A committee comprising European Parliament and Council representatives has agreed to revisions to the 1989 TWF Directive. Besides the main impact of the revisions – concerning unencoded broadcasts of major sporting events, and abandonment of the V-Chip proposal – it has become clear that the revised Directive will affect the advertising industry in other respects,… Continue reading EU: Television Without Frontiers (TWF) Directive
The Indian government law has approved a new, comprehensive broadcasting law. The law will set up an independent radio authority and make licences mandatory for all radio and television service providers. The proposed legislation will also grant autonomy to the country’s state-run media. Control over the media has been a contentious issue in India for… Continue reading IND: New Broadcasting Law
At a meeting in Cannes of the Association Europeene pour la Protection des Oevres et Services Cryptes (AEPOC), EC officials revealed that they are working on ways to protect encrypted television signals. The Cannes meeting focused on the loss of pay-TV subscriptions to industry resulting from the piracy of decoding devices and smartcards; such losses… Continue reading EU: Plans To Protect Encrypted Signals
Reports are emerging that the French government may be prepared to come to a compromise arrangement concerning its blanket ban on alcohol advertising (the so-called Loi Evin). The move has been prompted by an urgent need to placate major international advertisers such as the US brewer Anheuser-Busch, which has signed a $17.3 million contract with… Continue reading FR: Loi Evin To Be Amended – Briefly
Both of the Telegraph titles performed very well in the October-March NRS figures released this week, with the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph recording the largest increases in readership among all the national titles. The Sunday paper increased by 24% year-on-year, while the daily grew by 16%. Both of the Times titles also showed increases… Continue reading National Newspapers NRS – March
Marketing Week chose a typically unusual venue for its Marketing to the Pink Economy conference; Bass’s new gay bar in the heart of Soho, The Rupert Street Bar.Teddy Witherington, festival and commercial director, the Pride Production Company and Kim Watson, marketing director, Millivres, kick-started the day’s proceedings. They began by looking at how big the… Continue reading Marketing To The Pink Pound
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts last night awarded Coronation Street the prize for a Significant and Popular TV Programme, while Eastenders won Best Drama Series.Best Drama was Hillsborough, Best Drama Serial was Our Friends in the North, Best Light Entertainment was Shooting Stars and Best Comedy was voted as Only Fools and… Continue reading BAFTA Award For Coronation Street
Attention was focused on how Radio 1 had performed since Chris Evans left its breakfast show in January. Quarter 1 RAJAR figures, released today, show that the station lost 8.6% of its reach, which fell from 11.245 million last year to 10.278 million this year. Share of listening for Radio 1 was down 1.7% points… Continue reading Rajar Q1 1997 – National Radio Stations Summary
Quarter 1 1997 RAJAR figures, released this afternoon, shows that commercial radio has once again moved ahead of the BBC after increasing its share of listening to 49.4%; 1% point ahead of the BBC.Capital FM is still London’s favourite commercial radio station. Capital Radio 95.8 FM had a weekly of reach of just under 3.5… Continue reading Rajar Q1 – Local Commercial Radio Stations Summary
Rumours have re-emerged this morning that Granada is about to mount a takeover of Yorkshire Tyne-Tees Television. If the move took place it would finally end the speculation which has been building for the past year that Granada would increase its stake of over 20% in the ITV broadcaster. In the past Granada appears to… Continue reading Granada Set To Make Move On YTTV
