National Westminster Bank is to launch the UK’s first home banking system using cable television later in the year. It will be one of the new services to be tested in the Cambridge Interactive TV Trial, which launched in September.The service will be offered to up to 250 homes in the Cambridge area, and will… Continue reading Natwest Launches Home Banking Via Cable TV
Classic FM next week launches a new music magazine as an accompaniment to the radio station. With a cover price of £2.20 and an initial print run of 150,000, the appropriately titled Classic FM The Magazine has 100 pages and will be published monthly.Published by John Brown Publishing, the magazine’s editorial content aims to reflect… Continue reading Classic FM Magazine – Launch
The ITC has received applications for the local delivery franchises for Tamworth, Lichfield, Burton upon Trent and Hinckley. Applicants were: Tamworth – Tamworth Cable Communications Ltd – bid of #743,000 – Central Cable Ltd – bid of #200,000 Lichfield – Lichfield Cable Comms – bid of #680,400 – Cable Comms South East Staffordshire – bid… Continue reading Cable Franchises For Midlands
6am this morning saw the launch of Talk Radio UK, the third national commercial radio station. The speech-based station, broadcasting on 1053 and 1089 AM, has already altered its programming format. The original breakfast show has been swapped with the evening show, The Dish. In line with this the sex aspects of The Dish have… Continue reading Talk Radio UK Launches
MTV today launched Young Adult Europe Monitor; a study of 3,000 16 to 34 year olds. The research covers personal, lifestyle, social and economic issues. Key findings were that: Young adults spend 7 hours a day watching television, listening to radio and playing their own music. 38% read a national paper every day. 83% think… Continue reading MTV Young Adult Europe Research
The MRG is to hold some more evening classes covering the very basic methodologies, scopes and analyses of media research sources in the UK. A total of sixteen subjects will be covered in depth starting on March 8th and finishing on May 10th.Contact Alan Copage : 071 344 0077
Maurice Saatchi has won the first round of a series of legal battles against Saatchi & Saatchi. A court today threw out the company’s claims that he and his allies solicited other employees. Calls for an injunction to stop Maurice recruiting for his new firm were denied by the judge.
On Wednesday the BBC will publish the results of a 2 year long review of its programmes. The report led by Liz Forgan, managing director of BBC radio, and Alan Yentob, controller of BBC1, revealed the BBC, although well respected by viewers in the middle-class bracket, needs to broaden its appeal. Its main targets being… Continue reading BBC Strives To Widen Appeal
The Sun has increased its cover price from today by a further penny to 23p. This move follows Rupert Murdoch’s warning at the end of January that the rising cost in paper could provoke a price increase. The Sun’s circulation has risen over 450,000 in the 18 months since the original price cut. Date Price… Continue reading Sun Price Increase To 23p.
JICREG, the Joint Industry Committee for Regional Press Research, announced at its Annual General Meeting that it is working with National Readership Surveys, (NRS) to model national newspaper readership figures down to postcode sector level.This will allow analysis of national schedules within any area and coverage of combined national and regional press campaigns. The Newspaper… Continue reading National Newspaper Readership By Postcode By End Of Year
