Youth cable channel Rapture appears to be set for a November launch date. The channel, which has put its launch back several times, will probably start as a weekend service in the Bristol, Birmingham and Liverpool areas. Production company Kudos, which is setting the channel up, told Newsline that final details were still being negotiated… Continue reading Rapture Looks To November For Launch
Ulster Television today blamed “difficult trading conditions” for the marginal growth in its advertising revenue for the half year to 30 June 1997. Though the broadcaster’s share of viewing for the period was 39.5% against an ITV average of 33.2%, there was a drop in pre-tax profits from £4.67m to £3.64m.Ulster: 01232 328122
The new Rugby Union season starts on Saturday, with BSkyB having live rights to the major competitions at international, domestic and European level. This will include the new Allied Dunbar Premiership One and European Heineken Cup competitions as well as England’s Five Nations games and internationals against New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.Sky’s live Rugby… Continue reading Rugby Union On Sky
Emap On Air has now filled more key senior positions with the appointment of Karen Stacy and Sarah-Jane O’Malley as account directors. Both Stacy and O’Malley were previously in the Channel 4 sales team.Two new account managers have also been appointed in the shape of Adam Verby and Nick Downs who were previously at Scottish… Continue reading Emap On Air Announces Senior Appointments
Express Newspapers will be opening a sales office in Manchester in the Autumn. It will be headed by Nora Flannery who was previously sales and marketing manager at National Union of Students Services.Express Newspapers: 0171 921 5900
Trista Grant, managing director, of Universal McCann, will be leaving the company in October to become media director of McCann-Erickson in Sydney. Fiona Smedley and Chris Shaw, joint planning directors, will then become joint managing directors.…G&J has appointed a new ad controller in Clare Dove, who joins from Atlantic 252, while Fiona Beard has been… Continue reading Appointment News
The Broadcasters Audience Research Board has agreed a revised tariff structure after the new proposals which emerged last week met with disdain from sections of the industry.The new tariff was agreed at a Barb board meeting on Tuesday and letters have now been sent to subscribers detailing the new arrangement. It is rumoured that the… Continue reading Barb Revise Tariff
Trinity International has said that it intends to buy Dublin-based Post Publications for £4.9m. Post publishes The Sunday Business Post, which has a circulation of around 42,000. The deal is subject to approval by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in Ireland.Trinity appears keen to take a dominant position in the Irish regional newspaper… Continue reading Trinity Buys Dublin Publisher
The Advertising Standards Authority has followed the ITC’s recent lead by criticising car advertisers which sell their products by focusing on speed and acceleration.A number of complaints were received by the ASA regarding press and poster ads for Audi and Volvo cars. Objections, including one from the Department of Transport, to a poster for an… Continue reading ASA Upholds More Car Ad Complaints
Agency estimates put the total terrestrial TV revenue for July at £160.320m. Of this, ITV brought in £116.25m , Channel 4 £36m and C5 £8.07m. All of these figures are down on the previous year. LWT put in the strongest performance among the ITV areas, with a year on year increase of 0.2% points to… Continue reading TV Revenue – July
