Virgin Radio has been fined £10,000 by the Radio Authority following an event on Chris Evans’ breakfast show in which the presenter incited the harassment, by the public, of a freelance photographer.Evans, who owns the radio station, disclosed the mobile phone-number of the photographer and urged listeners to ring him up and harass him “until… Continue reading Virgin Radio Fined For Encouraging Harrassment
Carat Manchester, the advertising agency, announced two new appointments yesterday. Gary Parkes has been appointed to provide a specialist direct marketing and media service to clients, and to co-ordinate activities with Carat Group companies in London.Chris Broadbent has also been appointed to the newly created post of deputy managing director at Carat Manchester. He was… Continue reading Changes At Carat Manchester
MediaTel is pleased to announce the addition of Retail Locations data within our Regional Media and mapping database from today.Retail Locations has become the industry standard for details of motor dealers to supermarkets, building societies to opticians. Postcode locations are held for over 180,000 retailers in all.The powerful combination of this data and MediaTel functionality… Continue reading Retail Locations Launches On MediaTel Today
Pace Microtechnology, the manufacturer of set-top box equipment required to receive satellite and cable television, has ceased the production of its analogue product in order to concentrate on the opportunities presented by digital television, the company announced today.Pace, which makes digital receiver boxes for both satellite (Sky Digital) and terrestrial (ONdigital), said that the continued… Continue reading Pace Ceases Production Of Analogue Equipment
Friday’s TV viewing summary incorrectly attributed thirty hours thirty-nine minutes average weekly viewing for individuals for BBC1 during the week ending 27 December 1998. This figure was in fact for for all TV viewing (any station).The correct figure for BBC1’s viewing, according to BARB data, is ten hours and forty-six minutes for individuals. The story… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 27/12/98: Correction
Takeover talks between the Mirror Group and regional newspaper publisher, Trinity International, broke down for a second time yesterday amid rumours of clashes within Mirror’s management.Mirror Group has been in intermittent talks with Trinity since May last year but pulled out early in negotiations saying that it did not want to compete with rival bidder… Continue reading Mirror Group-Trinity Talks Fizzle And Die
After a long wait, Emap Metro has revealed details about the publisher’s ‘top secret’ venture, Project J (see Newsline). The title is to be called Heat and is due for launch on 2 February.The weekly entertainment magazine is to be aimed at the 20-30 year old age group, and is to feature interviews, reviews and… Continue reading Emap’s Project J Turns Up The Heat
Freestyle Publishing is to launch a new men’s title in February called Boy’s Toys. The title is being described as a men’s lifestyle magazine, looking at ‘gadgets and real-life situations’.Freestyle denies that Boy’s Toys will be in direct competition with typical men’s titles such as FHM, Loaded and Maxim, claiming that it has taken a… Continue reading Men’s Magazine Market Gets A New Toy
Regional newspaper publisher, Newsquest, is launching a new internet auction service which aims to allow people to sell anything from cigarette cards to cars, boats and planes. The site, www.auctionhunter.co.uk, launches on 18 January and will be linked to Newsquest’s existing network of This Is… websites.The project is the result of a collaboration between Newsquest… Continue reading Newsquest Launches Internet Auction Sites
Online retailers are yet to compel consumers to shop online, says the latest report from UK based Fletcher Research. Despite evidence that British shoppers are beginning to overcome their qualms and starting to shop online, Fletcher claims that online commerce has barely begun in earnest in the UK.Fletcher suggests in its report Window Shopping? that… Continue reading UK Online Shopping To Soar, Says Research
