Age restraints could be imposed on teenage magazines, it is reported, if the wishes of a Tory MP are taken into account. Peter Luff, the Tory MP for Worcester, is to introduce a Bill to enforce new curbs on teenage magazines.The Bill has come about following the recent furore surrounding advice given in an agony… Continue reading MP Calls For Magazine Curbs
In court this morning Mr Scrivener QC said that his client, Virgin TV, had been treated unfairly when its programmes failed the quality thresholds set by the ITC.One criticism was that Virgin TV did not have enough staff on its news team. Mr Scrivener, however, said they had the same amount of staff as C5B… Continue reading Latest In Channel 5 Court Hearing
This year’s Radio Advertising Bureau Conference, to be held on 15 October, is to be opened by Troubleshooter Sir John Harvey-Jones. He will review the Commercial Radio industry, and particularly radio as an advertising medium.Douglas McArthur, managing director of the RAB, said, “We believe his analysis of the potential role of radio for the advertiser… Continue reading Sir John Harvey Jones To Open RAB Conference
The first July to December Consumer ABC has been released. Mixmag has recorded a total circulation of 72,364; this represents a massive 65% increase on its July to December 1994 figure, an actual change of over 28,000 copies.Emap is likely to be the first big group to release its ABCs; these are expected to be… Continue reading First Jul-Dec ABC Released
This morning Mr Sumption, QC for ITC, said that if the court found in favour of the Virgin challenge, C5B should still win the licence because only it had both high quality programes and the highest bid.This afternoon however Mr Scrivener, QC for Virgin TV, said that the court should go no further than quashing… Continue reading Latest In Challenge To Channel 5 Award
ITV has appointed Sam Carter as its new Marketing Manager. She begins work at the ITV Network Centre on 26 February. Her brief will be to co-ordinate and help drive forward the ITV Marketing Group’s activities in promoting the ITV brand more vigorously. Her appointment coincides with the Group’s recent appointment of M&C Saatchi to… Continue reading ITV Appoints New Marketing Manager
Viva, the London radio station aimed at women, which launched in July last year is in financial difficulties. This week three presenters and two full time staff plus a number of freelancers have been made redundant.Jean Brogan, Head of Programming and Marketing at Golden Rose told MediaTel that the problems are due to poor reception.… Continue reading Women’s Radio Viva Struggling
The row over terrestrial v pay channel coverage of sporting events continues to heighten. The latest furore concerns rumours that Murdoch is considering introducing pay-per-view television for the World Boxing Council title fight on March 16. Viewers to BSkyB may have to pay up to £20 to see Frank Bruno fight Mike Tyson.Frank Bruno’s world… Continue reading Sporting Coverage Row Continues
According to new figures released by the Cable Communications Association, 1996 will see record levels of cable construction, with another 2.7m homes to be built past, bringing the total to around 9 million homes by the end of the year, or 45% of all homes in the UK.The cable industry is set to invest £6… Continue reading 45% Of UK To Be Cabled By End Of 1996
Combined ITV/C4 revenue for December, based on agency estimates, came in at £155.94m, a decrease on last December’s total of 0.6%. The ITV only figure was £119.22m, a decrease of 3.7%; Channel 4 however, at £36.7m was up by 11.3% on last year. The ITV:C4 ratio for December was good news for Channel 4, at… Continue reading Television Revenue – December
