Laser Satellite And Cable has recruited James Gibson, Alison Reay, Greig Thirkell and Belinda Mailer to its satellite TV airtime sales venture.Gibson is appointed Sales Controller and Thirkell and Reay are appointed Account Managers. Mailer is appointed Marketing Manager and will report to Mark Brandon, General Manager of Laser Satellite And Cable. Gibson, Thirkell and… Continue reading Laser Satellite And Cable Appoint More Staff
http://www.ppa.co.uk/The PPA’s Internet site was launched at the weekend. Hosted by MediaTel, ‘Magazines.net’ is a large site full of information for both magazine and advertising industries.The site is clearly laid out and easy to navigate with one main index from which to find the relevant information. The main sections of the site are: News (weekly… Continue reading Website Of The Week: PPA
Mohamed Fayed has bought the struggling women’s radio station Viva! for £3 million. Fayed, the owner of Harrods, has been trying for some time to establish a media empire with the formation of a new media arm called Liberty Publishing. He recently tried to buy The Observer newspaper for £25 million but the bid was… Continue reading Fayed Buys Viva!
Some topline data from the new POSTAR survey, launched on Tuesday, is now avilable:Average Gross 000s OTS/VAIs by size per week – Q1 Size OTS (Opportunities To See) VAI (Visibly Adjusted Impacts) % (of possible OTS) 6 Sheet 343 40 12 48 Sheet 332 68 20 96 Sheet 423 119 28 Coverage & Frequency National… Continue reading POSTAR Data Released
The Radio Authority has fined Piccadilly Gold (Manchester) £1,000 for breaching sections 90 (1)(a) and (2) (ii) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 and the Authority’s Programme Code. Both the Act and Code prevent licensees broadcasting any material which offends “… against good taste and decency…” and they also prevent “any abusive treatment of the religious… Continue reading Piccadilly Gold Fined By Radio Authority
The Government has announced that it will introduce amendments to the Broadcasting Bill which will relax the rules regarding cross-media ownership.The proposals, put forward by National Heritage minister Lord Inglewood, mean that there will be greater scope for cross-media ownership among local newspaper and radio stations. The development means that one company will be able… Continue reading Government Makes Amendments To Broadcasting Bill
The Radio Authority has offered the new Independent Local Radio licence on the AM (medium wave) bands for The Heads of the South Wales Valleys to Valley Radio Ltd, after studying proposals from three applicants.The licence is for a service which will roughly cover an area from Aberdare to Abergavenny, including Merthyr Tydfil, Tredegar, Ebbw… Continue reading New Local Radio Licence For South Wales Awarded To Valley
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The second issue of new business paper Sunday Business sold 101,589 copies, a source at the paper told MediaTel. The first issue sold over 145,000 copies.It has also emerged that the paper’s ad director Dorothy Cumpsty has quit the title. No replacement has been found yet. Amid continuing speculation that the title will fold, it… Continue reading Sunday Business Circulation Drops
Irish independent radio stations are continuing to increase their listenership according to the latest J.N.L.R/M.R.B.I Interim Report published this week. The survey shows that nation-wide 53% of listeners tuned into the independent stations each weekday compared to 36% for Radio 1 and 29% for 2FM. For the same six month period last year, the independent… Continue reading Survey Shows Rise In Listenership For Independent Radio Stations
RevenueCombined ITV/C4 revenue for March, based on agency estimates, came in at £174.54 million, an increase of 4.8% on last March. ITV only, at £132.962 million was up by 2.1% year on year, whilst the C4 figure, £41.575 million was up by 14.3%. This puts the ITV:C4 ratio at 76:24. Last March saw C4’s share… Continue reading TV Round-Up – March
