The House of Lords today refused to quash the ITC’s rejection of TSW’s franchise application.TSW’s managing director Harry Turner expressed the company’s great dis- appointment, but promised “we will continue top provide a quality regional service in the South West until our existing franchise expires at the end of the year. We will also consider… Continue reading TSW Fails In Lords
A ‘hands off’ message will be issued to EC president Jacques Delors in March by representatives from the Press from all 12 EC countries.A delegation from CAEJ, the European Publishers’ Association, will seek assurances on the following points:* That the editorial and advertising content of the Press remains free from centralised EC restrictions* That no… Continue reading Euro Press Warning To EC President
The London radio market is beginning to to settle now after a hectic two year period which saw the launch of Choice, Jazz, Kiss, Melody, RTM and Spectrum; refinements to LBC’s services ; and fundamental changes to BBC Radio nationally and in London.Latest JICRAR data (Oct-Dec 91) shows that total hours listened in London are… Continue reading London Radio Listening – Oct-Dec 91
Detailed standards of programme quality which could be used to measure the performance of TV licence holders and set the criteria against which they would incur financial penalties are being called for by the IPA in a new discussion paper published today.The paper reaffirms the IPA’s 1989 proposal that viewer reaction should be an important… Continue reading IPA On Quality TV
Six major independent local radio groups have joined forces to set up a marketing bureau with the aim of promoting the medium and increasing its 2% share of advertising revenue.Metro, Capital, Clyde, Crown, Midlands and Transworld are to fund an organisation modelled on the US’s Radio Advertising Bureau. It will target national advertisiers who do… Continue reading Radio Groups Set Up Marketing Bureau
National Readership Surveys plans to begin using the Computer Aided Personal Interviews method by the middle of this year, which will lead to greater flexibility and increased speed of reporting.RSL completed a pilot study last year using the CAPI method. The readership levels in the pilot study confirmed the findings of previous CAPI tests and… Continue reading NRS CAPI Research
The new RAJAR contract has been awarded to RSL.Negotiations on the final specification for the RAJAR research, which is worth £2m a year over four years, should be concluded and the contract signed in March . Fieldwork will begin in September, with first data publication in January 1993.Fieldwork will be conducted in all four quarters… Continue reading RSL Awarded RAJAR Contract
A formal commitment to quality has been secured by the ITC from Granada Group chief executive Gerry Robinson and chairman Alex Bernstein, following fears sparked by the forced resignation of David Plowright, Chief executive of Granada TVRobinson and Bernstein confirmed that programme pledges would be properly resourced to allow the company to meet the range… Continue reading ITC Obtains Assurances From Granada TV
National NewspapersThe NRS six-monthly readership figures for July to December 1991 show The Daily Telegraph and The Financial Times to have faired best amongst the daily newspapers. The Telegraph increased its readership by 12.1% year-on-year and The Financial Times increased by 17.9%.The only other daily newspapers to record increases in readership during this period were… Continue reading NRS Advance Figures July-December’91
Following a board meeting today, TSW has decided to pursue an appeal to the House of Lords against the ITC’s decision to reject their franchise application.TSW’s decision was taken “in view of the importance of the case to TSW and the shortcomings in the ITC’s decision- making process.”It is hoped that the House of Lords… Continue reading TSW Decides To Go To House Of Lords
