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Following a full review of ABC’s certification rules, the Farnham Herald Series and the Richmond and Twickenham Times Series are no longer members of ABC.ABC: 01442 877407

A spokesperson from Oftel, the telecommunications watchdog, has confirmed with Newsline that it is launching an investigation into links between BT and BSkyB which gives consumers various discounts on broadcast services and free telephone calls.According to an article in today’s Evening Standard certain cable companies see the alliance as being anti-competitive and a breach of… Continue reading Oftel Investigates BT/BSkyB Link

ITV is claiming that only 2% of homes targeted by Channel 5 have been successfully retuned and, based on the channel’s ‘current performance’, the 90% of homes which legally have to be retuned would not be completed until mid-1998.Research was carried out on behalf of ITV by Continental Research and RSL and was based on… Continue reading ITV Claims C5 Will Complete Retune In ’98

Channel 5 has announced a $10m deal with Columbia TriStar which covers 144 titles. The material, which includes television film premieres, recent blockbusters and mini series, will be available when the channel launches early next year.Films include Streetfighter, with Jean Claude Van Damme, Robin Hood; Men In Tights, Next Karate Kid and Money Train.Dawn Airey,… Continue reading C5 Announces Deal With Columbia Tristar

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued a letter to cable companies asking for responses on BSkyB’s ratecard and package deals. Earlier this year the OFT decided that although BSkyB were not operating as a monopoly, it was still difficult for cable operators to compete *(BSkyB Escapes Monopoly Investigation).According to reports in today’s Financial… Continue reading More Flexibility With BSkyB Packages

NTL, the broadcast transmissions and telecommunications company, gave a taste of the future with a complete end-to-end digital television broadcast over the whole of Greater London. The multichannel demonstration included widescreen pictures, data services, an access system for pay-TV, and an on-screen Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) all used with decoders for television sets.NTL believe that… Continue reading NTL Demonstrates DTV

The six monthly National Newspaper ABC’s to September show only the Times and Daily Mail making any real improvements. The Times increased by nearly 10% (65,998) from the same period last year. The Daily Mail performed even better with an increase of 14.4% (261,444).The poorest performance came from the Express On Sunday, which will hope… Continue reading National Newspaper September ABCs

ITV is claiming that only 2% of homes targeted by Channel 5 have been successfully retuned and, projecting on the channel’s ‘current performance’, the 90% of homes which legally have to be retuned would not be completed until mid-1998.Research was carried out on behalf of ITV by Continental Research and RSL and was based on… Continue reading ITV Claims C5 Will Complete Retune In ’98

According to reports in yesterday’s Guardian, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) has written to Virginia Bottomley, the National Heritage Secretary, stating that the privatisation of Channel 4 could hinder the station’s remit to serve minority interests. Members of the ITC also believe that the move would make regulation for the channel much more difficult to… Continue reading ITC Opposes C4 Privatisation

The International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulation (IFABC) has set up a working committee that will work towards the standardised measurement and auditing of traffic at World Wide Web sites.IFABC made the move following its biennial general assembly in Washington *ABC Agrees On Web Auditing which agreed to develop a common set of minimum… Continue reading Website Auditing A Step Nearer