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The Times‘ parent company, News Corporation, has sold a 5% stake of non-voting stock to Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal. This represents just over 2% of all News Corporation stock.News International: 0171 782 6000

This week is the last week to grab the chance of winning a Nintendo 64. If you haven’t yet filled out the MediaTel questionnaire then do so post-haste in order to be entered into the draw. Good luck…

The unveiling of ITV’s Christmas and New Year schedule took place at the new La Belle Epoque restaurant in Knightsbridge, a setting which was enough to attract a significant celebrity presence, and which immediately posed the question of whether the content of the presentation could live up to its impressive surroundings.The early signs were encouraging… Continue reading ITV Christmas / Winter Schedule 1997-98 Launch

TMD Carat Manchester has been rocked by the tragic death of its managing director, Martin Conry. Mr Conry died on the 21 November at the age of 43. His funeral will be held on Friday.The company’s Website, which can be found at http://www.tmdcarat-man.co.uk/, is now a tribute to Mr Conry.

Billett’s, the advertising consultancy group, has issued a report detailing its opinion of the new ITV airtime sales policy which offers deals in terms of share of total broadcast spend (subscribers see ISBA Consults IPA On ITV Sales Policy). The consultancy believes that agencies should resist this policy and should receive the support of their… Continue reading ITV Sales Policy: There May Be Trouble Ahead

Carlton Television’s music show Videotech is to be broadcast on the Internet and ITV simultaneously on Thursday 27 November at 10.40pm. The hour-long event is to be used as a test case for the problems of issuing rights licences for webcasts on the Internet. The Performing Rights Society (PRS) and the Music Copyright Protection Society… Continue reading Videotech In First Live ITV ‘Webcast’

The Broadcasting Standards Commission has published a new code of guidance for broadcasters relating to issues of fairness and privacy. The code may have signalled the end of documentary makers’ rights to film in secret if the BSC had decided to clamp down hard following Princess Diana’s death. However, the Commission has reached a compromise… Continue reading Broadcasters Receive New Fairness And Privacy Code

The latest Establishment Survey for June 1997 is now available in full. Subscribers can access this by selecting Television from the drop down box and scrolling down to the Establishment Surveys section.

Radio and television companies are uniting to form an attack on the BBC’s commercial activities which they see as an unfair use of licence fee money. The ITV Association, representing all ITV companies, and the Commercial Radio Companies Association are to meet sometime next month to discuss a possible public lobbying of the Corporation’s pay… Continue reading Increased Pressure On BBC Promotions

The BBC’s ABC1 women’s magazine, BBC Family Life , has appointed Kate Przeslawski as deputy ad manager. She moves from the position of senior sales executive at She magazine and will report to ad manager Hayley Granston. In addition, Penny Bell has joined the title as marketing and sponsorship manager, leaving the same post as… Continue reading Appointment Briefs