The Radio Authority is advertising a new small-scale Independent Local Radio licence to serve the town of Telford, in Shropshire.The licence is being offered on the FM waveband and is expected to cover an area with an adult population of around 115,000.The closing date for applications is 11 August 1998.RA: 0171 430 2724
Stephen Davidson, chief executive of Telewest Communications, has said that he will be stepping down from his position following yesterday’s announcement of the merger between Telewest and General Cable (subscribers see Telewest Buys General Cable For £649m).Davidson will be replaced by David Van Valkenburg, currently chief operating officer, on a temporary basis.It is intended that… Continue reading Telewest Chief Stands Down
Mobile phone operator Orange has secured a deal with BAFTA and ITV which will see the company sponsoring both the event itself and the ITV broadcast of it. This is Orange’s first venture into broadcast sponsorship, as well as being the first time the awards have been sponsored.The deal was negotiated by Julian Rigamonti, commercial… Continue reading Orange To Sponsor BAFTA Event And ITV Coverage
The Radio Authority announced today that it will allow Scottish Radio to acquire West Sound AM because the move would not be expected to operate against the public interest (subscribers see Radio Authority Invites Comments On Scottish Radio Move).The Authority said that it had taken into account a range of views expressed by third parties… Continue reading RA Allows Acquisition Of West Sound AM
Fledgling media planning consultancy Unity has announced that it has won the planning account for Carphone Warehouse, which has an ad budget of around £14 million.The win adds weight to the argument, first espoused by Martin Sorrell, that specialisation is the way forward for the advertising industry (subscribers see MRG Conference Dublin 1997 – Opening… Continue reading Unity Wins Major Account
BSkyB has taken legal action against British Digital Broadcasting (BDB) over the extent of compatibility of the two companies’ set-top box receiver equipment. Sky is claiming that BDB has broken a contractual stipulation agreed when BSkyB was forced to leave the BDB consortium in June last year (subscribers see BSkyB Leaves The Alliance). BDB questions… Continue reading BSkyB Issues Writs Over BDB Set-Top Boxes
Future Publishing has announced that it will be relaunching its Total Bike! magazine from the May issue, which goes on sale tomorrow.The new-look magazine, which will have a new logo and increased pagination, will now include a range of lifestyle features. These will include items on health and fitness, star profiles, fashion, travel and each… Continue reading Future Relaunches Bike Magazine
A new pay-per-view film service service is being planned by St. James’ Investment Partnership and will run under the name of Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC). St. James is run by two former BSkyB executives, Richard Dunn and Richard Brooke; DBC is also part-funded by the venture capital group, MediaVentures.Planning to launch on the digital networks… Continue reading Digital Broadcasting Company Plans ‘Distinctive’ Movie Service
Telewest this morning announced that it would be buying up rival cable operator General Cable for an agreed £649 million. This will mean Telewest overtaking Cable & Wireless Communications as the UK’s largest cable operator.At present Telewest owns and operates 28 franchises which, along with stakes in other operators, means that its networks cover 4.4… Continue reading Telewest Buys General Cable For £649m
Overall viewing share is divided typically this week, with ITV taking 31.9% against BBC1’s 29.8%. Channel 4 (9.8%) and BBC2 (11.1%) still keep Channel 5 at bay with its share of 4.4%.Although Channel 5’s viewing share remains at more or less the same level as previous weeks, it has managed to get three programmes above… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 05/04/98
