Michael Heseltine, trade and industry secretary, is to meet Britain’s leading broadcasters to try to draw up a co-ordinated industrial and export strategy for the industry.The meeting to be held on November 3 will look at programme production, distribution, and technology and research, with the emphasis to be on encouraging export. This could have policy… Continue reading Heseltine Meets TV Chiefs
National NewspapersThe NRS Average Issue Readership figures for April to September’93 show mixed results for the national newspapers. The Guardian faired well with its readership rising up above the 1.5m mark to 1,543,000, this is 110,000 more than its January to June figure. Other titles recording higher figures for this period, compared with January to… Continue reading APR-SEP’93 NRS COMMENTARY
Jenny Abramsky, the head of BBC radio news, has been appointed controller of the news and sports network to be launched next year.Jenny Abramsky said, “I am certain that the combined power of live sports broadcasting and an up to the minute news service which reflects the concern of listeners’ lives is a winner.”
Thomson Regional Newspapers, in a presentation at the House of Commons last week, suggested that if VAT were to be imposed on the press, newspapers with circulations under 250,000 should be exempt.This would mean that VAT would only affect the national press; it was only one measure in the TRN case against VAT but is… Continue reading TRN Suggests VAT Ceiling
National NewspapersThe NRS Average Issue Readership figures for April to September’93 show mixed results for the national newspapers. The Guardian faired well with its readership rising up above the 1.5m mark to 1,543,000, this is 110,000 more than its January to June figure. Other titles recording higher figures for this period, compared with January to… Continue reading APR-SEP’93 NRS COMMENTARY
The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers will urge the Government to simplify existing financial advertising regulations in a presentation to the Office of Fair Trading.The ISBA will respond to the OFT’s consultation document on the Consumer Credit Act 1974 on behalf of financial advisers. The ISBA believes that a fair balance between consumer protection and… Continue reading ISBA ADVICE ON FINANCIAL ADVERTISING
Michael Heseltine, trade and industry secretary, is to meet Britain’s leading broadcasters to try to draw up a co-ordinated industrial and export strategy for the industry.The meeting to be held on November 3 will look at programme production, distribution, and technology and research, with the emphasis to be on encouraging export. This could have policy… Continue reading Heseltine Meets TV Chiefs
The BBC yesterday won an undertaking in the High Court that it will remain part of the Star TV service in Asia until the full hearing of a contract dispute, following the writ issued by the BBC against News Corporation. (Newsline 18/10)News Corporation threatened to terminate the BBC’s 10 year contract because of the planned… Continue reading BBC And Star TV Truce
IPC Specialist Group has today announced the launch of a new yachting magazine, to be published at the end of March 1994. Called Yachts & Equipment, it will be produced by the Practical Boat Owner team. The title will come out twice in 1994, in March and September.It wil be glossy, perfect bound and with… Continue reading New Yachting Magazine
A joint venture company set up by South Wales Electricity and International CableTel of the US plans to invest about £200m in building a cable TV and telephone network covering most of urban South Wales. South Wales Electricity expects that within 10 years half of the residents in its area will be taking cable TV… Continue reading Cable Venture For South Wales
