The ITC has announced that the licence fees payable by its licensees in April to December 1997 will, for the first time, remain at 1996 levels.The Commission has decided that the licence fee tariffs for 1997 should provide a total income of £15.7 million, the same requirement as the previous year. Taking account of the… Continue reading Licence Fees Remain Static
It has been reported that the BBC’s multi-million dollar joint-venture with American based Discovery Communications has been delayed until June this year *BBC To Set Up 8 New Cable Channels.This is six months later than originally forecast, and will mean that the launch of the international channels will be postponed until early 1998. The deal… Continue reading BBC Delay Link-Up With Discovery
The Internet is a medium in its infancy. It has been with us for only a few years and only recently has it begun to make inroads into the UK. At present, it provokes more questions than answers.Yet the one thing which can be said about the Internet is that it is here and big… Continue reading Focus: The Future Of The Internet
Johnston Press this morning announced results for the year ended 31 December which show turnover increasing 61% to £165 million while pre-tax profits grew by 43% to £24.1m.Overall, ad revenues were 6% ahead of the previous year, with jobs advertising the strongest performing category. Fred Johnston, chairman of the group, said: “Trading conditions in the… Continue reading Johnston Announces Record Results
A special edition of Observer editor Will Hutton’s forthcoming book will be free to every reader of the paper in April.The State To Come will be cover-mounted to the paper on three consecutive weeks starting on April 6 in London, the South East and Scotland. The promotion will be supported by a national advertising campaign… Continue reading Free Book For Observer Readers
The Commission has stepped back from tackling the French government head-on over its highly controversial Evin Law, which outlaws virtually all advertising for alcohol and tobacco products. The Commission has also dropped its opposition to the ban on alcohol advertising in French soccer stadiums where games in the 1998 World Cup (hosted by France) will… Continue reading EU: Commission Backs Down On Loi Evin
On 1 April the White House confirmed that President Bill Clinton has requested the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to study the possibility of sharply restricting or banning spirits advertising on TV.
Average weekly cinema admissions fell 18.6% year on year in February to a figure of 2.53 million, according to the Cinema Advertising Association. This is compared to 3.11m in February last year. The total for the month was 10.122m, compared to 12.882 in 1996.Films in February included Sleepers, Evita, Shine and First Wives Club.The latest… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Fall Almost 19% In February
This week saw the second leg of both Champions League matches recently featured in Newsline‘s Programme Analysis of Live Football matches Programme Analysis: Live Football Matches W/E 09/03/97. This time both Newcastle and Manchester United played away, but still managed to achieve respectable audience figures. Manchester United verses Portuguese team FC Porto was watched by… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 23/03/97
IPC’s Music and Sport Group has announced a major restructure of its advertising sales operation. Siobhan Fitzpatrick is promoted to the key role of ad manager of IPC’s men’s lifestyle titles, including Eat Soup and Loaded, from ad manager for Vox, while Bruce Sandell is promoted to ad manager of the group’s new music and… Continue reading IPC Announces Advertising Restructure
