BSkyB has unveiled the Sky Digital programming packages with which it will vie for digital subscribers when the service launches on 1 October (see Countdown To BSkyB Digital Launch Begins).The service is made up of almost 80 channels which are divided across six different subscription packages. The cheapest of these, the Sky Value Pack, will… Continue reading Sky Rolls Out Digital Offerings
EMAP Metro’s latest venture – code name Project J – is being kept under lock and key by its creators. Its editor-to-be, Mark Frith, could confirm only one thing: “It will be a high frequency entertainment magazine.”The launch date towards the end of the year is speculative as well as vague, and EMAP is rumoured… Continue reading Emap’s Project J – Top Secret
Front Cover – FrontiersFollowing a pilot issue in March this year (see First Issue Review – Frontiers), Future Publishing has given the go-ahead to its science and technology magazine, Frontiers.The monthly will launch fully on 4 September with a £1 first issue along with a promotional campaign, something the pilot lacked. The second issue is… Continue reading Future Presses On With Frontiers
Irish media magnate Tony O’Reilly’s takeover of The Independent and the Independent on Sunday in April has already resulted in reduced losses at the newspapers, according to Independent Newspapers.The company said that despite its “significant” investment in costly redesigns of the two titles, losses had been reduced and advertisers were responding well.Independent Newspapers took control… Continue reading Takeover Cuts Losses At Independent
Almost half the population is currently unaware of the existence of digital television (DTV) and a further 30% say that they are not interested in buying into the ‘television revolution’.These are the findings of a survey carried out by market research company, Experian, across 500,000 respondents. Of these one quarter said that they would, or… Continue reading 30% Of Viewers Are Not Interested In DTV, Says Survey
EMAP Online has expanded its sponsorship and ad sales team with the addition of Shan Henderson, formerly of Capital Interactive, and Clare Dobson, previously of Scoot.At Capital Interactive Henderson was a cross-media sponsorship executive in charge of selling promotions and sponsorships across Capital’s radio and internet services. Dobson was a member of Scoot’s corporate sales… Continue reading EMAP Online Augments Ad Sales And Sponsorship Team
ITV is to re-launch its website, and is understood to have put Real Time Studios in charge of the task. The group has severed its ties with ITN, which jointly produced the original site with IPC Magazines.A spokesperson for ITV said that there was no negativity involved in its split from ITN, and that it… Continue reading ITV Website Revamp
From next month News International will increase the ad rates on both The Times and The Sunday Times, claiming increases in circulation as justification for the rises.On 6 September The Sunday Times‘ ratecard will increase by 5%; the following day ad prices at The Times go up by 10%. A spokesperson from News International’s advertising… Continue reading News International Hikes Ad Ratecards
ComedyIn a resurrection not seen since Lazarus returned from the grave, ITV’s Babes In The Wood rebounds from successive weeks of falling audience figures to capture an audience of 7.69 million. There is also a turn around in fortunes for ITV’s other new comedy series Duck Patrol, up from last week’s figure of 5.93 million… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 16/08/98
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) was inundated with complaints this weekend about the latest Levi’s advertisement to grace the airwaves. The ad, which prompted over 200 complaints, features Kevin the hamster, who’s exercise wheel breaks, and Kevin eventually dies of boredom – the final shot shows his dead, stiff body being prodded with a pencil… Continue reading Hamster Death Shocks Viewers
