The Quality MarketThe Daily Telegraph is still the highest selling paper in this sector, selling 1,090,505 copies in June and increasing 3.4% year-on-year. The Financial Times saw the greatest increase in sales in this sector, rising 8.5% to record 326,676 in June 1997. There is no let-up in site for The Independent the paper lost… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – June ABCs
The EC has declared that a monopoly on television advertising awarded on cultural grounds by the Flanders Regional government to the Flemish television channel VTM contravenes EU Treaty rules on competition and freedom to provide services. The ruling was made on 26 June and followed a complaint brought by VT4, a rival broadcaster based in… Continue reading EU: EC judgement in VTM case
Over thirty amendments have been tabled to Jessica Larive’s report on commercial communications and the internal market, to be voted by the European Parliament on 15 July. Many of these amendments would overturn the ‘country of origin’ principle proposed by the Commission and endorsed in the report, and have raised fears that the Parliament’s supportive… Continue reading EU: Joint Industry Statement
The EC has given formal notice to the Spanish government that it must amend Spain’s ley Digital (which took effect on 3 May – see AIG Notices 18) following a complaint from the digital television provider CanalSatelite; the complaint argued that the new law was obstructing the company in its competition with rival Telefonica. The… Continue reading SP: EC takes action on decoders
The Chairman and Deputy Director-General of the AA met Lord Simon of Highbury, UK Government Minister in charge of trade and competitiveness in Europe on 14 July. The AA gave a presentation on the Green Paper on commercial communications, stressing the key importance of the home country principle.
Following an interview with the editor, Newsline reported on Friday that the troubled Sunday Business’s future had been secured Sunday Business Saved.However, the paper has drifted back onto the rocks after talks hit a stalemate this weekend. An announcement on the paper’s future is expected by the end of the day.Newsline will bring you further… Continue reading Sunday Business Still In The Soup
The ITC has concluded that there is no need for a public interest test with regard to the proposed merger between Grampian Television and the Scottish Media Group.ITC: 0171 306 7743
The Radio Authority has approved the Radio Advertising Clearance Centre (RACC) as commercial radio’s central copy clearing organisation. The RACC has already been in operation for a year, having taken over from the Broadcasting Advertising Clearance Centre on 1 July 1996. The RACC will advise radio stations, advertising agencies and advertisers whether national and special… Continue reading UK: Radio Clearance Centre approved
On 9 July President Bill Clinton dealt a major blow to the proposed $368.5 billion deal reached previously between tobacco producers and litigants concerning various class action legal suits. The deal meant that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would have to show that the reduction of nicotine levels in tobacco would not mean a… Continue reading US: Clinton blow to tobacco deal
The British Rally Championship has received a boost, with news that Mobil intends to continue its sponsorship of the event for at least another three years, until the end of the year 2000.Following the decision to base the championship on two litre, two-wheel drive cars the event has grown from strength to strength with eight… Continue reading Mobil Extends British Rally Championship Sponsorship
