Scottish Television has today confirmed rumours New Scottish Satellite Channel Rumoured and announced plans for a new channel, Sky Scottish, to be broadcast as a joint venture with BSkyB from November 1st.The channel will initially operate on a two hour per day basis, focusing on news, sports and current affairs including 450 hours of original… Continue reading STV Announces New Channel
Talks between Channel 5 and TeleWest which would have seen the cable operator retuning videos in its franchise areas have broken down after the two sides failed to agree terms.As reported on Newsline *Telewest Close To C5 Retune Deal a deal was almost finalised but it is now reported that disagreements over how much C5… Continue reading TeleWest Talks With C5 Break Down
IPC Magazines’ Woman’s Realm will go under the surgeon’s knife and get a new look for the September 17 issue.The 38-year-old woman’s weekly has, according to IPC, been given a fresher and brighter cover style plus a more feminine and elegant editorial. Other changes will include new typefaces, cleaner, less cluttered layouts and longer articles.… Continue reading Woman’s Realm Gets Facelift
According to a report in the Independent, Scottish Television will reveal the launch of a new satellite channel for Scotland when it announces interim results on Thursday.The Scottish channel, coined Sky Scotland, would be the result of a collaboration between STV and BSkyB. It is suggested that the service would broadcast two hours per day… Continue reading New Scottish Satellite Channel Rumoured
After announcing an increase in turnover of 55% to £49.36m and an increase in pre-tax profits of 9.6% to just over £5m, Adscene’s chairman declared that the group was looking to expand.Commenting on prospects, Harry Lambert said: “We expect the shake-up in the local newspaper industry to continue, which will create further opportunities for expansion.”… Continue reading Adscene In Mood For Expansion
Both VNU and Ziff-Davis are planning to launch computer and new media titles before the end of the year.VNU’s new title is rumoured to be a UK version of Internet Life, an American title published by Mecklermedia, which will launch on 3 October. It will be bound to 165,000 copies of PCW before a stand-alone… Continue reading New Magazines Planning To Launch
“To educate, stimulate, and entertain at the highest level”.Speaking at the launch of the Radio 3 at 50 season, controller Nicholas Kenyon revealed the positive steps the station intends to take in continuing to bring listeners the “best of twentieth century culture”. Mr Kenyon commented on how since the Third Programme began on September 29th… Continue reading Radio Three – The Third At 50
The first issue of Minx is out on Thursday at the special price of £1.00. It claims its readers will ‘have a life’ and have aspirations other than wanting to read about ’10 Ways To Act Dumb Around A Smart Guy’ or ‘How To Dress A Stone Lighter’. In terms of editorial the writers have… Continue reading Minx – First Issue Review
A row has broken out between BSkyB and Carlton Select over the ad campaign being used by the Carlton cable channel.According to Janet Goldsmith, Carlton Select’s managing director, BSkyB withdrew the adverts from thirteen Sky channels because the campaign focused on the fact that Carlton Select is a cable-exclusive channel and was therefore a competitor… Continue reading BSkyB Pulls Carlton Select Ads
