The Cable Communications Association today submitted the formal response of the UK cable industry to the Office of Fair Trading’s consultation on the proposed new BSkyB rate card. The view of the cable industry was that the proposed rate card would undermine consumer choice, in both choice of service and choice of delivery system.In its… Continue reading Cable Communications Association Reject New BSkyB Rate Card
International news company CNN is considering extending its online services by creating individualised news bulletins which will be sent to subscribers.According to press reports CNN is planning to roll out a news service early next year which will collect information on users and then send personalised news bulletins to them via e-mail. The service will… Continue reading CNN To Send Personalised News
The Radio Authority will be carrying out a public interest test with regards to the proposed acquisition of Leicester Sound by DMG Radio, a subsidiary of Daily Mail General Trust plc *GWR And Classic In £215m Merger.The Authority is inviting comments from interested parties and the public which, when a newspaper group proposes control of… Continue reading RA Carries Out Public Interest Tests
The shape of Liberty Publishing’s 963 Liberty Radio is slowly coming together with the announcement that Anna Raeburn has been plucked from Talk Radio to join the revamped Viva! station.Ms Raeburn will present a ‘thought provoking’ daily magazine programme which will occupy a flagship position in the schedule of London’s newest station. She previously presented… Continue reading Liberty Recruits Anna Raeburn
Choice FM has appointed Katz Radio Sales as its national sales house in a move aimed at achieving the station’s long-term strategy to grow the Choice FM brand across the UK.Choice currently broadcasts in London and Birmingham but has applications out for four additional licences: Greater London; Liverpool; East Midlands and Cambridge. The Radio Authority… Continue reading Choice FM Appoints Katz
The BBC published its first annual statement of promises yesterday, laying what it believes is “the foundations of a stronger relationship with licence payers.”The “BBC Statement of Promises to Viewers and Listeners” spells out a series of specific promises covering the full range of the BBC’s output. Statements regarding taste and decency include observance of… Continue reading BBC Makes Promises To Audience
The IPA has published its third quarter Trends in Television report which shows that ITV’s share of viewing has declined this year from 36.5% in Q1 to 34.3% in Q3 while non-terrestrial viewing share has grown from 9.3% to 10.5% over the same period. This suggests that ITV is losing its audience to cable and… Continue reading Non-Terrestrial TV Growing At ITV’s Expense
Microsoft is believed to be in the process of planning an online television channel called OnStage which will broadcast over the Internet.Six channels will launch in America in December on Microsoft’s Internet service providing users with news, sports and entertainment programmes. The service is said to be as close to real television as current technology… Continue reading Microsoft To Launch Internet TV
Sarah Fisher has been appointed publisher of IPC’s SouthBank Group teenage titles, 19 and Mizz. She was previously assistant publisher of Woman and Home.The appointment is part of a publishing restructure within SouthBank announced today by Heather Love, SouthBank’s publishing director, with one publisher to head up each of her three market sectors.Publisher Andrew Taylor… Continue reading Southbank Publishing Restructure
The passing of more relaxed cross-media ownership rules on Friday *New Media Ownership Rules Become Law has meant that the ITV company possibly most likely to be taken over, Yorkshire-Tyne Tees TV, has reached a record 52-week high today of £13.15 (at 3pm).Granada is the most likely bidder, since it has increased its share in… Continue reading Takeover Talk Causes YTTV To Soar
