership of all national newspapers fell year on year by 6.3% to a total of 66.4 million.The Daily Mail and The Mirror are again the only titles to increase their readership year on year.… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – December 1998
