UK Living has unveiled details of its new three-hour morning strand Tiny Living which launches on February 3.Based around pre-school programming and aimed at mums and their children, Tiny Living will replace all the BBC programming previously in that slot. Programmes in the schedule, which will run seven days per week from 0600-0900, include Barney… Continue reading UK Living Launches New Morning Strand
Cable and Wireless, the UK’s largest cable and communications company, has appointed Graham Wallace as its new chief executive. Wallace was formerly chief executive of Granada Group’s Restaurants and Services division. He has no telecoms or cable experience.Wallace is to be chief executive of Cable and Wireless Communications, a telephony to cable television group formed… Continue reading Granada Chief Moves To C&W
TMD Carat has made three new appointments at its Manchester office.Angie Farmer joins TMD Direct Manchester from McCann’s. She brings with her the experience of working on Greenflag National Breakdown and Great Universal Stores accounts. At TMD Direct, Farmer will be working exclusively on the AA, JD Williams and Corgi accounts.Rossana Murphy joins TMD Direct… Continue reading New Appointments At TMDC And IPC
The BBC Radio 1 DJ, Chris Evans, failed to turn up to present the Breakfast Show yesterday. Following discussions with Evan’s agent, the BBC released the star from the final two months of his contract. This agreement means that Ginger Productions, Evans’ production company, will not face legal action. However, the early departure is likely… Continue reading Evans Reaches The Point Of No Return To Radio 1
The ITC has published its report detailing programme complaints and interventions made in December.No programmes broadcast in December resulted in significant interventions or the imposition of a sanction. There were, however, a number of programmes that raised important regulatory issues and a number of complaints.Sky News was one case in point. On 8 October 1996,… Continue reading ITC Programme Complaints And Interventions Report
As reported on Newsline yesterday, MTV Networks Europe is set to launch two new music television channels for the UK called MTV in the UK and M2: Music Television.MTV in the UK will be a dedicated music and youth entertainment channel targeted at 16-34 year olds in the UK and will replace MTV Europe’s existing… Continue reading New MTV Channels Announced
Hollinger International, the group that owns the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, is said to be considering expanding into the regional press. Midland Independent Newspapers is known to have attracted the group’s attention.Hollinger bid £105 million for Midland in 1991. It was beaten by a management buy-out group that paid £125 million. Midland, which publishes The… Continue reading Telegraph To Take A Stake In The Provinces
Nynex CableComms this afternoon released yearly financial figures which show that total revenue has increased by 78% year-on-year to £151 million.While cable penetration increased marginally from 19.8% to 20.6% and customers increased 36% to 268,519, the company is still in the red to the tune of £63.1m. This is an improvement however on 1995’s figure… Continue reading Increased Revenue For Nynex
The trade press report that the Mirror Group and Carlton Communications are discussing putting together a joint bid for digital terrestrial television licenses. Both companies have worked together before. Last June they submitted an unsuccessful joint bid for the UK live television rights to Premier League football. Carlton has also been linked with CableTel for… Continue reading Carlton Sees A Partner In The Mirror
Press reports claim that a revaluation of ITV licences will lead to a reduction in the sums ITV companies pay to the government.The ITV companies in total pay an annual £400 million to the treasury. No mention has been made of how much this sum will be reduced by. Savings for the companies could be… Continue reading ITV Revenue To Treasury Is Set To Fall
