Last night’s Media Research Group Evening Meeting heard David Brennan, vice president of research at Flextech, speak about the use of Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) and how they will affect viewers’ TV habits in the future.Brennan believes that one of the main factors holding back the growth of cable and satellite channels is the difficulty… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting – The Future of Television
Chris Evans won the prestigious 1998 Sony Gold Award at last night’s Sony Radio Awards ceremony in London. It was presented to him for raising the awareness of radio through Virgin Radio .Other winners were BBC Radio 5 Live (National Station of the Year), Steve Jackson’s Morning Glory on Kiss FM (Breakfast Music Award) and… Continue reading Evans Wins Radio Award
Emap On Air and Kiss 100 FM have today announced that energy drink Indigo is to sponsor the national dance show Friday Night Kiss in a deal worth £500,000.The sponsorship will include a package of credits throughout the show, as well as promotional trails on all of Emap’s FM stations across the week. It will… Continue reading Emap On Air Signs Indigo As Sponsor
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is currently running an investigation into claims that a documentary broadcast by Carlton Television about a Colombian drugs cartel contained faked footage and interviews.Following an eighteen month investigation, Guardian journalists ‘exposed’ the programme, The Connection, as an alleged fake earlier this week. The ITC now has to determine to what… Continue reading ITC To Investigate Allegations Of Faked Carlton Documentary
The 1997 IPA Census shows there were 12,700 people employed at 206 IPA member agencies in 1997, compared to 12,800 at 220 IPA member agencies the previous year.A number of advertising agency mergers and acquisitions is reflected in a slightly reduced IPA membership base, but the figures also reveal that ad agencies are becoming larger… Continue reading Agency Employment Figures Fall
The Guardian is to launch a new brand on the internet called The Guardian Unlimited. It is planned that new service will expand on the current site at www.guardian.co.uk and develop individual sites as separate specialist products under the Unlimited brand.Six sites are planned for launch this summer, including a film site, Film Unlimited, and… Continue reading Guardian To Launch New Web Presence
Mirror Group has told its investors that the restructuring of the company, including the £297 million acquisition of Midland Independent Newspapers (see Midland In The Mirror), is paying off. Chairman Sir Robin Clark told the annual meeting that the refocusing of the group’s activities had been “successful”, with cost savings and better trading being achieved.It… Continue reading Mirror Group Benefits From Restructure
http://www.itc.org.ukWhilst the ITC unquestionably provides a very important public service in the regulation of television, its activities and consultations are not really the stuff of excitement – a least not for your average punter. The ITC’s website, which has been recently redesigned, has to be viewed in this light. The Commission’s website is there to… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Independent Television Commission
This new magazine from the Nat Mags stable is aimed at women with children aged 1-10 and aims to give support ‘through the first decade of parenthood, starting where our little sister magazine Having a Baby leaves off’. Unsurprisingly perhaps, this title has a very similar feel to She magazine, and on a number of… Continue reading First Issue Review – M
