The Radio Authority has received 13 applications for the new regional licence that will serve the Solent region. One application, SFX 105.2FM was submitted by DMG Radio Ltd, a subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General trust. The Authority is now inviting comments from interest parties, and the public, on the ‘public interest’ implications of… Continue reading Cross Media Public Interest Case
Tim Wootton is leaving his position as chairman of TSMS to join Zenith as non-executive chairman. He will be replaced by David Arculus, the chief operating officer at United News & Media. Arculus has had only a brief stay at TSMS’s parent company, which he joined from EMAP at the end of February (subscribers see… Continue reading TSMS Chairman Leaves For Zenith
Reed Elsevier and Microsoft have announced a strategic alliance which will see Bill Gates’s company take a key role in all of Reed’s future New Media ventures. The five-year agreement is valued at approximately $30 million.As well as helping the publisher to develop its new Websites, the agreement also means that all of Reed’s 26,000… Continue reading Microsoft And Reed Announce $30m Alliance
Chris Smith, named as the new National Heritage Secretary at the weekend, has announced the allocation of Ministerial responsibilities at the Department.Mr Smith will be in charge of overall direction and major policy issues; public expenditure, control and management of the National Lottery; broadcasting and media policy; the Millennium; organisation of the Department; Royal matters;… Continue reading DNH Names Line-Up As Tobacco Ad Ban Looms
Attic Futura and North South have launched B to attract teenage girls who have out grown Attic Futura’s younger publication Sugar.The cover is as bare as the model appearing on it. There are no headlines and nothing to draw the reader in. The entire magazine is designed on these ‘less is more’ principles. B is… Continue reading First Issue Review – B
Following VNU’s mag.net website audit last month (Newsline 9/4/97), Microsoft (MSN-UK) have registered with ABC //electronic to receive an audit and certification.MSN-UK’s advertising sales manager, Tom Bowman, said of the move; “We are pleased to be working with ABC //electronic to create honesty in the UK Internet market. Auditing to openly agreed criteria will help… Continue reading Microsoft Ask For Web Audit
Results for the nine months ending 31/03/97 show BSkyB with pre tax profits up 21% to £215 million – an increase of £38 million. Turnover now stands at £913 million, up 24% on the same period last year – 84% of this total coming from subscription revenues, with advertising now contributing 11%.Total paying subscribers were… Continue reading BSkyB Profits Up 21%
A new system of addresses for the Internet has been given the go ahead by a group of international representatives meeting in Geneva. The agreement means that the current single US company that can register Internet addresses will be replaced by an unlimited number of companies from across the globe. The number of names that… Continue reading Web Round Up – W/E 9/5/97
BSkyB has today announced the creation of British Interactive Broadcasting Ltd (BIB) in a bid to push towards an early launch of digital satellite television. The venture owned by BSkyB (32.5%), BT (32.5%), Midland Bank (20%) and Matsuchita (15%) will finance the production of a million set top boxes with full capability to run interactive… Continue reading BSkyB Launches Digital Services Company
