The Radio Authority has announced this afternoon its intentions regarding the spare 105-108 MHz. It has not chosen a national network, which Virgin had called for; instead it favours a combination of ILR size services with new additional smaller local services.This option is the “population-weighted” approach, where for example 3 new services would be centred… Continue reading Virgin Unsuccessful In FM Bid
The Advertising Association has published its 1994 forecast of advertising expenditure. It analyses advertising expenditure trends, and projects expenditure by medium to the year 2006. The price for AA members is £395; for non-members it is £825.The AA has also published regional data, in the Regional Marketing Pocket Book, which gives population, economic and lifestyle… Continue reading AA Publications
BBC news programmes have been severely cutback today in the first of the one-day strikes by journalists and technicians, as a protest against performance-related pay. Radio 4’s Today programme was cut to five minutes, and Breakfast News was replaced by the film Colossus of Rhodes. The One O’clock News has been cut from 30 minutes… Continue reading BBC Strikes Affect News Output
Paragon Publishing is to launch a multimedia magazine CD ROM User on June 23. The new title will include comparative hardware and software reviews, tutorials explaining how to create multimedia presentations, troubleshooting and a buyers guide.The monthly title will launch with a print run of 50,000 and a cover price of £4.95. There will be… Continue reading Multimedia Magazine Launch
According to a Mintel survey, snooker is the most watched sport on television. The recent Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship achieved an average audience of 8 million for the final session, Monday 2nd May(BARB). The final frame achieved an estimated 13.4m audience (Billiards & Snooker Association figure.)A total of 26,000 people in a Mintel survey… Continue reading Snooker Most Watched Sport On Television
Metro Radio has reported interim results. Pre-tax profits were up 109% from £0.79m to £1.65m. Share prices rose 6p to 361p.
MTV is suing an ex video jockey for running an “MTV” bulletin board on Internet, the network that links computers across the globe. It wants to stop him using the MTV name for his gossip, entertainment news and music which he broadcasts. The service is free to users, but rock bands are charged to have… Continue reading MTV Legal Battle
The ITC has awarded the local delivery licence for the West Kent area to Eurobell (West Kent) Ltd. Eurobell submitted the higher of the two cash bids received, a sum of £1,600,210.75. Eurobell proposes to start a service during 1995. This is the first local delivery franchise to be advertised and awarded by the ITC.… Continue reading ITC Awards Local Cable Licence
The Joint Industry Committee for Poster Audience Research is seeing presentations from research companies bidding to produce Oscar II. Applications have been received from NOP Posters- the incumbent, British Market Research Bureau, and a joint bid from RSL and Millward Brown.The outcome should be announced next week, with the work ready by the end of… Continue reading Outdoor To Launch Oscar 2
Lennox Lewis has terminated his agreement with Sky television to take up a more lucrative deal with an american cable company. The deal, which is likely to offer coverage on ITV and BBC, covers four fights. The cable company has not been named. The new deal is worth over £10m, and was not matched by… Continue reading Lewis/Eubank Coverage
