Return of the Swamp Thing, shown on Channel 5 on Monday 12th May, was watched by a consolidated audience of 1.112 million which is an average audience for the slot, though it is a high figure in comparison with the rest of the channel’s viewing.Viewing was highest for this film in the Central Scotland, North… Continue reading Programme Analysis: Return Of The Swamp Thing W/E 18/5/97
Northcliffe Newspapers Group Ltd and Newsquest Media Group Ltd are closing UK News, their jointly owned national news agency, at the end of June. PA News is taking over UK News contracts to supply news and sports services to their daily newspapers.PA has also guaranteed to supply the seven other regional evening newspapers, currently receiving… Continue reading UK News Closes
Coronation Street comes out on top this week with an average audience of 13.65 million over its four episodes. The real story in the soap world is the rout of Eastenders on Thursday, which only drew an audience of 8.97 million. In its place Emmerdale reigned supreme that evening with another hour long special. The… Continue reading TV Weekly Viewing Summary W/E 25/05/97
The Media Centre topped the Radio Advertising Bureau’s league of top radio buying points in April, according to its May Newsletter, with £18.9m. Zenith came second with £14.7m and Universal McCann third with £11.5m.Top Advertisers to April 97 included COI with £7m, Dixons Stores Group with £5.7m and Carphone Warehouse with £5.6m.RAB: 0171 306 2500
The ITC will be publishing Guidance Notes on the licensing and operation of Pay Per View services on cable and satellite services. The key points are:1 Normal watershed restrictions may be relaxed.2 This dispensation, however, will only be permitted providing reception of Pay Per View is subject to a mandatory PIN number system, or equivalent… Continue reading Changes To The Pay Per View System
In an interview with the Observer newspaper, Chris Smith, the Heritage Secretary, said that lack of Parliamentary time means that a Bill to tighten regulation on non-terrestrial sports broadcasts would not be tabled until next year.Department of National Heritage: 071 211 6275
The Restrictive Practices Court is currently deciding whether the 20 premiership football clubs acted as an illegal cartel by negotiating a TV contract collectively. If it rules that the clubs have been acting illegally, the chief executive of the Premier League, Peter Leaver, claims that live coverage of football on TV in the UK could… Continue reading A Kick In The Teeth For Football
The ITC is inviting applications for Restricted Service Licences. Provision for RSLs was made in the 1996 Broadcasting Act. There are two types of licence: the first, to cover a specific event such as a festival, will be for a term of 56 days, the second, to cover a particular establishment or other location, will… Continue reading Applications Invited For Restricted Service Licences
The World Federation of Advertisers, meeting in Stockholm last week, has expressed concern over what it see as mounting threats to freedom of speech and commercial communication in a number of countries, including some members of the EU.The WFA is urging all governments in the EU to support the Green Paper on Commercial Communication, calling… Continue reading Advertisers Promote Free Speech
The ITC has awarded the local delivery licence for Milton Keynes to BT New Towns Cable TV Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of British Telecommunications Plc. BT New Towns Cable submitted the highest of four bids received for the licence. BT paid £4,500 for the licence; it is proposing to upgrade the existing narrowband system… Continue reading BT Wins Cable Franchise
