The ITC has approved changes to the licence requirements for HTV Wales by increasing the amount of regional, sport, current affairs and news programming.The total broadcast requirement for regional programmes in Wales has increased by almost an hour, from 10 hours 45 minutes per week to 11 hours 43 minutes.The requirement for news programmes increases… Continue reading HTV Wales To Receive More Regional Programming
7-Up will be sponsoring ITV’s forthcoming Ice Warriors show, which will begin broadcasting in Saturday peaktime on 24 January. The deal, which is rumoured to be worth around £500,000, was negotiated by BMP Optimum on behalf of PepsiCo and is due to run for a year.…Classic FM has signed a deal with Renault which will… Continue reading Sponsorship News
The quality market performed steadily in July-December, with an increase of almost 3% to 5.841 million sales. Only two titles showed drops in sales while most of the others reported modest increases. The Sunday Telegraph‘s July-December circulation showed the largest year on year increase of all the nationals, with a rise of 14%, while the… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – December
The end of the Cold War means that the art of spying is no longer confined to the double-0s of this world because now anyone can order satellite photographs of anywhere in the world taken from a high-quality image satellite. The Earlybird-1 satellite, launched by US company called Earthwatch, is collecting a number pictures from… Continue reading Website Round-Up – W/E 16/01/98
The Woolwich is to make its broadcast sponsorship debut in a deal to sponsor ITV’s new gameshow, Househunters. The series is to run for 9 weeks and will be broadcast every Thursday at 7.30pm commencing on 8 January.The Lorraine Kelly-presented show will become the only game show currently sponsored on the ITV Network. The deal… Continue reading Woolwich To Sponsor ITV’s Househunters Game Show
Cinema box offices have reported the third highest weekend take ever, grossing £9.7 million for the first weekend of the year (2-4 January). The big pullers over this period were Tomorrow Never Dies, Spiceworld The Movie and Starship Troopers.The all-time record of £10.6m in a weekend in August 1996 was achieved mainly by Independence Day,… Continue reading Cinemas Report 3rd Highest Weekend Takings
A recent survey by technology analysts Datamonitor claims that the introduction of digital terrestrial will see satellite broadcasters initially dominating cable and terrestrial providers.By 2002, says the report, 64% of the digital market will be catered for by satellite broadcasters. The struggle which digital terrestrial television faces is not due technological capabilities but is because… Continue reading Satellite Broadcasters May Dominate Digital Market
BSkyB’s plans were originally to launch its digital services in the Spring of this year; delays in production of the set-top technology, however, have forced the company to put its launch date back to the “second quarter” of 1998.Although SES has confirmed that the Astra satellite required will be moved to a new orbital position… Continue reading BSkyB Put Back Digital Launch
Website development group Webmedia ltd has gone into liquidation, blaming competitive market conditions. The company’s parent, Webmedia Group, is 43% owned by Lord Saatchi’s Megalomedia and is still operating.Webmedia was one of the first Website outfits when it was set up three years ago.
The December Retail Prices Index was announced this morning as 160.0, an increase of 0.3% on the previous month and a rise of 3.6% on December 1996.Subscribers can access RPI trends by selecting “Encyclomedia” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
