The Nottingham Evening Post is to be relaunched as a full-colour tabloid on March 11. Northcliffe Newspapers is spending £250,000 on a 12-week ad campaign running on TV, radio and outdoor to support the relaunch.Clacksons has changed The Bracknell News to a tabloid. The title was relaunched on 29 February after extensive reader research.The new-look… Continue reading Regional Papers Go Tabloid
The Radio Authority has received five applicants for the Wigan local licence. The licence will cover the town of Wigan and the surrounding area, including St Helens and Skelmersdale.The applicants are:Hear FM (Wigan) Ltd: Russell Stuart, 01603 630621 Classic hits from the 60s to today, with extensive local newsJet FM (Magic FM Ltd): Paul Birchall,… Continue reading Local Radio Licences; Applicants, Awards And Advertisements
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) began transmitting in the London area yesterday by broadcasting seven commercial radio stations.The Radio Authority has licensed National Transcommunications Ltd (NTL) as a multiplex provider to transmit Classic FM, Heart 106.2, Kiss 100 FM, Melody FM, Sunrise Radio, Talk Radio UK and Virgin 105.8 FM on DAB. The main benefits from… Continue reading Commercial Digital Radio Begins Broadcasting
Bell Cablemedia, one of the largest cable providers in the UK, believes that around 8,000 subscribers will book their viewing of the Bruno fight on 17 March.2,481 people have so far paid to see the fight live. It will cost £9.95 if booked before 12pm on March 15 and £14.95 thereafter.Bell Cablemedia: 0171 363 2000
Details have been confirmed regarding a new daily newspaper devoted entirely to football. The as-yet untitled paper will be published by Parliamentary Communications and launched in the summer, probably just before the Euro ’96 championship.It will be a broadsheet, cost 50p, have 16 pages and will be published every day except Sunday. A spokesman said… Continue reading Football Daily Details Confirmed
It has emerged that cable operator Videotron will not be screening the Bruno Tyson fight live. The main reason is that Sky did not give Videotron enough notice that the fight was taking place on a pay-per-view basis, and so the technology to make the broadcast possible was not available.This technology is also expensive to… Continue reading Videotron Will Not Be Screening Pay Per View
EMAP has announced today that it is to acquire Tele Star, the holding company for the magazine publishing interests of CLT Multi Media, for FF1.1 billion, (£142 million). This includes Top Sante and the TV listings magazine Tele Star.Kevin Hand, President of EMAP France, said, “This is a significant step forward for EMAP France …… Continue reading EMAP Acquires French Magazines
Nynex, the UK’s second largest cable operator, will be offering the Bruno Tyson pay-per-view fight at £7.95, £2 less than BSkyB is charging. A spokesman for Nynex also revealed to MediaTel that 3,200 people had so far booked their viewing of the fight.Those subscribers who book before 14 March will be charged £7.95; those who… Continue reading Nynex Offer Cheaper Bruno Tyson Fight
The Department of Trade and Induttry has opened the floodgates of a new burst of media mergers by declaring that the proposed merger of United News and Media and MAI need not be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.The deal is now just awaiting clearance from the shareholders of MAI; United’s shareholders have already… Continue reading Media Merger Go Ahead
According to Register Meal figures released by the RAB, the top 4 radio advertisers in 1995 spent more than £3 million each, in comparison to 1994 where only one spent that figure.The top ten advertisers all spent over £2 million and the top 20 spent over £1 million. In 1994 you only had to spend… Continue reading McDonalds Remains Top Radio Spender
