Highbury House Communications is preparing to launch the UK version of one of the world’s largest-selling annual magazines – the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.The UK edition, which will appear on April 2 1998, is aimed at 18-35 year olds with an expected male/female split 70/30. With a cover price of £2.95, it will be perfect… Continue reading Sports Illustrated Gears up For Launch
On 28 January in the European Parliament Roy Perry MEP (EPP, UK) called for fast action at an EU level and for formal discussions to take place on press intrusion and the role of European media. Perry noted that it was now five months since the issue of press intrusion had been referred to an… Continue reading EU: Press Intrusion Debate
The Irish Times website received 4.25 million page impressions from 396,131 users during October 1997, according to figures from ABC //electonic.The website, which can be found at http://www.irish-times.com/, is the first Irish newspaper to receive an ABC //electonic certificate.ABC //electronic: 01442 870 800
The EC is considering examining for possible anti-trust infringements the cable TV and telecommunications service providers Cable I Televisio de Catalunya (CTC) in Catalonia. In one of the first uses of Article 85(1) of the EC Treaty on anti-trust grounds, the Commission will investigate the corporate concentration involved in the control of CTC by a… Continue reading EU: Catalan TV Under Scrutiny
The Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television and the Periodical Publishers Association have announced their joint commitment to encouraging the production of “masthead” programmes, programmes produced as joint ventures between print publishers and TV producers. Since March 1997 the ITC has permitted the production and broadcasting of such programmes on non-terrestrial channels in Britain. The… Continue reading UK: Masthead Programming
The ITC has announced that Channel 4 is to pay £89.9 million to the ITC for distribution to ITV licensees under the statutory arrangements of the Broadcasting Act 1990. The Act states that where Channel 4’s revenue exceeds 14% of the total television qualifying revenues of ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C, 50% of… Continue reading Channel 4 To Pay ITV Statutory £90m
IPC has announced its first new magazine launch as an independent company (subscribers see IPC Magazines Gains Independence). Living etc is described as a “home magazine with personality, vitality and spirit” and is aimed at “design conscious, aspirationally stylish women (and men) in their twenties and thirties.”The title goes on sale on March 6 and… Continue reading IPC Announces New Title
“If electronic cash transactions are to increase in future, the question of consumer protection cannot be left to wait. Customer confidence is a major problem for these new methods of payment. This is why our committee believes the Commission’s paper has come at just the right time and why we have given it our unanimous… Continue reading EU: Electronic Cash Rules
Despite the currency turmoils in parts of the Far East the outlook for growth in the Asia-Pacific TV and information sectors is rosy, according to a study by the US investment bank Salomon Smith Barney. TV revenues in the region will grow by an average 13 per cent annually in the years up to 2005,… Continue reading US: Asian Turmoil No Problem
The Russian Space Agency is to establish a subsidiary company which will sell advertising space on its missions into space and in other related areas. The aim is to obtain more revenues to fund space exploration as the Space Agency now gets only 50 per cent of its expenses from the national budget.
