The Restrictive Practices Court is currently deciding whether the 20 premiership football clubs acted as an illegal cartel by negotiating a TV contract collectively. If it rules that the clubs have been acting illegally, the chief executive of the Premier League, Peter Leaver, claims that live coverage of football on TV in the UK could… Continue reading A Kick In The Teeth For Football
The ITC is inviting applications for Restricted Service Licences. Provision for RSLs was made in the 1996 Broadcasting Act. There are two types of licence: the first, to cover a specific event such as a festival, will be for a term of 56 days, the second, to cover a particular establishment or other location, will… Continue reading Applications Invited For Restricted Service Licences
The World Federation of Advertisers, meeting in Stockholm last week, has expressed concern over what it see as mounting threats to freedom of speech and commercial communication in a number of countries, including some members of the EU.The WFA is urging all governments in the EU to support the Green Paper on Commercial Communication, calling… Continue reading Advertisers Promote Free Speech
The ITC has awarded the local delivery licence for Milton Keynes to BT New Towns Cable TV Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of British Telecommunications Plc. BT New Towns Cable submitted the highest of four bids received for the licence. BT paid £4,500 for the licence; it is proposing to upgrade the existing narrowband system… Continue reading BT Wins Cable Franchise
The Radio Authority is advertising a new regional Independent Local Radio licence for the North-West of England, covering most of Greater Manchester, Merseyside and south and central Lancashire. The FM licence covers around 4.3 million adults. This is the second North-West regional licence for this area, the first was awarded to Jazz 100.4 FM, which… Continue reading New ILR For Manchester
The Radio Authority has published a consultative document on the minimum capacity which should be utilised by particular programme formats on the new digital multiplexes. This is necessary to ensure that appropriate technical quality is maintained.The outcome of the consultation will be of great significance to those applying for digital radio multiplex licences as it… Continue reading The Future Of Radio
Sources for EMAP have confirmed that the company has received a “number of approaches” regarding the sale of some of its business titles, including Media Week and Press Gazette, and is talking to one party in particular.A number of publishers have been named in connection with a possible sell, including Pearson, Miller Freeman, Haymarket and… Continue reading Interest Grows In EMAP Titles
Before Capital Radio Plc can go ahead with its proposed acquisition of Virgin Radio, the Radio Authority has to determine whether the holdings of the three local licences, Capital 95.8 FM, Capital Gold 1548 AM and Virgin 105.8 FM London, could operate against the public interest. The Authority is inviting comment from interested parties, and… Continue reading Obstacles In The Way Of Virgin Radio Sale
The BBC is reported to have £500 million in the bank, this is the largest cash pile the Corporation has ever amassed. £244 million of this came from the sale of the transmitter system *BBC Sells Transmitter Business; this has been put aside for development of digital TV services to be introduced over the next… Continue reading The BBC’s Rolling In It
The Chancellor Gordon Brown this morning announced that the Budget will take place on Wednesday 2 July. Newsline will be covering the Budget announcements as they happen.
