The Advertising Association will be holding a seminar entitled: “Barriers to British Export Competitiveness in Europe: The Commercial Communications Sector.” It will be held at the DTI Conference Centre, Victoria Street, London SW1 on Friday 20th September 1996.John Mogg, director general, DGXV, the Commission of European Communities, will speak at the seminar and will address… Continue reading The Advertising Association Seminar
C&A and MTV have entered a long term agreement for a new programming and marketing partnership. The joint venture, entitled “Turned On Europe,” will look at how young Europeans live their lives by allowing individuals to film themselves with camcorders. The resulting films will be distributed through C&A stores throughout the UK and will be… Continue reading C&A And MTV Join Forces
The National Heritage Secretary, Virginia Bottomley, acknowledged the European Commission report on European broadcasters’ achievement of production quotas. The report stated that Britain’s regulatory and commercial lead is being followed by other member states with most of them supporting the maintenance of the Directive’s flexibility on quotas.The report mentioned that many television channels in the… Continue reading UK Is Broadcasting Heart Of Europe
According to sources, restructuring in the BBC over the last year has been a complete success. The annual report shows a £300 million cut in costs. Top programmes such as Ballykissangel and Pride and Prejudice have been screened due to the cost savings and changes behind the scenes.Viewing share in London is higher than ITV… Continue reading BBC Annual Report 1995/96
Approximately £11bn was knocked off the stock market as share prices fell in America last night. At 13.45 today the FTSE 100 was down by more than 65 points.Significant decreases have been in: Yorks TV 1218 -30 United News 627 -29 Granada 796 -25 Carlton 464 -12 BSkyB 462 -14
ITV have planned to inject £100 million into the British film industry over the next five years. Announced today, the scheme includes films for both theatrical release and premiere transmission on the channel.The project is heavily supported by Carlton, Granada, United News and Media, Yorkshire Tyne Tees TV, HTV and Scottish Television. The group aims… Continue reading ITV To Invest £100m Into Film Industry
According to recent figures published by BMRB International, Internet awareness in the past year has risen considerably. As coverage of the Internet has increased more people know what the Internet is. Awareness amongst adults has also increased from 60% to 81% and from 82% to 96% amongst ABs, compared to last August.The TGI New Media… Continue reading BMRB Assesses Net Awareness
BSkyB’s alliance with the Kirsch group caused a significant rise in their prices. Starting the week at 454p, they closed on Friday at 478p. The company is now valued at approximately £8bn.HTV continue to rise due to speculation concerning take over. At 329p on July 1, they have increased by 15p in a space of… Continue reading Share Watch: W/E 12/796
Developments on the future of the BBC World Service will be announced this week in both the House of Lords and the Foreign Affairs committee. John Tusa, former World Service managing director, will appear before the committee on Tuesday and John Birt, BBC director general will appear on Thursday. Mr Tusa has been a critic… Continue reading The Week Ahead
http://www.asa.org.ukAt the launch of the Advertising Standards Authority’s website today, chairman Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank announced that the ASA will be providing a service to consumers and companies who use the Internet.When the Codes were expanded at the beginning of 1995 to include non-broadcast electronic media, advertisements on computer and video games, CD-ROM and… Continue reading Website Of The Week: ASA
