A new report today published by the National Food Alliance claims that children are exposed to three or four times as much advertising for fatty, sugary and salty foods as adults.7 out of 10 ads during Children’s ITV are for food compared to only 2 out of 10 during programmes aimed at adults. Advertising for… Continue reading Children Saturated With Unhealthy Food Ads
The Department of Trade and Industry are winding down its investigations into Anglia TV and Cordiant (formerly Saatchi & Saatchi).The Anglia investigation, the second in 18 months, centred on press reports suggesting a friend of the Archers made £20,000 by trading in Anglia shares.The Cordiant investigation, which began in June, dealt with share dealings at… Continue reading DTI Drop Anglia And Cordiant Investigation
As a result of promotional tokens in the Independent on Sunday (10p off) the Monday editions of The Independent since 27th November have seen a 5% increase in circulation. Last Monday (3/12), with the addition of the new ‘Sport’ section the paper managed to increase sales by 7% – 2% above the token only increases.The… Continue reading Independent Monday Sales Up
UKTV, the Channel 5 bidder headed by CanWest, has failed in its attempt to bring its rejected application for judicial review.The High Court in its judgement decided that the Virgin TV proceedings would deal with ‘all the central issues being contested by UKTV, and that separate proceedings would be unnecessary’.UKTV was the highest bidder amongst… Continue reading No Challenge For UKTV
Unconfirmed reports in the weekend press suggest that BSkyB is attempting to wrestle the rugby union Five Nations Championship away from the BBC; the bid made for the exclusive rights is suggested to be £175m. The current contract with the BBC is worth an estimated £27 million and expires in March 1997.BSkyB already has the… Continue reading BSkyB Bid For Five Nations?
According to press reports Carlton Communications is planning to start a vintage programme channel just days after Granada announced that it was to do the same. Programmes likely to feature include Soldier, Soldier and Inspector Morse – Carlton has access to the Central library, as well as their own.Michael Green, Carlton chairman said last week,… Continue reading Carlton To Launch UK Gold Rival
Border Television has revealed pre-tax profits of £1.11m for the six months to October 1995, an increase of 31% over the corresponding period last year. Turnover increased by 13% to £6.3m. An increased share of the ITV market and a higher contribution from Century Radio, which began broadcasting in September 1994, attributed to the good… Continue reading Border Results
The second challenge to the Channel 5 licence award begins in the High Court today, with UKTV accusing the ITC of allowing the winner to enhance its bid after the applications were submitted.UKTV will argue that it was unreasonable and illegal for the ITC to allow such enhancement, while the ITC is likely to insist… Continue reading Second Channel 5 Challenge Begins Today
BSkyB is already planning several new satellite channels just a month after the launch of seven channels including Disney, Paramount and Playboy.Director of programmes at BSkyB, David Elstein, gave details of the new channels at the 1995 Forman Lecture in Manchester last night. He said that an arts channel, an education channel, a computer channel… Continue reading BSkyB Plans More Channels
The majority of viewers want more guidelines on television programme content, such as pre-transmission warnings, according Broadcasting Standards Council research. 94% of viewers would welcome more guidelines especially for programmes that contain violence, sexual material and bad language.At present the most reliable indicator of content is seen to be programme timing, with 65% of people… Continue reading Television Programmes Need More Content Warnings
