The Disney Channel will be available to Sky and to cable operators as a separate premium service from 2 March after an ITC investigation (subscribers see ITC Extends Bundling Review).The decision is the result of detailed discussions between the Disney Channel, BSkyB and the ITC after complaints about the practice of requiring cable viewers to… Continue reading Disney Channel Goes “A La Carte”
The Sun will be launching a new sports supplement on Saturday. Sportsweek will be a 24-page section covering a variety of sports every Saturday. It will also contain an eight-page guide to the weekend’s horse racing.News International: 0171 782 7514
Johnston Press and Home Counties Newspapers must submit their arguments for a takeover to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission by March 9.The Government blocked the £52 million agreed takeover of Home Counties Newspapers by Johnston Press two weeks ago (subscribers see Johnston’s Agreed Newspaper Takeover Blocked). The MMC will report back to the Department of… Continue reading HCN And Johnston To Submit Plans To MMC
Barry Cox, director of the ITV Association, is to leave his post at the end of March. He will continue to work for ITV on a part-time basis until the end of May.Cox commented: “One of my main tasks over the past three years has been to lead ITV’s digital TV effort. Now the job… Continue reading Cox To Leave ITV
Former Westminster Press employee Eve Atkins is set to take on Johnston Press in the Hemel Hempstead area with the launch of a new free weekly newspaper called Dacorum Independent. Published by No Problem Publishing, the company set up by Atkins, the title will compete with Johnston’s paid-for title Hemel Hempstead Gazette, and its freeHemel… Continue reading Privately-Funded Local Paper Takes On Johnston
Public awareness of the proposals for digital TV has risen from four out of ten in 1995 to six out of ten in late 1997, according to CIA MediaLab’s latest Sensor survey.After an explanation of the new technology was provided, nine out of ten of the public currently felt they understood the merits of digital… Continue reading Digital TV Awareness Grows
The external appearance of Computeractive, VNU Business Communications’ ‘big’ computer launch, gives the impression of a down-market trader type rag which you would expect to contain reams of small print classified ads. Both the thin, half-glossy pages and the gaudy Exchange & Mart-esque cover design lend the magazine a throwaway feel. However, as the old… Continue reading First Issue Review – Computeractive
The ITC has rejected Channel 5’s request for an increase in its ad minutage quota.The broadcaster, rapidly approaching its first birthday, had asked the Commission for the same amount of ad time as non-terrestrial channels enjoy (nine minutes per hour as opposed to seven for terrestrial channels).The ITC however pointed out that it had only… Continue reading ITC Rejects C5 Ad Minutage Request
The Broadcasting Standards Commission has upheld eleven viewer complaints regarding Channel 5’s screening of Natural Born Killers.Despite warnings shown before the film, which was shown after the watershed, the BSC believed that the film was “incoherent and basic decencies, including the use of language, had been disregarded.” It went on to say that it was… Continue reading BSC Upholds Complaints Against Natural Born Killers
