London Regional Transport has been criticised in an attack by Roger Fernley, managing director of British Transport Advertising over their handling of the sale of London Transport Advertising.British Transport Advertising was made to understand that London Regional Transport did not want any delays to the sale of LTA by referrals to the Monopolies and Mergers… Continue reading LRT Criticised Over LTA Bidders
A consortium of broadcasters and organisations working with visually impaired people have launched a trial of Audetel, a system which provides an aural commentary to selected television programmes.For the next four months, selected programmes on ITV and BBC will be broadcast with a data signal which carries an audio commentary describing what happens in the… Continue reading Test TV Transmissions For Visually Impaired
Royal Liver Assurance, the financial services group, is to sponsor a new snooker tournament, the #35,000 Home International Open Handicap Snooker Championship, open to amateurs and professionals. Royal Liver Assurance already sponsors the UK Professional Championships.
Today is launching a Scottish edition of its daily paper from today. It has gone on sale today at the special price of 10p; the planned price for the next few months is 20p, 5p less than the usual cover price. In a spoiler move the Daily Mirror is also cutting its price to 10p… Continue reading Scotland Today – Price War
The ITC has warned Yorkshire Television to tone down the plots of the soap, Emmerdale, after hundreds of complaints. In its quarterly review of programme complaints, the ITC says it is concerned about the introduction of a “tougher and more violent style” in the soap. The review says, “particular care is required in a programme… Continue reading ITC Warns Soap
Independent Television News has appealed to the government to postpone the enforcement of any ownership changes following the ITV mergers.No single shareholder is allowed to own more than 20% of ITN; however, the Carlton takeover of Central and the Granada takeover of LWT mean that Carlton and Granada each own 36% of ITN. The other… Continue reading ITN Ownership Problems
The ITC has issued an invitation to apply for a local delivery licence covering Thetford, Diss, Bury St Edmunds, Sudbury, Clacton on Sea and surrounding areas. This is the fourth local delivery licence to be advertised by the ITC. The deadline for applications is 17 October.
Overnight ratings for the World Cup Final which was shown simultaneously on BBC1 and ITV show the BBC won hands down, achieving 62.8% share of male viewing.BBC fared particularly well among ABC1 men, achieving 45.3 ABC1 men ratings at 23.00 ITV achieved only an average of 9.3 ABC1 men. Amongst all men, ITV reached an… Continue reading BBC Achieves 62.8% Male Share
The Monopolies and Mergers Commission is to investigate the bid by More O’Ferrall for LTA. More O’Ferrall, one of four bidders for LTA, would control around 21% of the UK outdoor advertising market if it were to be successful, and around 38% of the total London market. A market share of 25% usually causes an… Continue reading MMC To Investigate LTA Bid
Today Retail Revolution are launching their 32 new consumer titles, to be sold exclusively at petrol stations. The range, called `Drive-In Entertainment’, are described as “one of the most audacious retail projects in years”. Each title has a print run of 60,000, a cover price of £1.95 and will appear monthly.Rates for each title are… Continue reading Service Stations Magazines – Details
