The takeover of Classic Gold 954/1530 by Murfin Music International (see Murfin Music To Buy Classic Gold 954/1530) has been given the go-ahead following the Radio Authority’s public interest test.The station broadcasts on AM in an area covering Hereford and Worcester. The Authority conducted a public interest test because Murfin already owns a station broadcasting… Continue reading Murfin/Classic Gold Takeover Given All-Clear By RA
Emap Online has been named as a winner of a 1998 Award for Innovation in E-Business. Winner of the travel, retail and transport category, the award recognises Emap Online’s achievement with its websites Aloud.com and Bargainholidays.com.Emap Online is one of the largest online retailers in Britain, and its other online products include 1ski.com, Ab2Travel.com and… Continue reading Emap Online Is A Winner
Front Cover – Frontfront is a new men’s lifestyle magazine and one of the first new launches by Cabal Communications. In an interview with Newsline, Cabal Communications’ managing director, Andy Sutcliffe, stated that front ‘aims to provide for young men what magazines like Sugar and Bliss provide for young women.’ This is a sector in… Continue reading First Issue Review – Front
Chris Smith, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, yesterday said that the Government is considering allowing the BBC to receiving funding which is supplementary to the licence fee. This would include advertisements carried on some of the Corporation’s channels which have so far remained non-commercial hallowed ground.Whilst arguing that it is not… Continue reading BBC Channels May Carry Ads
It is understood that the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) is currently discussing with its members ways of changing the system by which TV airtime is bought for advertisers.According to this week’s Campaign, the Society is recommending to members that they encourage their agencies to demand more guarantees of audience delivery from the broadcasters.… Continue reading ITV Trading System Comes Under Further Scrutiny
Granada yesterday sold its 6.5% stake in BSkyB, its main rival in the digital television battle. Granada sold its chunk of the group directly to BT Alex Brown, the investment bank, for £429 million.BT Alex Brown are understood to have bought Granada’s BskyB shares for 400p each, and sold them on for 404p to a… Continue reading Granada Sells Stake In BSkyB
The first website for The Annual London Film Festival is to be produced by The Guardian. Already live at www.lff.org.uk, the site is intended to help festival-goers to navigate their way around all of the films featured at the festival, and will expand until the festival starts on 5 November.The site will deliver interviews by… Continue reading The Guardian Puts London Film Festival Online
Following IPC Magazine’s acquisition of Link House Media yesterday (see Newsline), IPC’s chief executive, Mike Matthew, has announced some senior management changes at Link House Magazines.Link House managing director, Peter Cosgrove, is to depart, and Simon Owen, of IPC’s Country and Leisure Group, becomes general manager.Mike Matthew commented on the restructure: “Link House joins the… Continue reading Restructuring At IPC’s Link House
Hopes of further cuts in interest rates have been raised after it emerged that the keenest advocate of high rates at the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee switched his vote to demand a cut in September.Minutes of last month’s meeting, where rates were frozen at 7.5%, showed that while the MPC voted 7-2 in… Continue reading Bank Hardliner’s Switch Raises Interest Rate Cut Hopes
Sky Digital’s Pub Channel, planning to launch later this year, is currently in discussions with advertisers to offer in-pub promotions that link-up with the channel’s content. One of these ideas is to offer scratchcards to pub customers which will promote new drinks and brands.Around 40,000 UK pubs (56%) currently subscribe to BSkyB in order to… Continue reading Sky’s Pub Channel To Offer Promotional Advertising
