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The Radio Advertising Bureau has produced a station by station guide to the sound of UK Commercial Radio on a double CD-Rom which it will distribute to agencies and clients.“Sounds of the Stations” has been designed to give a flavour of the output of the stations across the country, covering regional and local FM services… Continue reading RAB Circulates Radio Sounds
Research carried out by CIA MediaLab has shown that TV viewers watch an average of 35 minutes more television each week after they have had cable or satellite installed.The report, published today, shows that, contrary to popular belief, there is no initial viewing frenzy when a household switches to a multi-channel system. The findings reveal… Continue reading Cable And Satellite Viewers Watch More TV
http://www.bta.org.uk/moviemap/The British Tourist Authority has just launched a site giving information on UK locations used for film and television productions. The print version of the ‘Movie Map’ has proved to be the BTA’s most popular campaign.Sir Anthony Hopkins introduces this digital guide to the British film back drop. The site has information on UK locations… Continue reading Website Of The Week – British Tourist Authority’s Movie Map
(Updated at 3:11pm)Christine Walker, Chief Executive of Zenith Media, has announced that she is leaving the UK’s largest media buying company. Graham Duff, who is currently joint managing director, is taking over her post. No firm date has yet been set for the hand-over.It is not yet clear what Walker’s future plans are though among… Continue reading Walker To Leave Zenith
James Boyle, Controller of BBC Radio 4, spoke of his plans to shake-up the station at a Radio Academy conference last week. Mr Boyle said that he was keen to ensure that Radio 4 programmes retained their freshness. He doesn’t want the station to become stuck in a rut and he wants new producers to… Continue reading Radio 4 Ready For Change
Johnston Press has sold the Town Crier – West Cambridgeshire to the Yattendon Investment Trust. The Trust also owns the Cambridge Evening News.The new Press Planner can be accessed by subscribers by clicking here and choosing “Press”. Press Planner can only be accessed using Netscape 3.0.
Hamerville Magazines, publisher of business-to-business building and maintenance titles, has joined forces with On Demand Information, an Internet service provider, to create two ISDN based services called Build.Data Online and Interior Design.Both of these directories, due for launch in March, will provide Internet access as well as electronic versions of Hamerville’s magazines. Each magazine will… Continue reading Hamerville Magazines Launches Internet Service
IPC magazines and Times Newspapers are launching their first major joint promotion this weekend.Times readers will be able to obtain a free copy of one of twelve IPC titles in exchange for four coupons printed in The Times. The coupons will be printed in the paper over a six-day period from Monday, January 20.There will… Continue reading IPC Magazines Link Up With Times
Cheryl Allen is now Regional Sales Director at Emap Radio. She was previously responsible for selling all Emap stations, except Red Dragon, to agencies outside of London.…Capital Radio has promoted Carina Martin to marketing manager from marketing executive. She will now have responsibility for the marketing and advertising areas of Capital FM and Capital Gold.