It was again a poor month among the national newspapers, with only three titles showing year on year increases in their June-November NRS figures.The Guardian performed particularly well with a rise in readership of almost 7% while the Sunday Telegraph showed an increase of 8%. The People saw the largest readership fall of the month… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – November
The European Parliament Culture Committee voted on 24 September to allocate ECU 20 million for the creation of an Audiovisual Guarantee Fund, with the aim of boosting the Fund’s encouragement of EU audiovisual production. The European Federation of Audiovisual Directors (EFAD) has recently observed that there exists a huge gap between European and North American… Continue reading EU: Culture Committee Backs Fund
Channel 4 is rumoured to be planning a digital channel based on its successful Film on Four department.According to the Observer a proposal for the film channel will be put to the Channel 4 board in the Autumn as part of a long-term business plan prepared by media consultant Hydra.It is said that the upmarket… Continue reading C4 In Film Channel Rumours
The Council has adopted unanimously a Directive on consumer credit, which modifies Directive 87/102/EEC on Consumer Credit. It establishes throughout the EU a single method of calculation of the real annual cost of consumer credit.
The Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU has decided voluntarily to label foods containing genetically modified soyabeans or maize, in the absence of an agreement between EU Member States to introduce common labelling rules. The Confederation said it was alarmed at the failure of the EU to agree common rules and… Continue reading EU: Genetically Modified Crops
The publishing, phonographic and telecoms industries have signalled their strong opposition to the draft Directive on Copyright, now adopted by the European Commission. They argue that its provisions will provide insufficient protection for rights holders against the making of unauthorised copies and that the liability for infringements should not be placed exclusively on the shoulders… Continue reading EU: Copyright Directive Under Fire
The Radio Advertising Bureau has started a new series of publications entitled RAB LAB. The first in the series is The Grammar of Radio Advertising and is a ‘snapshot’ analysis of contemporary British radio advertising.The report, based in analysis of a random selection of over 300 radio commercials, seeks to explore how radio advertising “expresses… Continue reading RAB Launches Publication Series
Today’s announcement that Reed Elsevier has sold IPC Magazines to Cinven, the venture capital group, means that the company will now operate as an independent publisher and will not be split up into separate divisions.While Cinven actually raised the £860 million in cash, the publisher will be run by its existing management team which is… Continue reading IPC Magazines Gains Independence
Merrill Lynch has adjusted its 1998 forecast for United News & Media due to ‘lower underlying performance’. The brokers has also adjusted its 1999 forecast to reflect a more conservative assumption regarding the reduction in ITV license payments that United is likely to obtain starting in 1999. The previously assumed reduction of £44m has been… Continue reading Tougher Year Ahead For United News & Media
The sale of IPC Magazines took a further development during the festive period as some of the bidders were named. IPC’s owners, Dutch firm Reed Elsevier, has named three of the four bidders so far: Emap, Cinven and German firm H Bauer. It is reported that the venture capital group Cinven is in ‘exlusive talks’… Continue reading Christmas Developments
