The broadcasting experts who met in Amsterdam on 17/18 February made some key recommendations on the EU treaty reforms needed in order to respond to the new challenges in the European audiovisual industry. They stressed the importance of universal access to and share in the information society. Public service broadcasting is seen as having distinctive… Continue reading Eu: Public Service Broadcasting
EU telecoms ministers on 7 March agreed new rules governing basic voice telephone operations and the licensing of private telephone providers. The agreement establishes that certain services are “universal” and must therefore stay affordable, such as regular phone and fax lines, directory research services and free emergency calls from public pay phones.
EC Commissioner Karel van Miert has stated that Flemish legislation on radio advertising represents a monopoly, and requires modification.
The ITC has received two applications to run Channel 5’s text service. Sky Five Text, jointly owned by BSkyB and Channel 5 Text, has bid £1.5 million and Text5, wholly owned by Teletext, has bid £313,000.The applicants can propose any mixture of teletext or similar services for either open or subscription-only access and no programme… Continue reading Battle Begins For C5 Text Service
The winners of the 1996 sales promotion awards have been announced. The awards attracted more than 400 entries from newspapers up and down the country.The top award for sales promotions campaign of the year, daily and Sunday newspapers, went to the Newcastle Evening Chronicle for their Win Your Dream Home Campaign. While the award for… Continue reading Top Campaigners
Canada’s House of Commons has voted overwhelmingly in favour of imposing strict laws on the advertising of tobacco products. By 139 votes to 37, the MPs voted in favour of banning tobacco advertising on TV, radio, outdoor posters and on buses. Furthermore the legislation would restrict tobacco manufacturers to covering a maximum of 10% of… Continue reading CAN: Commons Votes Ad Ban
EC Commissioner Mario Monti has promised that there will be a more energetic approach by the Commission towards the outstanding issues in financial services. In a speech to the European Parliament, Commissioner Monti confirmed that the Commission will shortly propose a draft Directive on distance selling of financial services, based on the provisions of the… Continue reading EU: Monti Promises Action
BSkyB and Kirch Gruppe have announced the end of their joint venture to create a German Pay-TV channel, DF1.
Future Publishing has now confirmed that it is launching a TV magazine for TV addicts *TV Listings Guides Set To Multiply.Cult TV will launch in June. The monthly entertainment title promises to provide features, reviews, star interviews and quirky facts and figures on all those all-time favourite series. Publisher, Stuart Anderton commented: “Cult TV will… Continue reading TV Cult Launching
The number of children aged between 2 and 17 surfing the Internet has doubled in the past twelve months to 4 million, according to a survey carried out by Jupiter Communications and reported in New Media Age.The survey concludes that the “Kids Online” market is about to become commercially viable with users growing five fold… Continue reading Online Kids Double In Twelve Months
