The glossy magazine from down under Inside Sport is set to arrive in Britain this autumn. The Australian title is launching in the UK on September 11th and is being produced under licence by Brackenbury Publishing. The glossy will be aimed at the young male market and will encompass all sports ranging from water-skiing to… Continue reading Britain Gets Inside Sport
BBC Worldwide sold 3,832,395 shares and Thames TV, a division of Pearson Television, sold 4 million shares in Flextech yesterday. The shares were sold for 605p eachFlextech requested the sale because of demand from institutions in the UK and overseas.BBC Worldwide now has 1,611,153 remaining shares in Flextech and Pearson has 4,810,081 shares left in… Continue reading BBC And Pearson Sell Flextech Shares
United News & Media has made an agreed offer to buy HTV for £371m, it has just been announced. Further details will appear on Newsline as soon as possible.
The Periodical Publisher’s Association will be focusing on a plea that business-to-business publications should be excluded from any restrictions on the advertising of tobacco when it meets the Government on 14 July – a position which is common to several countries where tobacco advertising is banned to consumers.The PPA believes that trade titles such as… Continue reading PPA To Fight Tobacco’s Corner
(Updated since 4:08pm)United News & Media has made an agreed offer to buy HTV for £371m, it has just been announced. The deal, which has long been expected, values each HTV share at 420p, which is a 27% premium on last night’s close of 330.5p. United previously owned 20% of HTV before increasing its stake… Continue reading United Swoops On HTV
Anna Ford, a presenter on Radio 4’s Today Programme, has been reprimanded for saying ‘shit’ while on-air. The Broadcasting Standards Commission upheld the complaints of viewers, and said that there had been no justification for the bad language.In a separate case, three viewers complained about a sex scene in McCallum, a drama about a pathologist.… Continue reading Swearing Today
Revenue The combined terrestrial TV revenue for May, according to agency estimates, came in at £193.31 million which is a drop of 3.83% year-on-year. ITV’s revenue fell 5.7% year on year to £148.81m while Channel 4’s rose 2.2% to £46.5m. The ratio between ITV and C4 revenue for May was 76:24. It is also estimated… Continue reading TV Round-Up – May
Primesight plc, the outdoor advertising company, has announced details of its flotation on the London Stock Exchange. 2,820,750 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company are being placed, primarily with institutional investors at 135p. At the Placing Price, the Company will have a market capitalisation of £13.55 million. Dealing is expected to commence on… Continue reading Primesight Prices Flotation
Ford will be sponsoring the ITV broadcast of the 1997 Royal Tournament. The car manufacturer has sponsored the show in part for the last five years and the new full sponsorship deal was negotiated by Sally Blackburn at Laser and James Papworth at the Network on behalf of Ford.As well as sponsoring the opening, Ford… Continue reading Ford To Sponsor Royal Tournament
http://www.beeb.comThe Beeb’s long awaited commercial web-site has finally arrived. The bold site achieves the almost impossible, the clever design manages to give the busy pages a spacious quality. The information does not overwhelm the viewer. Lead your mouse around the page for a casual dip into any area that interests you.Sports fanatics will welcome Scorewatch;… Continue reading Web-Site Of The Week – Beeb
