The Department of Trade and Industry has sent to interested parties a Consultative Document “Liberalising Trade in Services” seeking comments and advice on what should be the UK’s objectives and priorities for the new multilateral negotiations on trade in services starting in 2000. Copies of the Document are available from the DTI, 348 Kingsgate House,… Continue reading UK: DTI Consultation on GATS
Future Publishing announced some further appointments this week, following its creation of an advertising director on Friday (see Newsline).David Roberts has been moved to the role of international development publisher, and David Lilley has been made contract publisher.John Weir becomes publisher of Future’s online business, FutureNet, and both Jackie Garford and Rob Price move up… Continue reading Internal Changes At Future
In reaction to the ECJ´s recent criticism of EC inaction, Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert, has announced that the EC is drawing up a working paper on ‘State Aid to Public Television Stations’. Speaking at a press conference last week, Van Miert said that he intends to draw up guidelines to enable the EC to… Continue reading EU: EC Acts on Public TV Funding
Vice-President of the EP, Georgios Anastassopoulos (Gr, EPP) has recommended that the EP adopts rules to ensure the rights of TV and broadcasting services in respect of satellite and cable. In a report to be presented to the EP, MEPs are expected to vote in favour of measures to govern the use of decoders and… Continue reading EU: Satellite TV and decoders
IPC Magazines has bought Link House Media, of which Link House Magazines is a wholly-owned subsidiary, in the first IPC acquisition since its leveraged buyout in January (see IPC Magazines Gains Independence). The financial consideration for the purchase was not disclosed, although the group was backed by venture capitalists, Cinven, the same group which financed… Continue reading IPC Acquires Link House Media For Undisclosed Sum
Worldwide market research company, Taylor Nelson Sofres, has bought video research specialists Media Vision Research (MVR). TNSofres currently operates the BARB TV viewing measurement research, which is the basis for MVR’s VideoTrak data.Nic Lewisohn, MVR’s UK and Ireland director, said: “The video and its related industries will now benefit from one of the world’s largest… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Buys Video Research Group
Representatives of EU and US consumers´ organizations have met with government officials in the first Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue conference in Washington. The dialogue, which forms part of the New Transatlantic Agenda, signed by President Clinton, Council President Tony Blair and Commission President Santer in December 1997, calls for discussions on product safety, food safety and… Continue reading EU: Consumer Dialogue Group meets
NTL is to be responsible for building the national transmitter network for commercial digital radio, which will provide interactive services as well as musical content. NTL part owns Digital One (with Talk Radio and GWR), which was yesterday awarded the national digital radio license by the Radio Authority (see Newsline).The group will provide all encoding,… Continue reading NTL To Create Digital Radio Network
A survey for Reuters Business Insight reports that top UK brand companies are forecast to increase spend on direct marketing and sales promotion to 45% of marketing spend by 2002 (compared to 41% in 1997).
Leicester City football club has confirmed that it is in talks with Diamond Cable, its local cable company, which is owned by NTL, about a possible joint venture when the Premiership TV rights expire with Sky in 2001 (see Newsline). In the meantime however, the club stressed it was committed to the present contract, but… Continue reading Football And Media Update
