30 Jan 1998
| by ALASDAIR REID
Digital television has just had a pretty shaky week. We had the
European Commission telling...be a draining of talent from
mainstream television - where the audience is - into pinhead TV ...
Digital television has just had a pretty shaky week. We had the
European Commission telling ...
,
the Brussels bureaucrats argue, to be allowed to control technological
access to the whole digital television ...
30 Jan 1998
| by JOHN TYLEE
The Independent Television Commission has issued formal warnings to
Channel 4, Live TV...The Independent Television Commission has issued formal warnings to
Channel 4, Live TV and the Christian Channel for breaching ITC
rules.
Channel 4 was warned over a number of breaches ...
.
Young s pounds 3
million return to television advertising after an absence of ten years ...
30 Jan 1998
| by DOMINIC MILLS
Rapture is what multi-channel TV should be about - a niche channel
serving a discrete audience (of...Rapture is what multi-channel TV should be about - a niche channel
serving a discrete audience (of 12- to 20-year-olds), offering an
alternative to existing channels.
Rapture launched ...
Programme: Trainspotters
TV Station: Rapture
Date: 24 January, 19.30
Break transmission time: 19 ...
30 Jan 1998
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
BDDP GGT is unveiling a knockabout campaign to promote Challenge
TV s new gameshow, Endurance...BDDP GGT is unveiling a knockabout campaign to promote Challenge
TV s new gameshow, Endurance - the UK equivalent of the Japanese
programme made famous by Clive James and Tarrant on TV ...
are dealt out by three Geisha girls.
The campaign consists of television, press and posters - all ...
30 Jan 1998
| by ALASDAIR REID
year
on year
TELEVISION
Around 20 cable television channels, including Cable News ...
Office; Turner Classic Movies; Turner Network
Television
CABLE AND SATELLITE
Time Warner ...
satellite system, Primestar
FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Warner Brothers. Hollywood film ...
30 Jan 1998
| by EMMA HALL
The Tottenham Hotspur striker, Les Ferdinand, returns to TV
advertising this week with a cameo...The Tottenham Hotspur striker, Les Ferdinand, returns to TV
advertising this week with a cameo ...
on TV. He strips off his shirt in a fantasy sequence and
the camera pans across his shorts ...
in TV advertising since 1995, when he starred
alongside the former Manchester United striker, Eric ...
30 Jan 1998
| by HARRIET GREEN
J. Walter Thompson has revived the Lone Ranger, the eponymous hero
of the long-running TV Western...J. Walter Thompson has revived the Lone Ranger, the eponymous hero
of the long-running TV Western series, in its latest spot for Rolo.
The commercial, entitled the Lone Rolo , opens with the hero sitting by
a campfire, munching Rolos, after a hard day defending truth and
justice ...
30 Jan 1998
| by MARTIN LOAT
their strategy for re-invigorating the UK s
commercial TV market leader....After a 100 days of reflection, the big cheeses at the ITV Network
Centre recently presented their strategy for re-invigorating the UK s
commercial TV market leader.
I have observed with interest the Network Centre s struggle to find a
decent PR strategy since its inception as the co ...
30 Jan 1998
| by ALASDAIR REID
further issues reduced from 75p to 35p.
The Independent Television Commission has awarded Restricted Service
Licences to Midland Broadcasting Corporation for a television service in
the Leicester area, and to Manchester Student TV to produce a service in
the Manchester area. Both awards ...
30 Jan 1998
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
Maria Ainley-Taylor chooses CKMP s TV spots for Payne s Poppets:
This attempt to appeal...Maria Ainley-Taylor chooses CKMP s TV spots for Payne s Poppets:
This attempt to appeal to the youth market falls flat. The humour isn t
surreal enough and the cheap n quirky style has been done better
before. Written and art directed by Barrie Jennings and Feargal
Ballance, directed by David ...