29/10/9729/10/97ITV Requests Treasury Payments ReductionThe ITV Network has put forward proposals to the ITC which argue that ITV’s licence payments to the Treasury ought to be reduced in the light of the more “fragmented and competitive marketplace” which ITV now finds itself. Its current payments total £400m per year.The Network has outlined the objectives which… Continue reading ITV Requests Treasury Payments Reduction
The UK cable music channel The Box will back The Brit Awards Best British Video Award for the second year running. In order to attract more votes The Box will be screening special Brit Awards features six times a day for the six weeks leading up to the event.The Braben Company: 0171 289 1616
Rupert Garret is to move to GWR’s newly-created national sales house (subscribers see GWR Announces New Sales Operation) as an agency group head. He is expected to leave his post as head of radio at BBJ Media Services later this year although no definite date has been set. He will report to the national sales… Continue reading Rupert Garrett To Join GWR
By close of trade yesterday most media stocks had suffered a bigger drop than the FTSE all share index which was down 2.6% on the previous day.One of the worst hit was Capital Radio which fell 12.8%, a drop of 66p to 451.5p, while two other radio groups were also hard hit. GWR fell 7.8%,… Continue reading Media Shares Hit Hard In Stockmarket Nosedive
Following yesterday’s dramatic fall for the worse in the world’s stock market, traders around the world were bracing themselves for even worse this morning. As expected the crash went global and at one stage this morning more than £76 billion was knocked of British equities. London’s FT-SE index fell steeply first thing this morning hitting… Continue reading FT-SE’s Rocky Ride
Chief executive of Capital Radio, David Mansfield, has appointed Sally Oldham as Capital’s first managing director of group radio. She moves from the post of regional operations director where she was responsible for Capital’s stations in Hampshire, Sussex, Kent and Birmingham. Oldham will now also have responsibility for the London market as well as Capital’s… Continue reading Capital Appoints First Managing Director For Radio
Since the Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) agreed to recommend that its members send admissions data to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA), the industry and advertisers have started to reap the benefits of accurate audience share data.The first ever accurate quarterly cinema admissions figures have been published by the CAA. This report, covering the period July-September… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Data Benefits Advertisers
Following extensive consultation, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has decided to retain the requirement that 80 per cent of ITV programmes by subtitled. The ITC did not accept that the quota should be reduced but did allow an extra two years to allow ITV licensees to achieve this. The result is that the 80 per… Continue reading ITV Must Subtitle 80% Of Programmes By 2004
Reed Elsevier announced yesterday that it is to put its IPC Magazines division up for sale (subscribers see Reed Confirms IPC Sell-OffDespite industry sources speculating that a deal of this magnitude might be a stretch for Emap, chief executive Robin Miller told Newsline that Emap would be considering further the opportunity saying that there were… Continue reading Possibilities For IPC Magazines Sale
Treaty Radio Ltd. has signed a sound broadcasting contract with the Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) for the provision of a local Limerick City and County radio service. The station will begin broadcasting as 95FM on 6th November. It can be received on 95.0FM in Limerick City and East Limerick and 95.3FM in West… Continue reading IRTC Sign Contract With New Limerick Station
