Railtrack have signed with ABC //electronic for an audit of its website. The site, found at http://www.railtrack.co.uk, aims to create an identity for the company on the internet, while providing an online timetable service for customers.Richard Foan, head of ABC //electronic, said: “We are delighted that Railtrack have registered for an audit and we look… Continue reading Railtrack Sign Up With ABC //electronic
John Bridgeman, director-general of the Office of Fair Trading, has written to the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Independent to request information to support their claims that the Times is operating a predatory pricing policy.Bridgeman said: “In the past we have dismissed other claims of predatory pricing but the issue continues to cause concern.” While the… Continue reading OFT Seeks Information On Times Price Cuts
Granada Media Group (GMG) and Littlewoods have reached an agreement to create a jointly operated TV home shopping company. The as yet unnamed company is expected to begin broadcasting in Autumn this year on digital terrestrial, digital satellite, digital cable and analogue cable. The digital terrestrial broadcast will feature as part of British Digital Broadcasting’s… Continue reading Granada And Littlewoods Plan Home Shopping Channel
A crew of media pranksters and saboteurs have set up their own website under the name of ŽTMark at http://www.paranoia.com/~rtmark/homereg.html. The group’s objective is specifically to engage in the “sabotage of mass-produced items” and has previously orchestrated the work of the Barbie Liberation Organisation. ŽTMark is currently promoting the USA Phone In Sick Day which… Continue reading Web Round-Up – W/E 13/03/98
The BBC and Sky have announced that they will be sharing live coverage of the cricket World Cup – to be staged in the UK next year.Sky Sports and the BBC will share TV coverage of the 42-match tournament to be staged in May and June of 1999 while BBC Radio will also broadcast commentary… Continue reading Sky And BBC Join Forces For Cricket World Cup
Independent Newspapers (UK) has launched a new free weekly newspaper called the Thurrock & Grays Free Post to complement its paid-for Thurrock Post. The paper launched on 5 March, and has a print run of 60,000.Independent Newspapers (UK): 0181 517 5577
Consumer spending is predicted to slow during 1998, with consumer durables being the worst hit, according to a report published by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).The Quarterly State of the Market Report forecasts that consumer durables, especially car sales, will feel the effect of an economic climate where building society windfalls are less and… Continue reading Consumer Boom Is Over, Says CIM
Here is the latest addition to the ever growing crop of BBC magazines. One by one the powers at the Beeb are turning programme after programme into glossy mags – some are hits (take for example the continuing success of Top Of The Pops Magazine which saw a 71% increase in its last ABC) while… Continue reading First Issue Review – Tomorrow’s World Magazine
