Pearson, part of the successful Channel 5 Broadcasting consortium, is expected to make a bid for SelecTV this week. SelecTV, the independent production company, makes popular programes such as Birds of a Feather and Lovejoy. The bid will also build another bridge between Pearson and one of its fellow consortium members in Channel 5 Broadcasting,… Continue reading Pearson To Buy SelecTV?
The Independent Television Commission has announced they are to advertise another cable franchise area, for East Grinstead. The licence area covers some 42,000 homes from Worth Abbey to Reigate, including Crowborough but excluding the existing Crawley and North East Surrey broadband cable franchises.Applications must be submitted to the ITC by noon on 11 March 1996.ITC:… Continue reading New Cable Franchise Advertised
The weekend’s press reports of Friday’s Broadcasting Bill have led to a wide range of predictions regarding takeovers in the opened-up television market; the rule that only two television licences can be held by one company has gone to be replaced by a cap of 15% of audience share.The favourite takeover targets are Yorkshire Tyne… Continue reading Television Takeovers – Predictions
The National Lottery has caused a £2.6bn reduction in consumer spending in its first year, affecting leisure, food and gambling expenditure, as well as sending tremors through financial services and other sectors. These are the findings of the Henley Centre’s report into the effects of the Lottery.The Henley Centre believes that the Lottery has permanently… Continue reading National Lottery Reduces Spending By £2.6bn
The Government has today published the Broadcasting Bill, which includes changes to the proposals set out in the Media Ownership and Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting consultation papers.Media OwnershipThe main proposals of the Bill will allow greater cross-ownership between newspaper groups, television companies and radio stations; there is also a change in how regulatory authorities assess and… Continue reading Government Broadcasting Bill – Details
The Independent Television Commission has issued a new version of its Code of Advertising Standards and Practice; the edition officially incorporates amendments and additions adopted during 1994 and 1995.The new Code now includes amendments permitting advertising for the National Lottery, and a new Rule permitting advertising of football pools. There are amendments regarding Financial Advertising… Continue reading ITC Amends Advertising Standards
NBC and Microsoft have announced they are to create two 50/50 ventures; a 24 hour news and information cable channel and an interactive on-line news service distributed on the Microsoft Network, Microsoft’s Internet on-line service. Both will be offered world wide and integrated with the NBC television network.The 24-hour news cable service, to be called… Continue reading Microsoft And NBC Join To Create 24-Hr News Service
Leslie Hill, Chairman of the ITV Council has today issued a statement welcoming the Government’s Broadcasting Bill, announced earlier this morning. “We warmly welcome the Government’s proposals…in particular, ITV welcomes the revised proposals for digital television. We are very glad that the guaranteed allocation for the ITV companies has been increased to half a mulitplex… Continue reading ITV Welcomes New Bill
The Broadcasting Standards Council has again had cause to criticise Yorkshire Television’s Emmerdale, which has changed its style over the past year to become more controversial in a bid to increase ratings.The BSC has upheld complaints over an attempted rape scene where it was shown how the attacker had forced his victim to the floor;… Continue reading Broadcasting Standards Criticises Emmerdale
The battle for sports coverage continues with the announcement that Formula One motor racing coverage is to change from the BBC to ITV from 1997. The new deal with ITV, worth £60 million, gives ITV rights for five years.ITV will broadcast all sixteen races in the FIA Formula One World Championship live on Sundays, with… Continue reading ITV Wins Formula One From BBC
