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The two IPC magazine Internet sites Uploaded (http://www.uploaded.com)and New Scientist Planet Science (http://www.newscientist.com) have received their first official ABC //electronic web audits.The audits cover the period from 1 July to 31 July 1997. UpLoaded received 1,949,541 page impressions and 101,235 users; New Scientist received 1,619,934 page impressions and 173,857 users.The ABC certificates are designed to… Continue reading Uploaded And New Scientist First Web Audits

Spain’s disputed law on digital TV is likely to be approved by the European Commission this week, following changes made by the Spanish Government to the text. The amendments remove obstacles which had hindered the commercial development of Spain’s digital TV providers.

It is becoming apparent that the EC is finding it difficult to obtain a consensus on the issue of the concentration of media ownership, and whether or not there is a need and a will to draw up and enforce a new Directive on the subject. Mr Mario Monti, Commissioner for the Internal Market, was… Continue reading EU: Commission Split On Media Ownership

The International Communications Round Table (ICRT) – whose groups include Bertelesmann, Reuters, Sony, Microsoft and Dow Jones, and which lobbies on behalf of companies in the media, communications and publishing industries – has called on EU governments to implement and interpret the Data Protection Directive with sensitivity and flexibility. Its concern is that global trade… Continue reading EU: Concern From Industry

Overall it was a poor month for the national newspaper industry with just five titles showing year on year increases in readership – four of these were broadsheets. The Sunday Telegraph led the way with an increase of almost 15% year on year to 2.36 million while the Guardian rose over 6% to 1.346 million.… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – August

The ITC has changed its rules to allow centre-break advertising in half-hour documentaries. Meanwhile, in a separate decision, it turned down a request from ISBA, the UK advertisers’ group, to increase advertising on terrestrial services from the existing average of 7 minutes per hour to an average of 9 minutes per hour.

ITV and Barclaycard have announced that they are to join forces to sponsor the ITV Barclaycard Champions of Sports Awards – a celebration of British sporting achievement. The deal involves Barclaycard being both the event and broadcast sponsor and is part of their build-up programme to sponsor British athletes for the Sydney 2000 Olympics.The sponsorship… Continue reading ITV And Barclaycard To Sponsor Sports Awards

On behalf of the EP’s Legal Affairs Committee, Mr Roberto Barzanti (Italy, Socialist) will this week present his report on copyright in the information society, stressing the need for an appropriate regulatory framework to be completed as a matter of urgency at an EU level, in order to maintain the traditionally high level of authors’… Continue reading EU: Copyright Moves

The UK’s Broadcasting Standards Commission has suggested that those adhering to its new code on privacy and fairness could become exempt from key parts of the EU’s directive on data protection. The new code, which adds extra regulations to the ITC’s guidelines, will be published within the next two months.

The European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA) has published its new edition of “Advertising Self-Regulation in Europe”. The text covers self-regulatory systems in the EU, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey. It also includes and examines the codes of conduct introduced by the various national self-regulatory bodies; national legislation; comparative tables of the… Continue reading EU: EASA Analyses Self Regulation