19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
years of media experience, joins
from Birmingham Live where he is head of programmes....Manchester United Television has appointed Peter Brookes as
managing director. Brookes, who has 25 years of media experience, joins
from Birmingham Live where he is head of programmes.
...
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
for culture, media and sport, to express
concern about the way radio licences are awarded. It follows...The Commercial Radio Companies Association is writing to Chris
Smith, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, to express
concern about the way radio licences are awarded. It follows allegations
by BBC 2 s Newsnight last week over the Radio Authority s award of the
east of England licence.
...
19 Dec 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Associated New Media s Soccernet site, www.soccernet.com, has
signed a co-branding deal...Associated New Media s Soccernet site, www.soccernet.com, has
signed a co-branding deal with planetfootball.com, publisher of official
sites for 18 of the UK s leading football clubs. Soccernet will feed a
division-branded ticker to the 18 club sites, giving users instant news
about the Carling ...
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Hayley Thornhill, Jazz FM s head of sponsorship, has left to join
USP Radio Projects as director of sponsorship.
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The Independent Television Commission is deciding whether to impose
a statutory sanction, in the form of a fine, on Carlton for the
documentary, The Connection, which was exposed as a fake by The
Guardian.
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Border TV has reported an expansion in its radio interests in
interim results announced last week. Radio turnover rose from pounds
1.5m to pounds 2.7m.
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Cable channel, Rapture TV, has secured access to another four
million homes after finalising a carriage deal for the analogue Astra
satellite.
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
BSkyB and Flextech are to sell their respective 30% and 51% stakes
in the loss-making adult channel, Playboy TV.
19 Dec 1998
| by SANDRA COLLINS, Marketing Director, Opt
London Electricity is taking its brand to television for the first
time after agreeing to sponsor LWT s weather bulletins.