Optimedia have appointed Simon Timlett as Head of Press. Timlett was formerly at CIA Media Network. Keith Hallett is now Group Director of Optimedia.…Meanwhile, CIA Media Network has poached Bill Faust from IMP as Managing Director of CIA Interactive. He takes over from Rob Norman. Norman has joined Prisma Sports and Media, but will continue… Continue reading New Appointments
Customer magazine publisher Redwood has announced that it will be publishing Early Learning for the Early Learning Centre.It will be a paid-for title, costing £1.80, and will be available in Early Learning stores, via news-stands and via subscription. Early Learning will be a quarterly 100-page perfect-bound glossy with an initial print-run of 180,000. It launches… Continue reading New Title For Redwood
The ITV Network Centre has announced that it is planning to extend current affairs programming. The announcement comes following the success of the ‘Monarchy Debate’ programme, which achieved ratings double that expected for factual programmes *Monarchy Debate Breaks Records For ITV.The Network is inviting the individual ITV companies and independent producers to pitch for two… Continue reading ITV Invites Bids For New Current Affairs Shows
Stella Artois have signed Channel 5’s first movie sponsorship deal.The £1.3 million deal will run from Channel 5’s launch on March 30 for six months. Motive Communications and HH&S negotiated the deal.This is the latest in a series of film deals. Channel 5 has recently signed with 20th Century Fox International TV, MCA Universal and… Continue reading Its Lagers All Round At Channel 5
Milton Keynes is going to become the war zone for free newspapers this weekend. Bedfordshire On Sunday is to expand into the new town this Sunday and the Milton Keynes Citizen Group is rumoured to be considering a Sunday launch.Bedfordshire On Sunday, owned by Local Sunday Newspapers, has a 15 strong staff. The paper is… Continue reading Free Papers Set For Battle In Milton Keynes
Channel 4 has conducted its own research into youth viewing which suggests that Barb figures for this age group are as much as 50% underestimated.Channel 4 believes that the Barb panel does not take into account 16 to 24 year-old activities such as student life and guest viewing. Its own research was conducted among 526… Continue reading Channel 4 Claims More Youth Viewers
Submissions from major broadcasters, sports organisations and consumer and viewer groups have been received by the Independent Television Commission in response to its consultation on listed sports events.The ITC is required to draw up a Code on Sports and Other Listed Events as part of the Broadcasting Act 1996 to protect certain sporting events for… Continue reading ITC Receives Responses On Listed Events
According to a report in today’s Guardian the Labour party is planning a radical overhaul of the television regulatory system which will see the ITC merged with Oftel.The BBC, which currently regulates itself, would also lose most of its regulatory powers to the Independent Television Commission. At the moment the ITC monitors only commercial TV… Continue reading New TV Regulator Under Labour
Total terrestrial TV revenue for December reached £163.55 million. Of this, ITV brought in £126.55m and Channel 4 reached £37m. Among the ITV companies there was very little change year-on-year. Carlton experienced the biggest change with an increase of 0.9% point change while YTTV had the biggest drop at 0.65% points.
The Radio Authority has vetoed the proposed acquisition of GWR’s Leicester Sound by DMG Radio, a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust plc *RA Carries Out Public Interest Tests. If the sale were to proceed Leicester Sound would lose its licence. The Radio Authority ruled that in these circumstances Leicester Sound would be operating… Continue reading Daily Mail Fails In Its Bid To Take To The Air Waves
