The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has denounced the late night erotic dramas shown on Channel 5 as eroding the standards of UK television. In statement issued by the Commission today, C5’s Compromising Situations and Hotline series were described as a step change in the use of sex on British television.The BSC is concerned that the… Continue reading Channel 5 Erotic Dramas Criticised By BSC
The Channel Four board has had two new members appointed to it by the ITC, Barry Cox and Robin Miller. Barry Cox is a former director of the ITV Association, and Robin Miller is chairman of Emap. The Radio Times is to sponsor the BAFTA Television Awards for the next 3 years. This year’s awards… Continue reading Newsline Brief
IPC Magazines has created a separate merchandise licensing division in order to develop a brand extension licensing programme for its key titles.Intellectual property director, Rebecca Miskin, commented: “As a licensor, IPC Magazines is in the enviable position of being able to offer licensees the opportunity to work alongside some of the industry’s most respected brands.”… Continue reading IPC Magazines Creates Merchandise Licensing Division
Redwood Publishing announced this week that it is to launch a new specialist catalogue agency called Red Cat. The agency will help high street retailers and other companies to design and produce catalogues with creative branding and customer focused editorial.Redwood is joining forces with catalogue specialist Gordon Ellis-Brown for the venture. Gordon Ellis Brown has… Continue reading Redwood In Joint Venture To Create Red Cat Catalogue Agency
The commercial radio group GWR announced this morning that it has offered £25.6 million for the entire share capital of Orchard Media. Orchard owns and operates the four independent radio licences of Orchard FM, Lantern FM, Westward Radio and Gemini FM. According to reports, the Orchard Board of Directors believed the offer to be in… Continue reading GWR Offers £25.6 Million For Orchard Group
Emap Metro’s film title Neon is to close after failing to meet circulation targets. According to a spokesperson at the publisher, when the title launched in November 1996, aimed at the ‘neglected generation’ of film goers aged 16-24, there was a gap in the market for it. That gap, however, did not prove big enough… Continue reading Emap’s Neon Closes After Poor Sales
Cabal Communications, Sally O’Sullivan’s publishing group, has announced that it is to launch a new title into the cycling magazine market this spring. The monthly title, procycling, will be sold in a wide range of international markets including Britain, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa and Scandinavia.Edited by William Fotheringham (cycling correspondent to The Guardian,… Continue reading Cabal Launches New Cycling Title
Digital One, the digital radio consortium which holds the sole UK national commercial digital radio licence (see Newsline), has advertised for tender three brand new digital radio services, part of a package of seven.The three specific channels up for tender include a soft adult contemporary music station, a drama and comedy channel and an all… Continue reading Digital One Advertises Three Channel Tenders
http://www.dotmusic.co.ukDotmusic is a snappily designed site that gives clear and easy access to all the news in pop, from this week’s chart to the Millennium Dome’s performance space through to an interview with Blur. Obsessive fans of major pop bands could look up everything to do with their heroes, while the rest of us can… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Dotmusic
A bidding war for a merger with the Mirror Group is expected to fire up following the resignation yesterday of chief executive, David Montgomery (see Possibilities For Mirror Group).One potential bidder, Trinity International, has said that it is waiting ‘for the dust to settle’ after the boardroom wrangles which dogged the Mirror Group in recent… Continue reading Bidding War Expected To Surround Mirror Group
