ITV has won exclusive highlight rights to the England v Sweden away football match, which is part of the qualifying stages to the Euro 2000 competition.This is in addition to highlight rights for the four England home matches in the qualifying stages – against Poland, Sweden, Bulgaria and Luxembourg.ITV will also show highlights of England’s… Continue reading ITV Adds To England Highlight Rights
The Adscene group of newspapers has joined as a full member of the Newspaper Society. One of the few remaining newspaper groups outside full membership, Adscene is the 15th largest regional press publisher in the UK. It is already a member of the NS’s commercial arm, NS Marketing.Subscribers can access the Press database by selecting… Continue reading Adscene Joins NS
The computer market proved itself to be one of growth with many titles seeing exceptional year on year increases in sales.Notable among these were the Playstation and Nintendo 64 titles, despite the plethora of new magazines launching into this area. The Official Playstation Magazine, from Future, proved a great success with a massive 156% year… Continue reading July – December 1997 ABCs – Computer Magazine Sector
In the TV magazine sector Sky TV Guide showed the highest circulation figure for this period, but it is Cable Guide and Home Entertainment that showed the greatest percentage increase in circulation compared to last year’s figures. Title Jul 96 – Dec 96 Jul 97 – Dec 97 Actual Change % Change Cable Guide 908,187… Continue reading July-December 1997 – TV & Cinema Sector
Future Publishing is continuing its spend on entertainment titles (subscribers see New Look For T3 Magazine) with the announcement of two magazine revamps, for SFX and PlayStation Power .Future cites the ‘huge growth’ of the science fiction genre as the catalyst to increasing SFX‘s size and scope. The magazine will have a regular monthly size… Continue reading Future Invests In Redesigns
The Independent Television Commission has annoucned that it will be replacing the Broadcasting Sub Group with a Schedule Review Group which will be chaired by Network director of programmes David Liddiment.The role of the new group will be to review ITV’s schedule performance and develop schedule strategy, as well as setting priorities for promoting the… Continue reading ITC Forms ITV Scheduling Group
Anyone out there planning on buying sperm via the internet (you never know), ought to first heed the warnings of the Government’s fertility watchdog: The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The HFEA has warned potential sperm recipients of the dangers of the growing trade in illicit sperm. A number of reproductive services have been… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 13/02/98
The Local Radio Company (TLRC) has announced the acquisition of Wessex Broadcasting Limited for an undisclosed sum.Wessex Broadcasting operates Wessex FM which broadcasts local programmes from Dorchester across West Dorset. The company is also a lead shareholder in South West Sussex Radio Limited, holding a 43% share.TLRC also operates eight other stations including Spire FM,… Continue reading Local Radio Company Acquires Wessex Broadcasting
The January Retail Prices Index was announced this morning as 159.5, a decrease of 0.3% on the previous month and a rise of 3.3% on January 1997.Subscribers can access RPI trends by selecting “Encyclomedia” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
The House of Lords last night voted by 121 to 93 in favour of an amendment to the Competition Bill which is aimed at preventing national newspapers abusing a dominant position in order to put rivals out of business.The Government is vehemently opposed to any amendment to the Bill and it will attempt to overturn… Continue reading Lords Revolt In Favour Of Curbing Newspaper Price Cuts
