Following the announcement that Screensport and Eurosport are to merge it has now been revealed that the Lifestyle channel will be the first casualty to emerge from the partnership.At a press conference yesterday Rick Spinner, chief executive officer of European Television Networks announced that Lifestyle will cease transmission at the end of this month. Transponders… Continue reading Lifestyle To Cease At End Of January
Rank Organisation had a bad year at the box office according to pre-tax profit figures released yesterday. A fall of over £20m resulted in profits of £230.1m, substantially lower than expected by city analysts.Earnings per share for the year ending October 30 went down from 38.4p to 37.8p. Dividends remained stable at 31p. The city… Continue reading Rank Profits
Fines of £5,000 will be imposed on newspapers invading individual’s private lives in future, or so it seems according to Governmental response to the Calcutt report published yesterday. Ministers are also backing the QC’s recommendations that the Press Complaints Commission should be reviewed and pulled up for its ineffectiveness.National Heritage secretary, Peter Brooke says that… Continue reading PCC Ineffective Says Government
Following the announcement that Screensport and Eurosport are to merge it has now been revealed that the Lifestyle channel will be the first casualty to emerge from the partnership.At a press conference yesterday Rick Spinner, chief executive officer of European Television Networks announced that Lifestyle will cease transmission at the end of this month. Transponders… Continue reading Lifestyle To Cease At End Of January
Rank Organisation had a bad year at the box office according to pre-tax profit figures released yesterday. A fall of over £20m resulted in profits of £230.1m, substantially lower than expected by city analysts.Earnings per share for the year ending October 30 went down from 38.4p to 37.8p. Dividends remained stable at 31p. The city… Continue reading Rank Profits
Fines of £5,000 will be imposed on newspapers invading individual’s private lives in future, or so it seems according to Governmental response to the Calcutt report published yesterday. Ministers are also backing the QC’s recommendations that the Press Complaints Commission should be reviewed and pulled up for its ineffectiveness.National Heritage secretary, Peter Brooke says that… Continue reading PCC Ineffective Says Government
Following the announcement last week that Alec Kenny of Kenny Lockett Booth Makin was resigning from the company, Deborah Allen has been named as the agency’s new business director. Allen will join KLBM at the end of this month having given up her position of senior media planner at the Media Centre.
The Government is meeting this morning to discuss the publication of Sir David Calcutt’s report on press regulation, with plans to issue the report today – over two weeks earlier than planned. Revelations that have unfolded over the past couple of days have made it necessary for Prime Minister John Major to precipitate the publishing… Continue reading Calcutt Report To Be Issued Today
TMD Carat is advertising in this week’s trade press for a media director to establish its Edinburgh office (Newsline 6/1). The Scottish base is being regarded as a necessity by the agency following its recent acquistion of a KwikFit Account.
Following the announcement last week that Alec Kenny of Kenny Lockett Booth Makin was resigning from the company, Deborah Allen has been named as the agency’s new business director. Allen will join KLBM at the end of this month having given up her position of senior media planner at the Media Centre.
