The ITC has today published the revised Channel 4 licence which extends and clarifies the channel’s remit and its public service commitments.Many of the changes arise from the decision by the Government to phase out the C4 Funding Formula (subscribers see C4 Funding Formula To End) which allows increased resources to be deployed in programming… Continue reading ITC Revises C4 Licence
Middlesbrough Football Club has launched the first of an expected wave of club-dedicated cable channels.Boro TV, a three way venture between cable-operator Comcast, Visionsport International and the club, launched yesterday and is available to the 45,000 Comcast subscribers in the Teeside franchise area. The channel will be free and provide around six hours of dedicated… Continue reading Middlesbrough FC Launches TV Channel
Radio Investments Ltd, the UK radio investment company, has announced record pre-tax profits of £3.16 million in the year ending September 30 1997. This is 100% up on the previous year.Contributory factors to this growth were the profit achieved on the sale of Essex Radio and significant contributions from subsidiary companies including Island FM and… Continue reading Radio Investments Announces Record Profit
The Radio Authority has issued a consultation paper which sets out the methodology and procedure which, subject to consultation, it intends to follow when renewing national commercial radio licences.At the moment these licence holders pay sums annually to the Government in the form of an agreed lump sum and a percentage of revenue. The approach… Continue reading RA Issues Consultation On National Licence Renewals
Despite the hype which surrounds breakfast radio and TV presenters, 52% of those who watch TV or listen to radio in the morning claim that the presenters have little to do with their choice of programme.The survey, conducted by the new BMRB division (BMRB Launches New Division), also found that 22% of people choose their… Continue reading 52% Of People Indifferent To Breakfast Show Presenters
Culture Secretary Chris Smith has said that the BBC’s governors should be more accountable to ensure that the corporation does not move away from its key role as a public service broadcaster.Mr Smith said that he wanted to prevent the BBC from being distracted by its growing commercial businesses and a desire to compete with… Continue reading Smith Calls For More BBC Accountability
Cinven, the venture capital firm which recently bought IPC from Reed Elsevier, has announced the appointment of David Arculus as part-time chairman of the publisher.It is expected that Arculus will be leaving United News & Media, where he is chief operating officer, at the end of April 1999 when his contract expires (subscribers see Arculus… Continue reading Arculus To Join IPC
The Publishing Consultancy has released audited circulation figures for Bauer’s Bella, Take A Break, That’s Life and TV Quick titles.While That’s Life! increased its sales by 5.1% period on period to 499,439, Bella slipped 1.9% to 661,807, Take A Break fell 0.8% to 1.31 million and TV Quick went down by 3.9% to 739,595.Subscribers can… Continue reading Bauer Titles Release Circulation Figures
A pretty straight forward top ten this week, with Coronation Street taking all of the top four places, and scoring an average audience figure of 16.87 million. Eastenders lines up with the next three slots in the top ten, watched by an average audience of 14.53 million.Well, yet again I can’t really find anything particularly… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 08/02/98
Carlton Select has signed a sponsorship deal with ATI Security for its Crime Time programme. The association will begin in March and involve sponsorship credits as well as an advertising and promotion package for the security company.Subscribers can access the Sponsorship database by selecting “Sponsorship” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.Carlton… Continue reading Carlton Select Signs Sponsorship Deal
