As forecast in NOTICES 32 the Communication following up the European Commission’s Green Paper on Commercial Communications has been adopted by the Commission. The Commission has agreed an important series of measures to facilitate the cross-border provision of commercial communication services along the broad lines of the proposals contained in the Green Paper. This approach… Continue reading EU: Green Paper Bolstered
Well, quite a bit of new stuff on the box this week. First of all 2 Point 4 Children returns to BBC1, watched by 9.38 million, joined by another comedic “big gun” in Goodnight Sweetheart (8.85 million). Both of these programmes are in severe danger as they enter the hostile depths of ‘a series too… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 01/03/98
The Consumers’ Association in the UK has published a policy paper on the issue of food labelling and health. It provides an overview of the main areas of food labelling and makes recommendations to the UK government, the EU and the food industry. It identifies a number of what it sees as problems within UK… Continue reading UK: CA Policy Paper
The European Parliament is moving quickly to deal with the final legislative stage of the Tobacco Advertising Directive, formally adopted on 12 February by the Research Council. The EP Committee meets on 17 March to consider the text and amendments for the committee stage must be put by 31 March. The EP expects to vote… Continue reading EU: EP Moves Quickly As Lobby Begins
Flextech, the programme provider for cable and satellite, has decided to effectively close its TCC channel on 4 April. TCC, which was the nation’s first dedicated children’s channel, will cease broadcasting whilst Flextech’s teenage channel Trouble will receive an extra five hours of programming.From 4 April Trouble will transmit from 7am to 8pm seven days… Continue reading Flextech Merge Children’s Channels
Railtrack have signed with ABC //electronic for an audit of its website. The site, found at http://www.railtrack.co.uk, aims to create an identity for the company on the internet, while providing an online timetable service for customers.Richard Foan, head of ABC //electronic, said: “We are delighted that Railtrack have registered for an audit and we look… Continue reading Railtrack Sign Up With ABC //electronic
John Bridgeman, director-general of the Office of Fair Trading, has written to the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Independent to request information to support their claims that the Times is operating a predatory pricing policy.Bridgeman said: “In the past we have dismissed other claims of predatory pricing but the issue continues to cause concern.” While the… Continue reading OFT Seeks Information On Times Price Cuts
The Mirror Group has sold its 46% stake in the Independent newspapers, it has just emerged.The Irish-based Independent Newspaper group has made a cash offer for the 54% of Newspaper Publishing, which owns the Independent and Independent On Sunday , it does not already own. This values the publisher at just over £6 million.More details… Continue reading Independent Gets New Owner
The Radio Authority will tomorrow advertise a new ILR licence for the town of Coleraine, in County Londonderry, and the surrounding area. The FM licence will serve an adult population of around 30,000.The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday 30 June 1998 and the Radio Authority expects to make its decision some time… Continue reading New Radio Licence For Northern Ireland
The total national newspaper market experienced a year on year fall of 1.8% to 27,964,781 for September-February, with the tabloid papers again showing falls across the board.September-February National Newspaper ABC Comparisons Title Sep 96 – Feb 97 Sep 97 – Feb 98 Actual Change % Change Daily Mail 2,110,476 2,259,563 149,087 7.06 Daily Star 754,740… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – February
