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At the annual Emmy awards held in California on Sunday night, Prime Suspect 2, the Granada TV series, won the most outstanding mini-series category.Cable television equalled the broadcast networks in number of awards, gaining 16 prizes to equal NBC as top award winner.
At the annual Emmy awards held in California on Sunday night, Prime Suspect 2, the Granada TV series, won the most outstanding mini-series category.Cable television equalled the broadcast networks in number of awards, gaining 16 prizes to equal NBC as top award winner.
GMTV plans to concentrate on the middle ground in future, in the gap between C4’s Big Breakfast and BBC Breakfast News.Greg Dyke, chairman of GMTV, acknowledged yesterday that children no longer watch GMTV, preferring the Big Breakfast, except at weekends, when GMTV runs more cartoons. “We’ve lost the kids”. This follows reports that GMTV was… Continue reading GMTV Opts For Middle Ground
QVC Network Inc yesterday bid $9.5bn (£6.16bn) for Paramount Communications Inc, competing with the $8.2bn bid announced by Viacom International.QVC, although much smaller than both Paramount and Viacom, has the support of its two major shareholders Liberty Media and Comcast.The new bid is likely to be bitterly fought by Paramount and Viacom, which issued a… Continue reading QVC Bids $9.5bn For Paramount
Today the Financial Times launched a colour supplement about the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.It is the first time for more than 20 years that the FT has brought out a colour magazine. It is the first in a series planned by the paper.The supplement is sponsored by BT, Whitbread, and Intrum Justitia. The… Continue reading FT Colour Supplement – Review
Yesterday the Sunday Express launched a new section, making their total of sections now five. The new section has 40 pages, 25% given over to advertising. It has a more up-market feel than the rest of the Express, both in design and in content. It resembles the Guardian Weekend section.The editorial in yesterday’s edition contained… Continue reading Sunday Express Supplement – Review
Following Peter Brooke’s speech at the Royal Television Society’s conference in which he said that the BBC had made improvements in efficiency in the last few years, (Newsline 17/9) John Birt has called for the government to preserve the value of the licence fee and continue to link it to the retail prices index.Brooke also… Continue reading Broadcast Changes
There will be a conference on “The Future of TV and Radio Sponsorship” on October 22 1993, to be chaired by Alan Chilton, Chairman of the ITV Sponsorship Committee.The conference, organised by Henry Stewart Conference Studies, aims to provide factual information and guidance useful for broadcasters, sponsors and their agencies.Sponsorship opportunities will be assessed, as… Continue reading Future Of Sponsorship Conference