A number of television companies have applied to the ITC for two-year restricted service licences (RSLs) which will allow them to broadcast within British cities. The ITC has received 31 applications for RSLs which they take to be a strong indication of the desire for local community broadcasting.A number of cities, including Leicester, will have… Continue reading Broadcasting In British Cities
More Group this week announced financial results for the first six months of 1997 which show pre-tax profits rising 43% to £8.8 million on the back of turnover up 38% to £66.2m.In the UK and Ireland, Adshel sales grew by 17% while More O’Ferrall sites were up 30%. Advertisers using this medium for the first… Continue reading More Group Profit Rises 43%
London Taxis International will be sponsoring a month long campaign on LBC 1152 AM. The programming strand, along with other events and activities, is aimed at drawing attention to London’s air pollution problems.LBC: 0171 973 1152
Outdoor advertising company TDI and A.G. Barr, producers of Tizer, are launching a Tizer outdoor promotional campaign for the first time. The campaign is designed to target kids’ mums in order to promote a two-litre product of the drink. The promotion will use bus T-sides in order to achieve this.TDI: 0171 267 5695
From 5 October the London and southeast editions of The Sunday Times Magazine will include a new 24-page colour magazine called New London.Editor Paul Sullivan says the magazine will aim to reveal “the London you don’t know” by giving information on new places to go and things to enjoy as well as examining some of… Continue reading New Sunday Times Magazine Supplement, New London
Research conducted by CIA MediaLab released today shows that the over half those surveyed (54%) believed there had been too much media coverage of the events surrounding Princess Diana’s death. Despite this 79% felt that the death of Diana had been covered in a sensitive manner. 56% of the 500 people questioned felt that television… Continue reading Public Feel Diana Coverage Was Over-Hyped
UK Living, the cable and satellite channel for women, is to launch a new look under the name of Living on October 27. This move is an attempt to distinguish the channel from the UKTV channels which are soon to be launched by the BBC/Flextech Joint Venture.UK Living: 0171 306 6100
The BSC has published its 5th annual monitoring report of public opinion of taste and decency issues. The report shows that TV violence is of most concern to viewers (62%) who believe that there is too much violence on television (64%).Bad language was found in two out of five terrestrial programmes monitored and in three… Continue reading Broadcasting Standards Commission Report
WPP Group has bought a stake in IBOPE Media Information, a top Latin American media research business. The stake comprises 35 per cent of the issued share capital of IGM S.A., the Brazilian holding company which owns IBOPE. This strengthens WPP’s media research activities.WPP Group Plc: 0171 408 2204
BJM Research & Consultancy Limited has carried out research into three of Trinity International Holdings’ Welsh newspaper companies. The research, conducted by BJM on Trinity’s behalf, focused on The Western Mail & Echo Ltd, Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Limited and Chester Chronicle & Associated Newspapers.Results show that readership of Welsh regional newspapers is increasing… Continue reading Growing Strength Of Welsh National Newspapers
