Future Publishing, which is part of the international Pearson Plc media group, has appointed James Pembroke as publisher in the Entertainment division. He will be responsible for SFX, the science fiction magazine and the recently launched cult tv title.Pembroke joins Future from The Oldie where he was business manager for the last five years. He… Continue reading New Publisher For Future’s Entertainment Division
Carlton Communications Plc and the film finance and distribution company, Intermedia, have agreed to establish a joint development fund for British films. Carlton Film Distributors is also to merge its international sales operation with Village Intermedia Pictures, a distribution business jointly owned by Intermedia and Australian Village Roadshow.This will further augment Carlton’s film archive after… Continue reading Carlton In Film Partnership With Intermedia
Any information submitted to the Internet, whether as online application forms or personal email correspondence, will, if governments get their way, be available for scrutiny. US intelligence agencies are currently campaigning to ban any encryption codes which they cannot read thus providing them with access to any information passing through the Internet, including private financial… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 26/09/97
The behaviour of the Battersby family in Coronation Street has provoked almost 80 viewers to complain to the Independent Television Commission. In its August bulletin the ITC reports that viewers cited the incident when Les Battersby headbutted Curly Watts as an example of an unwelcome change of tone in the soap. The ITC however did… Continue reading Corrie And Brookside Cleared By ITC
Chris Smith, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, last week made proposals that the government may play a part in expediting the installation of digital television. He spoke of Government involvement in providing possible financial incentives for the acquisition of the set-top boxes required to receive digital television.Whilst wanting to “make the benefits… Continue reading Government May Expedite Arrival Of Digital Television
Webmedia has appointed Peter Beech as managing director. Currently head of interactive marketing and new media at Leo Burnett, Beech will take up his new position in mid October. Webmedia’s existing managing director and co-founder, Steve Bowbrick, will become chairman and CEO. Beech’s appointment is designed to free Bowbrick to concentrate on the long term… Continue reading New MD For Webmedia
David Liddiment, the newly appointed network director at ITV, has said that the three major ITV companies of Carlton, Granada and United News & Media should work more closely together to become an “ITV plc” operation.Speaking at the Royal television Society convention in Cambridge, and reported in today’s Financial Times, Mr Liddiment said that the… Continue reading ITV Companies Should Co-Operate, Convention Told
Internet ads will need to evolve in order to be more effective, according to a survey by Jupiter Communications. It is predicted that online ads such as animated banners, which can often achieve click-through rates of over 25 percent, will be used heavily. Off-line advertising will see an increase both in ads designed to attract… Continue reading Internet Ads Need To Change
The main area of movement in the media market was once again the television sector. On Monday Granada rose 7.5p to 798.5p due to rumours of investment presentations and on Friday jumped 14 to 818p. This latter rise was due to comments from Chris Smith, secretary of state for culture, media and sport, that the… Continue reading Sharewatch – W/E 19/9/97
Conde Nast Traveller reminds me of IPC’s Eat Soup in a number of ways. It attempts to be both informative and entertaining, so becoming a generalised consumer title covering a niche area; it flatters readers into thinking they are or could be the bone fide item (ie, a chef or restaurant critic in Eat Soup‘s… Continue reading First Issue Review – Conde Nast Traveller
