Dedicated radio services licensed by the Radio Authority, will be covering a number of major sporting and music events this Summer.For the first time Royal Ascot Day Radio took to the airwaves on 17-21 June and Special Olympics FM is also broadcasting for the first time for three weeks leading up to the National Summer… Continue reading Dedicated Radio Services To Launch This Summer
Anna Ford, a presenter on Radio 4’s Today Programme, has been reprimanded for saying ‘shit’ while on-air. The Broadcasting Standards Commission upheld the complaints of viewers, and said that there had been no justification for the bad language.In a separate case, three viewers complained about a sex scene in McCallum, a drama about a pathologist.… Continue reading Swearing Today
Revenue The combined terrestrial TV revenue for May, according to agency estimates, came in at £193.31 million which is a drop of 3.83% year-on-year. ITV’s revenue fell 5.7% year on year to £148.81m while Channel 4’s rose 2.2% to £46.5m. The ratio between ITV and C4 revenue for May was 76:24. It is also estimated… Continue reading TV Round-Up – May
Primesight plc, the outdoor advertising company, has announced details of its flotation on the London Stock Exchange. 2,820,750 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company are being placed, primarily with institutional investors at 135p. At the Placing Price, the Company will have a market capitalisation of £13.55 million. Dealing is expected to commence on… Continue reading Primesight Prices Flotation
Ford will be sponsoring the ITV broadcast of the 1997 Royal Tournament. The car manufacturer has sponsored the show in part for the last five years and the new full sponsorship deal was negotiated by Sally Blackburn at Laser and James Papworth at the Network on behalf of Ford.As well as sponsoring the opening, Ford… Continue reading Ford To Sponsor Royal Tournament
http://www.beeb.comThe Beeb’s long awaited commercial web-site has finally arrived. The bold site achieves the almost impossible, the clever design manages to give the busy pages a spacious quality. The information does not overwhelm the viewer. Lead your mouse around the page for a casual dip into any area that interests you.Sports fanatics will welcome Scorewatch;… Continue reading Web-Site Of The Week – Beeb
Emap has named its new sales and marketing operation as Emap On Air. Headed by Tom Toumazis (subscribers see EMAP Radio Launches Sales House) the new operation will be responsible for the sales and marketing of all of Emap’s broadcast interests which include 19 radio stations and the cable channel The Box. It will have… Continue reading Emap Names New Sales House
Mike McCormack, chief executive of AMRA Ltd, has been elected chairman of the Publicity Club Of London; he takes over from Peter Howard-Williams, managing director of Pearl & Dean.The Club has over 300 members drawn from all areas of marketing, media and related industries and organises training and social events. McCormack aims to broaden the… Continue reading McCormack In The Club
IPC is set to sell six of its titles from its Specialist Group, according to trade press reports. The titles named include Angler’s Mail, Coarse Angling and Railway. Southern Newspapers is rumoured to be interested in buying the titles.IPC would not comment on the reports while Southern admitted that it had a cash pile of… Continue reading IPC Set To Sell Titles
Reed Business Information’s computer trading title Client/Server Magazine has closed only to be relaunched in October under a new name Corporate Networks . The editorial and advertising staff of the ‘extinct’ title will move over to the new magazine.This repositioning is intended to reflect the computing industry’s increasing concentration on the network as the centre… Continue reading Life After Death For Reed Title
