The Government’s Green Paper “Our Healthier Nation” ties the Department of Health to preparing “a new strategy on alcohol to set out a practical framework for a responsible approach”. Whilst the Department of Health has admitted that this is not a Ministerial priority issue at present, concern has been expressed within the advertising and alcoholic… Continue reading UK: Alcohol Strategy
The Stock Market recovered some of its lost ground after a morning which saw nearly £30 billion wiped off the value of top shares.Within moments the FTSE-100 Index was down 153.3 and it later sank as much as 173 points after Wall Street’s overnight plunge. But it then staged a rally to stand down only… Continue reading Market Report
Classic FM is preparing to move to new ‘high-profile’ studios in Oxford Circus before the end of the year.Construction has begun on seven new studios based on the corner of Regent Street and Oxford Circus; the building has been renamed Classic FM House and will replace Classic’s current Camden offices. All the studios will be… Continue reading Classic FM Prepares For Oxford Circus Move
The latest installment in the irregular cricket fixture, BMRB v MRG, produced a stunning finish to an exciting match. This was my first experience of such a fixture, and certainly one I’ll remember for a long time to come.After what seemed an enormously long trek to a remote part of West London, Boston Manor was… Continue reading Cricket Victory Claimed: MRG Just ‘Nick’* It!
There are reports that draft legislation to set up a new Food Standards Agency (FSA) with powers to enforce new safety measures and to prescribe appropriate dietary behaviour has been postponed. Many expect the bill to be dropped from the legislative agenda of the government, to be announced in the Queen’s Speech in November this… Continue reading UK: FSA could be postponed
Tuesday Mirror Group relaunches Live TV today and is to cut down on its trade-mark sex themes. The Sex Show is to go, as are sex-line ads. The Weather in Norwegian (featuring a bikinied blonde beauty) will stay. More details on tomorrow’s Newsline.Wednesday National Readership Survey (NRS) data for the period February – July 1998… Continue reading The Week Ahead
TV3, the new commercial television network for Ireland (see Newsline), today announced that it will begin its test card transmission on 9 September, and will now start broadcasting on 20 September when it will be officially switched on by Mr Bertie Ahern (An Taoiseach).Broadcasting from Westgate in the south-west of Dublin, TV3 will provide news… Continue reading TV3 Countdown Begins
The Advertising Standards Authority has agreed to adopt the recommendations of an independent review of alcohol advertising. The key proposals are to maintain the 2100 hrs “watershed” for broadcast alcohol advertising and that such advertising should not feature role models of young people. The review also proposes that research should be carried out into the… Continue reading NZ: ASA welcomes review proposals
A federal US appeals court has ruled that the FDA has no power to regulate tobacco marketing. The judgement – the second of its kind – will delay the proposed FDA curbs on outdoor signs, sponsorships and imagery in ads, and leaves the issue to be decided by the Supreme Court.
ITV2, ITV’s digital channel, is due to go on air in November. Today saw the release of the new programme portfolio, which includes new sports, entertainment and factual programmes.Sports-wise, Futbol Mondial is one of the new shows to hit the airwaves, a half-hour football magazine show with a world perspective. Gabby Yorath will be hosting… Continue reading ITV Gets Commissioned
