According to press reports, a fresh dispute has erupted between BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster, and British cable-operators. Accusations are flying from both sides, with each claiming that the other is spreading misinformation and deceiving each others’ customers.Two cable operators, one of whom is CableTel, have filed complaints with the ITC accusing BSkyB of coordinating a… Continue reading BSkyB Goes Into Battle With Cable Companies
Campaign magazine has announced the winners of its annual awards ceremony.Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO is Campaign‘s Agency of the Year. AMV fought off strong contenders to win the prestigious award. St Luke’s came in in second place and M & C Saatchi took the bronze.TMD Carat scooped the Media Agency of the Year Award, while… Continue reading And, The Winner Is…….
The Radio Authority has decided to impose a fine of £1,000 on Spectrum International Radio, a multi-ethnic station that broadcasts to Greater London. The fine is to punish the station for breaching the 1990 Broadcasting Act and the Authority’s Code.“Radio Iran Zamin” broadcasts programmes for the Iranian community on Spectrum and the Radio Authority found… Continue reading Radio Authority Fines Stations
ISBA, IPA and DMA have merged their pitch guides to produce composite guidance backed by all three organisations and minor changes to the old ISBA/IPA guide show further clarification on copyright and presentation issues.Said John Hooper, ISBA Director General: “I am delighted that the three organisations have combined to produce a comprehensive set of guidelines… Continue reading ISBA, IPA And DMA Reissue Pitch Guide
The Times has registered 500,000 readers in its first year on the Internet. The Times and The Sunday Times launched the site on January 7 last year. Within 7 months the site had won Yell and .net magazine’s, “Hottest site on the net award.”For a review of the Times’ site subscribers should click The Times… Continue reading Times Registers 500,000 Readers
NRS has said that it has been unable to agree a basis upon which JICREG would use its database to compare readership of national with regional titles.According to NRS JICREG is unwilling to make available any description of its modelling process, on the grounds that it is of high commercial value. The NRS board says… Continue reading NRS And JICREG Fail To Agree Terms
Ark2, the Christian cable channel which has been delayed several times due to financial problems, is apparently facing closure due to lack of funds.Although new funding for the channel was found in November *Ark2 Gets Financial Saviour no extra cash has been found and staff at Ark2’s Bristol headquarters have apparently been laid off. It… Continue reading Ark2 Facing Closure
Pearson, the media and entertainment group, today welcomes Marjorie Scardino as its new chief executive. She joins from the Economist Group and it is believed one of her first priorities will be a major shake-up of the company which many City analysts consider too sprawling.It is thought that Pearson’s TV subsidiary will be a target… Continue reading Pearson May Sell Off TV Interests
England’s football World Cup qualifying game against Poland and the England Rugby Union international against Argentina will both be shown live on Channel 5 on Saturday 31 May 1997. This is Channel 5’s first big international sports acquisition.The Saturday double-match special will be shown on the weekend sports’ magazine show, Turnstyle, headed by Gail McKenna.… Continue reading Channel 5 Has Two England Games In The Net
Cinema admissions in November averaged 1.74 million per week which is a 12.4% decrease year-on-year.Michael Collins topped the box office charts followed by a relatively strong performance from The First Wives Club in the last two weeks of the month. However, they were unable to compete with the release in November last year of the… Continue reading November Cinema Admissions Show Decline
