Flextech and Telewest have entered an agreement that will see Flextech take a 50% share in revenue generated from all Telewest’s cable television channels. In return Flextech is to provide a £1 million marketing campaign to promote the programmes in Telewest franchise areas.Both Losses Improve At Flextech and Losses Deepen At Telewest recently announced their… Continue reading Flextech And Telewest To Share Revenue
The European Commission’s Competition Unit is studying the Council of Registrars’ (CORE) proposals for registration of Internet domain names. CORE has put forward new top-level domains, including .shop .firm and .arts. They plan to add these to .com, .org and .net, which are already in use. 88 companies have set themselves up as CORE registrars… Continue reading EU: Internet domain names
The National Magazine Company has announced that it will be launching a new parenting lifestyle title called M . It will be aimed particularly at parents of children aged one to ten.The first issue goes on sale on Monday 4 May with a print-run of 150,000 and a cover-price of £2.20. Announcing the magazine, editor… Continue reading Nat Mags To Launch New Parenting Title
Global advertising agency Abbott Mead Vickers (AMV) has released its preliminary annual results today for the year ended 31 December 1997; the results show a 19% increase in pre-tax profits at the group to £17.28 million.AMV’s turnover was up from £358.40 million in 1996 to £431.32 million this time – a rise of 20%. Operating… Continue reading AMV Pre-Tax Profit Up 19%
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has said that it will not act on Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown’s request that The Times newspaper be investigated by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) (subscribers see Ashdown Asks For Inquiry Into Times Ownership).Ashdown was concerned that the ownership of The Times by Rupert Murdoch was… Continue reading Calls For MMC Investigation Of The Times Rejected By DTI
There has been yet another procedural delay in the processing of the complaint to the Commission about the Greek toy ad ban. Following the abortive 12 March meeting to consider the infringements actions, the British Toy and Hobby Association has written to Lord Simon, the UK minister for trade and competitiveness in Europe. The letter… Continue reading EU: Foot-dragging over Greek case
The media companies Kirch Group and CLT-Ufa are to step up efforts to persuade the EC to permit them to form a digital pay-TV joint venture. Karel Van Miert, Commissioner responsible for competition policy, has criticised their plan and said that the merger in its current form is unacceptable. His doubt appears to be that… Continue reading DE: Merger blocked
The Advertising Information GroupThe Advertising Information Group is a joint initiative of the main advertising and commercial communication tripartites in Europe. Core members include: the Zentralverband der Deutschen Werbewirtschaft, the UK Advertising Association, the Dutch Stichting Stuurgroep Reclame, the Austrian Fachverband Werbung und Marktkommunikation, and the Hungarian Advertising Association. The central aim of the Advertising… Continue reading AIG Submission to the European Commission DG VII (Transport) on Car Advertising and Road Safety
On 11 March the Advertising Association held a meeting with Lord Simon, the UK minister for trade and competitiveness in Europe, to discuss three issues: ˇ the recently-adopted Communication from the Commission, following up the Green Paper on Commercial Communications ˇ Article 169 infringement cases and the Commission’s response to them ˇ the arrangements to… Continue reading UK: AA meets Lord Simon
Unofficial BARB figures report that Channel 5 achieved its best ever week in terms of viewing figures for the week ending 22 March.The channel averaged a 4.6% audience share, beating its previous best of 4.2%. Thursday’s The Real Monty is being hailed as C5’s highest rating ‘documentary’, attracting 2.2 million viewers – a 12% viewing… Continue reading Channel 5 Achieves Its Highest Weekly Viewing
