The Broadcasting Standards Council has published its annual report. Complaints about bad language and violence on television and radio are running at a record level.There was a 60% increase in complaints about swearing and blasphemy, and a 25% rise in concerns about violence, particularly real-life crime reconstruction programmes. The number of complaints actually upheld in… Continue reading Complaints Over Swearing And Violence
Axel Springer, the largest newspaper group in Germany, has sacked four of the seven board members, including the chairman, Horst Keiser. The announcement was made at the annual meeting of the company. The group publishes Die Welt and Bild. The shake-up coincides with the rapid expansion of electronic media involving new partnerships between Germany’s publishing… Continue reading Shake Up At German Publisher
British Transport Advertising has launched a new planning system for the bus advertising industry.The new system, called Busworks, covers all bus companies and depots in the country, including numbers of buses. Companies not represented by BTA will still appear on the system. Susan Adams of BTA told MediaTel that the main difference between Busworks and… Continue reading New Bus Planning System By Town
Readers Digest is expected to announce a Jan-Jun ABC of around 1.8m; this is an increase of around 10% on last year’s figure. What’s on TV is also expected to have done well, putting on an extra 8% to 1.7m. However, TV Times and Radio Times are expected to show decreases. Sales of the Radio… Continue reading First Jan Jun ABCs
Emap has said that in view of the judicial review being sought by the Guardian Media Group concerning their offer for Trans World Communicatins, they will delay the posting of the offer document. The review is due on July 27, and Emap will take a full part in it. The company will then post its… Continue reading Emap Delay Offer
BARB are to issue Establishment Survey reports annually from September this year. The last published report was for June 1993. The September 1994 issue will apply for the year from 1st January 1995 and will contain an update of population universes.BARB: 081 741 9110
The Advertising Standards Authority has published new guidelines on advertisement features, or advertorials. The ASA has ruled that features fall within this category when their content is controlled by advertisers; “Advertisement features and promotions published in exchange for a payment or other reciprocal arrangement where the content is controlled by the advertisers should comply with… Continue reading ASA Guide To Advertorials
Tony Blair has just been elected leader of the Labour party. The result, using the one member one vote system, was as follows:Tony Blair 57.0% John Prescott 24.1% Margaret Beckett 18.9%John Prescott has been elected deputy leader:John Prescott 56.5% Margaret Beckett 43.5%
IPC is to include questionnaires within three of its titles with their October issues, to discover readers attitudes to ads. The three titles are Options, Women’s Journal and Marie Claire.The research is intended to update the successful 1991 research. There will be some new questions, however, as the position of the three magazines has moved… Continue reading IPC To Renew Fashion Ad Research
Leaked RAJAR figures, which are due out on August 1, show that BBC’s Radio Five Live achieved an audience share of 2% in its first two months. Despite the heavy profile relaunch, this is no change in audience share from the current survey.
