The Guardian will be launching a revamped Saturday package on April 25 which will see the launch of a new supplement and the expansion of other sections.The Saturday edition of the newspaper will boast a new colour tabloid magazine called Travel while its sport coverage becomes a stand-alone section with increased features and more fixtures.… Continue reading Guardian Makes Changes To Saturday Package
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has said that it will not act on Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown’s request that The Times newspaper be investigated by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) (subscribers see Ashdown Asks For Inquiry Into Times Ownership).Ashdown was concerned that the ownership of The Times by Rupert Murdoch was… Continue reading Calls For MMC Investigation Of The Times Rejected By DTI
The European Parliament has adopted a Common Position aimed at strengthening consumer rights in cross-border trade, thus opening the possibility of legal action against suppliers in cross-border purchasing, advertising and trade disputes. The Common Position – due to be agreed by EU ministers in the coming months – means that the losing party in any… Continue reading EU: Common Position adopted
The Independent Radio Group, which owns stations such as Scot FM , Mercury FM and 102.4 Wish FM , today announced financial results for 1997 which show a fall in losses from £3 million in 1996 to £2 million. There was also a 60% rise in turnover to £3.6m.Chairman John Bateson said: “IRG is in… Continue reading Independent Radio Shows Improved Results
ITV today announced a £170 million schedule for Spring and Summer which is dominated by World Cup and Formula One action. This will culminate on July 12 when live coverage of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone is followed by the final of the World Cup in Paris.ITV also announced its presentation team for the… Continue reading Sport Leads The Way For New ITV Schedule
Marketing information company Taylor Nelson AGB today announced that its operating profit for 1997 was £12 million, a 40% increase on 1996’s £8.6 million. The merger with French information group Sofres, which created the world’s fourth largest market research company (subscribers see Taylor Nelson Buys French Rival), has helped lift Taylor Nelson’s performance in the… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Operating Profits Up 40%
Flextech this morning announced final year financial results for 1997 which showed an increase of 54% in turnover to £100 million while losses on ordinary activities before taxation fell from £14.2m in 1996 to £6.2m.The Discovery Channel and its sister channel, Discovery Home And Leisure , for which Flextech handles distribution, ad sales and research,… Continue reading Losses Improve At Flextech
Revenue According to agency estimates, total terrestrial television revenue for February (including GMTV) came in at £176.35 million. Of this, ITV brought in £120.83 million (down 0.8% year on year), Channel 4 £41.12m (up 9.3%), Channel 5 £9.53m and GMTV £4.87m (down 9.8%).Among the ITV franchises there was very little change year on year, though… Continue reading TV Round-Up – February
Margaret Beckett, President of the Board of Trade, has appointed David Edmonds as director general of telecommunications watchdog Oftel. Edmonds was previously a director at NatWest Group.He replaces Don Cruickshank, who announced his resignation last year (subscribers see Cruickshank Steps Down From Oftel), and will take up the position on April 1.Commenting on the appointment,… Continue reading New Head Of Oftel Appointed
Chris Evans’ media group Ginger Media has teamed up with GWR Group to create Digital One, a digital consortium which will bid for the only national commercial digital radio licence advertised by the Radio Authority today (see earlier Radio Authority Advertises National Digital Licence story).Quentin Howard, head of GWR’s Digital Division, will become Digital One’s… Continue reading GWR And Ginger Create Digital Consortium
