BSkyB has said that it will not be allowing ITV to show the crucial England v Italy World Cup qualifying match live on Saturday. Instead, ITV will be showing an unedited recording of the game at 10pm. The Football Association had put pressure on Sky Sports to allow live coverage of the game to be… Continue reading No Live England Game For ITV
The September Retail Price Index was announced this morning as 159.3, an increase of 0.5% on the previous month and a rise of 3.6% on September 1996.Subscribers can access RPI trends by selecting “Encyclomedia” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
The Swedish government in conjunction with the Komsumentverket, the Swedish national board of consumer policy, are seeking the removal of alcohol advertisements by the state alcohol company Vin & Spirit from the Internet. Legal action is expected to be taken by the two state bodies against Vin & Spirit to enforce the demand. Vin &… Continue reading SWE: New Conflict Brewing
The general sports magazine market is rather a puzzle at the moment. Although there are only a couple of mainstream titles, namely Total Sport and Sported! which are both published by Emap, it would appear a difficult arena to enter – a number of titles have struggled in the sector and been forced to close,… Continue reading First Issue Review – Inside Sport
British Telecom are to wait for MCI to make the next move following WorldCom’s counter-bid of $30bn for an MCI merger (subscribers see BT Considers Options. WorldCom’s offer outstrips BT’s by about $7bn and BT are not planning to make a higher competing offer.There is the possibility of a three-way merger deal although a BT… Continue reading BT Puts The Ball In MCI’s Court
The Ordnance Survey has launched a new Website ( http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk) which features samples of a mapping product which covers the entire country at scales of up to fifty inches to one mile. The site hosts a number of further samples of OS services and products as well as information about the company and links to… Continue reading Mapping In Cyberspace
Future Publishing’s PC Plus magazine is to feature a full version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 4.0 on CD ROM on the cover of the November issue (at newsstands 8 October). The software, which can take over an hour to download from the Internet, is featured free with video tutorials.The December issue also sees £1000’s worth… Continue reading PC Plus Promotions
TuesdayThe Retail Prices Index for August will be announced.NRS data for August will be released and featured on Newsline.ThursdayMonitoring Media Performance conference, City Conference Centre, London.Also this week: Website of the Week will cover the Daily Telegraph ‘s Juiced site and there will also be a Web Round-Up looking at the latest developments in the… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Revenue Agency estimates put August’s terrestrial television revenue at £143 million. ITV brought in a total of £104.8m, up 3.9% year on year, while Channel 4 came in at £31.5m, up 0.5%. Channel 5’s revenue was estimated to be £6.7m, down from £8m last month. GMTV’s revenue fell 8% to £5.3m.There were relatively minor year… Continue reading TV Round-Up – August
The fifteen year deal struck between the BBC and Flextech in March (subscribers see Flextech And The BBC Finally Shake Hands) has produced UKTV, a network of channels which is set to launch on Saturday 1 November.The new station is set to broadcast a revamped UK Gold along with three new channels. UK Horizons plans… Continue reading UKTV Offers Three New Channels
