Viewers involved in the Cambridge interactive Television Trial are now able to access enhanced Teletext services. Pages from Teletext are delivered without the delay, and viewers have more navigational controls over the service. The Teletext services will be further enhanced to test a hyper-Teletext news service, with links to other services such as the Internet.… Continue reading Teletext Tests Interactive Services In Trial
Hollywood Pets, the latest in the series about the Hollywood lifestyle (the others being Hollywood Women, Kids and Men) has only managed to attract 8.83 million viewers. The other series averaged an audience of 11 million viewers.Carlton’s documentary series Police, Camera, Action has entered the top thirty programmes at number eight with an audience of… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 21/04/96
Figures released by the Cinema Advertising Association this week showed that there were more than 36.5 million cinema admissions in the first quarter of 1996, the highest figure since 1975. First Quarter Average Cinema Admissions Highest Since 1975.. Box office totals have now been released for the period.The single biggest film of the quarter was… Continue reading Seven Is Biggest Film Of First Quarter
Kiss 100 has announced an independent production deal between its newly formed television arm Kiss TV and cable network L!ve TV. Under the 12 month contract Kiss TV will provide 4 one-hour shows to L!ve TV each week: Kiss Clubs, Kiss Music, Kiss Lifestyle and Kiss Classics.The first programme to be broadcast will be Kiss… Continue reading Kiss TV To Launch
Kelloggs is set to participate in Europe’s largest television test of interactive advertising, where consumers’ response to advertising and programming will be investigated. Videotron, the cable company is running the 8-week test on its dedicated Interactive TV Channel.The commercials in the Videotron test will be integrated within an existing environment of interactive programming. The Frosties… Continue reading Frosties Tests Interactive TV Ad
Radio 5 Live has been named national station of the year at the Sony radio awards. The BBC’s news and sports station which has been running for two years also took five other awards: Best Event Coverage (of the Ryder Cup); Response To News Event (Dallyn on Saturday); News and Current Affairs (Inverdale Nationwide); News… Continue reading Radio 5 Live Triumphs At Radio Awards
European Media Survey (EMS), the largest and most detailed media survey amongst Europe’s 40 million most affluent consumers, has been welcomed by NBC Superchannel.Conducted as a continuous research study, EMS measures the media and lifestyle habits of upscale European adults: sampled randomly the respondents who complete the survey represent the top 6% of adults across… Continue reading NBC Super Channel To Harness EMS Results
Robin Burgess has been appointed as president of the Newspaper Society for 1996/97. He is chief executive of CN Group Ltd, publishers of newspapers in and around the Lake District. He takes over from Geoffrey Copeman, vice chairman of Eastern Counties Newspapers Group.Mr Burgess previously chaired the Society’s editorial committee and is a member of… Continue reading Newspaper Society And Observer Appointments
Today saw the official launch of the long-awaited POSTAR research for the outdoor advertising industry.The new research methods have taken almost two years and £1.6m to develop. POSTAR, unlike OSCAR, is a Joint Industry Committee between the OAA and COS and believes that it will replace OSCAR as an independent, respected and universally accepted currency… Continue reading POSTAR Launched Today
Andrew Marr has been appointed editor of The Independent, effective from 15th May 1996.Having been part of the original launch team of the paper in 1986, he has since been the political editor at both The Scotsman and The Economist. He is currently The Independent’s chief political columnist.Commenting on his appointment he said; “I can’t… Continue reading New Editor For The Independent
