NTL has been chosen by The Weather Network to distribute its new service by satellite to cable operators all around Britain. The service begins on 2nd June (Newsline 15/04) and will be delivered digitally via the Orion 1 satellite using NTL’s new all-inclusive distribution package.The Weather Network will be a 24-hour service offering ‘more than… Continue reading NTL To Distribute Weather Network
In the same week that new business paper Sunday Business was threatened with legal action over controversial stories in its dummy issues, it has now emerged that the paper’s printers have pulled out and important financial backers have been lost.West Ferry Printers were contracted to print the first edition of Sunday Business but the relationship… Continue reading Sunday Business Hits More Trouble
QVC, Britain’s only television shopping channel has announced another record breaking quarter, with net sales for Q1 1996 at an all-time high of £13.9 million, a 97% increase on the same period in 1995.During the quarter, QVC gained 98,000 new customers, answered 1.5 million calls and shipped 796,000 items. On Sunday 3 March, QVC set… Continue reading QVC Continues To Break Sales Records
Conde Nast has announced that it will be launching a new magazine on 23rd May. GQ-Active will be a bi-monthly release covering men’s health, fitness and sports interests in the style of GQ. It will have an initial print-run of 120,000 and will cost £2.50.Conde Nast will also be adding more titles to its Internet… Continue reading Conde Nast To Launch New Magazine
John Bartle, Joint Chief Executive of Bartle Bogle Hegarty began his second year as President of the IPA yesterday when he was re-elected at the IPA’s AGM.Bruce Haines, Managing Director of Leagas Delaney, was re-elected Hon Secretary. Chris Whitworth of Publicis was elected Hon Treasurer. He succeeds John Page of Delaney Fletcher Bozell.In the IPA… Continue reading IPA Officer Election Results
Airtime sales house Laser has signed a deal with New Media Sales which will represent Laser on an international scale, attracting new clients from Europe and the rest of the world to the UK TV forum.New Media Sales, a firm specialising in international television advertising and sponsorship sales, will focus on developing new clients, many… Continue reading Laser To Expand International Business
Admap are organising a conference devoted to the future of electronic media trading. Speakers include senior media practitioners from both agencies and media owners plus the major suppliers of such services.Speakers include Tim Wootton from TSMS, Tony Weble from AMV.BBDO, Mike Cobbe of Cobbe Smith Terris, Simon Thomas of Leo Burnett, Kevin O’Brien of Reuters… Continue reading Conference To Discuss Electronic Media Trading
Future Publishing will be publishing a new computer title on May 16th. Playstation Power will be a mix of both games and consumer computer magazines. It will have an initial print-run of 55,000 and cost £2.75.Rumoured launches include Gruner & Jahr’s Prima Baby in June and a celebrity magazine Top People in the Autumn. IPC… Continue reading New Magazine Launches
ITV has confirmed that it has signed a ground-breaking sponsorship deal with Midland Bank to sponsor all of its prime-time drama. The £2m deal will begin on May 1st with sponsorship credits in the new series of Sharpe.The deal will last for a year, with the option of extending it until the end of 1997.… Continue reading Midland Signs ITV Sponsorship Package
Banner & Co has announced the release of the 1996 Banner Computer Readership Survey (BCRS) data which is an independent readership survey of decision-makers in the IT industry.It was found that there has been an increase in daily national newspaper readership by 8% for decision makers within large organisations (50+ employees) and by 4% within… Continue reading Banner Computer Survey Launch 1996
