A decision on the planned digital-TV joint venture between Kirch Group and CLT-Ufa, the two German media groups, may be delayed by the European Commission. The German media company Bertelsmann has a 40 per cent stake in CLT-Ufa, and confirmed that the two sides had sought to obtain a compromise with the Commission, which has… Continue reading EU: German digital venture on or off?
Latest data from CAA/EDI shows that April cinema admissions rose 6% year on year to 12.136 million. Average weekly audiences during the month are put at 2.83 million.Films which were released in April included Hard Rain, Scream 2 and The Rainmaker.Subscribers can access the Cinema database by selecting “Cinema” from the drop-down box at the… Continue reading April Cinema Admissions Top 12 Million
The European Parliament’s vote in favour of the Directive banning all tobacco advertising and sponsorship has caused protests from across many sectors of the EU’s media industry. Print media trade bodies have denounced the ban as being anti-democratic and illegal. There was a heated and lengthy debate in the European Parliament in Strasbourg before the… Continue reading EU: EP approves ad ban
The ITC today announced that it had formally awarded a digital TV licence to SDN, a jointly owned company in which NTL, S4C and United News & Media hold equal shares.The ITC had previously said that it would award a licence to SDN (formally S4C Digital Networks, see UNM Seeks New Route To Digital TV)… Continue reading ITC Grants Digital Licence To SDN
The Newspaper Publishers Association has approved the new NRS test questionnaire for newspaper supplements(see NPA NRS Analysis Due Tomorrow) and the methodology will be extended to the whole sample from July 1 1998.The IPA has welcomed the NPA’s decision, saying: “The IPA strongly supports the continuation of the NRS being the single joint industry provider… Continue reading NPA Approves NRS Changes
The European Commission has finally agreed that genetically modified food will only have to be labelled as such when the presence of GMOs is proven, and has thus dropped its previous requirement that such foods should carry “may contain” labelling when it is unclear if they contain GMOs.
World Cup sponsors will have to significantly increase their marketing effort if they are to maximise brand awareness amongst consumers, says the Chartered Institute of Marketing.Despite the World Cup being one of the most high profile events this year, it appears that only Coca Cola has seen any early impact of its sponsorship of the… Continue reading World Cup Sponsors Have To Work Hard For Impact, Report Says
A proposal for a Directive concerning the use of electronic signatures has been put forward by the EC. By laying down minimum rules concerning security and liability, the proposal would ensure electronic signatures were legally recognised throughout the EU on the basis of the Single Market principles of free movement of services, thus creating a… Continue reading EU: Electronic signatures
On 19 May the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, chaired by Willy De Clercq (ELDR, B), adopted a report by Wolfgang Ullmann (Greens, D), on a Commission paper on security and trust in electronic telecommunication. The report calls on the Commission and MS to press ahead with dialogue and agreements at international level to create… Continue reading EU: Security in electronic commerce
The Direct Marketing Association in the UK has succeeded in having Clause 10 (2) deleted from the Data Protection Bill. This clause would have required data controllers to acknowledge opt-out requests – including those made via “tick boxes” on order forms – within 21 days of receipt
