FEDMA has sent a note to all members concerning the proposal for a Directive on the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. As it stands the proposal contains two aspects of concern to the direct mail industry: it would permit customers to return free of charge their old equipment when purchasing new equipment; and MS… Continue reading UK: Recycled equipment Directive
The Green Paper – Regulating Communications: Approaching Convergence In The Information Age – published today by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport sets out a framework for the possibility of merging telecommunications and broadcasting industries in the coming years.Margaret Beckett, President of the Board of Trade, said:… Continue reading Government ‘Green Paper’ Sets The Scene For The Fundamental Restructuring Of The Information Superhighway
The annual report of the Data Protection Registrar has warned about an increasing threat to data privacy posed by the public sector. The DP Registrar cautions that the data matching activities of local authorities may be illegal, despite their objective of combating benefit fraud.
More European Union funding for Europe’s audiovisual industry is expected to be agreed in 1999. A Communication adopted by the EC stresses the need for a financial instrument to attract more private-sector investment to audiovisual production. It recognised a number of ideas put forward at a recent conference in Birmingham under the banner of the… Continue reading EU: More funds for industry?
An amendment to Germany’s Criminal Code has banned the advertising of lotteries or other forms of gambling involving chance if they have not been officially approved. Infringements can be punished by a fine or a prison sentence of up to one year. The new regulation applies equally to services from outside Germany, such as via… Continue reading DE: New tough law
The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has carried out a survey on the station/listener dynamic, prompted by concerns voiced by chairman of advertising agency Banks Hoggins O’Shea, John Banks, that barriers to radio amongst advertising industry people could be based on their own listening prejudices.The survey illustrates that the industry underestimates the way in which people… Continue reading RAB Study Shows Listener Reality Contradicts Industry Views
Broker Merrill Lynch has given Telewest Communications a buy recommendation following “increased efficiency” at the cable company.Telewest’s interims, due on the 6 August, should show EBITDA growth of 230% to £56 million on turnover up 24%, according to the report. This is a raise on Merrill Lynch’s previous forecasts which gave EBITDA for 1998 of… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Upgrades Telewest Report
Regional newspaper publisher, Newsquest, has appointed Simon Bradshaw as editor of the Newsquest Sussex titles, which include the Evening Argus.Bradshaw is currently executive editor at the Daily Record in Glasgow.Newsquest: 0171 420 2700
Commercial radio’s advertising awards, the Aerials, will this year introduce awards for ‘craft skills’. The new categories will be Best Direction, Best Sound Design and Best Casting.A separate panel of judges, convened by the Association of Radio Specialists, will listen to all the ads shortlisted for the awards and select the winners in the Craft… Continue reading Aerial Radio Awards To Reward ‘Craft Skills’
Culture Secretary Chris Smith has decided that vacancies on the Independent Television Commission, the Radio Authority and the Broadcasting Standards Commission will be advertised in the press for the first time.This follows the first ever advertising of BBC Governorships in March this year (see BBC Governorships To Be Advertised For The First Time). Advertisements will… Continue reading Vacancies On Broadcasting Public Bodies To Get Press Advertising For First Time
