A report on a Community action plan to promote the safe use of the internet has been adopted by the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs in the European Parliament. The Committee’s report asks for rules to be established at an EU level to ensure that the internet is used safely. Following the Council’s… Continue reading EU: EP on safe use of internet
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA), which has over 200 members, has welcomed the ITC’s decision to allow ITV to move the News At Ten (see ITC Agrees To News At Ten Move) after a lengthy campaign in support of the schedule changes. The Institute says that it has warned of further TV cost… Continue reading Advertisers Welcome News At Ten Move
The UK Government has referred BskyB’s bid for Manchester United Football Club to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. This followed comments by EC Commissioner Karl Van Miert, responsible for EU competition issues, who told journalists in Brussels that the bid appeared to pose competition problems. He added that the Commission’s services will be following developments… Continue reading UK: BskyB bid referred
The European Commission has announced that the parties to the British Interactive Broadcasting joint venture (BiB) have made a number of concessions to meet the competition concerns put to them by the Commission’s services. In a notice published in the Official Journal, the Commission has set out the details of the agreement, and has given… Continue reading EU: UK Digital TV
Bath-based Future Publishing has launched a new computing title this month called Arcade. The magazine will take a populist look at computer and video games across all formats.Future also publishes PC Gamer, .net and N64 Magazine.Future Publishing: 01225 442 244
The Observer is introducing three new sections, starting from 3 January 1999.The first will be a travel and leisure pursuits magazine, the second will focus on film and television. Lastly will be a section dealing with personal finance, which will have 24 pages.Stephen Palmer, marketing director at Guardian Newspapers, said: “Under Roger Alton The Observer… Continue reading The Observer Creates New Sections
The Independent Television Commission has this afternoon decided to allow ITV to go ahead with its evening schedule shake-up. The biggest repercussion of these changes is that the Network’s flagship news programme, News At Ten, will be axed and replaced with two shorter bulletins, one at 6:30pm and one at 11:00pm.The Commission met this afternoon… Continue reading ITC Agrees To News At Ten Move
The Independent has dropped its ad agency, Lowe Howard Spink, just six months after its appointment. The paper has appointed Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper as Lowes’ replacement. Lowes recently produced The Independent‘s cinema campaign (see The Independent Launches Brand Campaign). Bauer Publishing, which produces Bella and TV Quick, has agreed to have its titles audited… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Agency estimates for October 1998 put total terrestrial TV ad revenue (including GMTV’s) at £277.28 million. Year on year ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 all show increases in their ad revenue and GMTV continues to lose advertising income.In terms of share amongst the ITV franchises, Central and LWT both enjoyed a boost to their… Continue reading TV Revenue – October 1998
Regional radio groups, Chrysalis Radio and Border Radio Holdings, have today announced the creation of a new strategic alliance which will offer a national sales operation.Chrysalis currently operates seven stations across the country, most under the Galaxy brand, and Border owns the three Century stations based in Manchester, Nottingham and Gateshead. This ten-strong network is… Continue reading Chrysalis And Border Radio Forge Sales Alliance
