Capital Radio and the Telstar Entertainment Group have joined forces to launch an internet record selling store, due to go on-line on 1 September.Capital and Telstar will each own 50% of the joint venture which will merge the distribution strengths of Telstar with the award winning Capital Radio websites.Shoppers will have access to over 220,000… Continue reading Capital Radio and Telstar Combine To Create On-Line Shopping
IPC Magazines is planning a £7.5 million sales drive this Autumn which will include TV ad campaigns for Woman, Now, Chat, TV Times and TV & Satellite Week.IPC is anticipating the expansion of the TV listings market, particularly with the emergence of digital television towards the end of this year. TV Times is to reinforce… Continue reading IPC Plans Autumn Promotions Push
The Radio Authority (RA) yesterday received another application for the Scottish independent local radio (ILR) licence, from Scotland-based consortium Beat FM. The closing date for submissions is today.Beat FM’s proposal describes the planned service as ‘loud, hot and new’. The station’s target audience is 15-34 year olds. The application says: “It will “be there” for… Continue reading Beat FM Joins Bids For Scottish Radio Licence
British Digital Broadcasting (BDB) has today named the 15-channel digital terrestrial TV (DTT) service which it is due to launch this year as ON-digital.There has been speculation as to how BDB intends to compete with BSkyB’s 200-channel digital satellite service. BDB, however, claims that its service is not competing head to head with that Sky’s,… Continue reading BDB Brands DTT Service As ON-digital
The Independent Television Commission has awarded a local cable delivery franchise for North Wales and South Cheshire to Metro Communications Limited, a company owned by Metro Cable TV Limited.The Dumfries and Galloway local delivery franchise was awarded to Galloway Cable and Telecoms Limited, and the Consett and Stanley franchise to Telewest (North East) Limited. No… Continue reading ITC Award Local Delivery Franchises
The Season – the Guardian’s 76 page colour guide to the forthcoming football season – is to have its second run this year following on from the reported success of last year’s publication.Billed as an indispensable guide to the English Premiership, The Season will be free with the Guardian on Monday 10 August, and will… Continue reading The Guardian’s Back In Season
The BBC has revealed plans to increase its committment to live events and talent following a surge in competition from commercial radio stations which now have a 50.1% share of listening, compared with the BBC’s 47.7%.This strategy will involve all five BBC national networks and include a week-long live music festival in Glasgow called Music… Continue reading Some Livening Up At The BBC
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) published a revision of the Channel 4 licence this week, and introduced a number of changes in the Statement of Programme Policy.The changes involve a reaffirmation of committment to things such as education, the UK film industry, multicultural programmes and programmes on and for people with disabilities. As well as… Continue reading ITC Revises Channel 4 Licence
A new report by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) shows that business confidence in the UK economy is at its lowest level for four years.The Marketing Trends Survey reveals that UK marketing managers are becoming increasingly less confident of reaching their sales targets, with 43% predicting that they will not achieve them.“The results of… Continue reading Confidence In UK Economy Is Lowest For 4 Years
Birmingham dance music radio station, Choice FM, is to be bought by Chrysalis Radio, owners of the Galaxy and Heart series of stations, for £6 million.Chrysalis already owns 100.7 Heart FM in Birmingham and so the takeover will undergo a public interest test to be conducted by the Radio Authority. The takeover will also be… Continue reading Chrysalis To Buy Birmingham’s Choice FM
