The Institute for Public Policy Research study, ‘Small Firms On-Line’, has found that the slow take-up of advanced telecommunications and services by small firms is a result of the supply industries, such as Mercury and BT, failing to target their needs properly.Gillian Lauder and Andrea Westall, the authors of the report also argue that government… Continue reading Small Firms Failing To Enter Communications Revolution
Future Publishing is to launch a new monthly buyers’ guide magazine for cycling enthusiasts in the spring.Total Bike! will aim to offer readers a comprehensive and entertaining guide to the vast range of cycling equipment on the market. It will concentrate on mountain bikes of all categories, from £300 hybrids to £3,000 down-hill models.Each month… Continue reading Future Launches Biking Title
ITV’s flagship drama premiere Rebecca failed to win the ratings battle on Sunday evening when more people watched a new series of the popular Ballykissangel on BBC1. Unofficial overnights show that 9.6 million people (36%) watched the dramatisation of Daphne DuMaurier’s novel while 12 million (43%) viewed Ballykissangel.On Saturday however Sabrina The Teenage Witch (6.8m/33%)… Continue reading Rebecca Fails To Outdo Ballykissangel
The ITC has responded to Sheffield University’s ‘Violence on TV Research Report’ *(Survey Shows Little Change In Amount of TV Violence) by welcoming its conclusions.The Report, which was jointly commissioned by the ITC, BBC, BSkyB , Broadcasting Standards Council, ITV and Channel 4, found that the overall percentage of violence on TV, compared to the… Continue reading ITC Wants More Research Into TV Violence
MediaTel has added to its board of directors with the appointments of Lynne Moxon and Sue Cullingham.Lynne joined MediaTel in 1988, after a brief spell with Morgan Grampian; Sue has been with the company for six years. Both have been at the forefront of many of MediaTel’s much-praised developments on the Net over the last… Continue reading Additional Directors For MediaTel
The ITC is inviting applications to run a new local cable delivery franchise for the Ayr area. The licence area will include the local authority districts of North, South and East Ayrshire and those parts of the Inverclyde District not included in the existing Inverclyde broadband cable franchise. The area contains approximately 155,000 homes.Applications must… Continue reading New Cable Licence For Ayr
An organisation set up to try to combat the problem of illegal material on the Internet has received only 34 calls in its first full month of operation. Of those only half were referring to material which was actually illegal.David Kerr, Chief Executive of the Internet Watch Foundation, said that 6 of the calls, all… Continue reading Slow Response To Internet Watchdog
The BBC has announced that it is to sell its UK transmitter network for £250 million.Bob Phillis, deputy director general of the BBC, announced that a consortium led by Houston–based Castle Tower Corporation and the French group, TeleDiffusion is the “preferred bidder” for its UK transmitter network. The network is to be privatised in a… Continue reading BBC Sells Transmitter Business
Two national newspapers have started the new year off with a new look.Sunday Times showed off its revamp yesterday, with a separate, bigger business section, an expanded Travel and a more in-depth sports section. The paper now has a regular page committed to giving information and advice to small businesses.The Daily Mirror unveiled its new… Continue reading New Look For Sunday Times And Mirror
The second half of 1996 was a turbulent one for the TV sector with most broadcasters experiencing fluctuations in share price as the market geared itself for the relaxation of cross media ownership rules which came into law in November.While much of the takeover talk failed to materialise the interest it created in the market… Continue reading Sharewatch Special – The TV Market
