Three new PC games magazines are set to enter the consumer computer titles market, two of which are geared towards providing cheats and hints for computer games.Rapide Publishing, publishers of Ultimate PC , launched PC Strategies on 30 January and are preparing for the launch of PC Force on 27 February.PC Strategies is a guide… Continue reading Three PC Magazines Set To Launch
ITV’s coverage of this year’s Brit Awards is to be sponsored by Britannia Music Club for the fifth year running. The ceremony takes place at London Arena at 8pm Tuesday 10 February; both the event and the broadcast will be endorsed by Britannia.The deal was negotiated by Andy Thompson at Carlton and John Nelligan, chairman… Continue reading Britannia To Sponsor Brit Awards 1998
Media Secretary Chris Smith has announced the commencement of the digital radio provisions of the Broadcasting Act 1996.This effectively means that the three independent national radio licensees (Classic FM, Talk Radio and Virgin Radio) will have to notify the Radio Authority by 28 February 1998 if they want to transmit their services on the digital… Continue reading Broadcasting Act Digital Radio Provisions Begin
Future Publishing’s Sports & Entertainment Division has created an agency sales team to sell all its consumer magazines which include Total Film and Total Football. Future says that any new magazine launches aimed at young males will also be catered for by the sales team.Future has recruited three advertisement managers for the team which will… Continue reading New Agency Ad Sales Team At Future
The Guardian Media Group has cited strong ad markets, lower newsprint costs and tight cost control as reasons for a significantly improved first-half performance for 1997.The owner of The Guardian and The Observer, announced pre-tax profits of £26.6 million for the six months to 28 September, 1997. This compares to a loss of £1.8 million… Continue reading Strong Performance From Guardian Group
The ITC has fined Med TV, a UK satellite service for Kurdish viewers in Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, £90,000 for three “serious” breaches of the Commission’s impartiality requirements.The station was fined £50,000 for a programme which consisted entirely of coverage of a political rally organised by the PKK (Workers’ Party of Kurdistan) with… Continue reading ITC Fines Satellite Channel £90,000
A new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warns that the launch of digital television may result in a ‘television underclass.’The Institute is concerned that the £200 cost of the set-top boxes required to receive digital television will force the poor out of the picture. The report says that there are many… Continue reading Digital May Create Inequality Of Access, Warns IPPR
The dance music magazine, Wax, is to be relaunched by its new owners Music Scotland Ltd. on 19 February. The title was previously published by Mark Allen Publishing but the group decided to fold the magazine in November last year. Prior to this the title was published under the name of Generator by Gillies Publishing… Continue reading Wax Magazine Resurrected Again
The latest IPA Trends in Television Report, for the fourth quarter of 1997, reveals that C5’s viewing share has increased to 3.5%, up 0.4% points on the previous period. The channel also went through the 40% weekly patronage barrier.While TV viewing remained at a constant average of 3.59 hours per day for 1997, both ITV… Continue reading C5 Viewing Share Reaches 3.5%
Southern Newspapers has become the latest regional newspaper publisher to launch an Internet site.The site will contain corporate information, vacancies, press releases and details of the group’s 120 titles. It can be found at http://www.southern-newspapers.co.uk/.
