All News articles – Page 5574

  • News

    ON DIGITAL SUBS ON THE UP

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    On Digital subscription numbers rose from 110,000 to 247,000 during the second quarter of 1999.Around half, - 68,000 - signed up after On Digital introduced its free set-top box offer at

  • News

    LNR DENIES REEVE EXIT

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    London News Radio (LNR) has moved to quash rumours that managing director Nigel Reeve has quit the company following ITN's decision to take editorial control of its two stations, LBC 1152

  • News

    SKY HAMMERS OUT DEAL FOR WEST HAM EURO MATCHES

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Sky Television has secured exclusive rights for West Ham United games in Europe. Live coverage will include home ties in the Intertoto Cup and, if the club qualifies, the Uefa Cup.

  • News

    NTL IN TELEGRAPH DEAL

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    NTL's interactive news and sports channels will start carrying the Electronic Telegraph this month, allowing viewers to access its news and news archives. NTL already carries ITN and Sporting Life.

  • News

    TAYLOR TAKES HELM AT DANCE STATION VIBE FM

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    DMG Radio has made Nigel Taylor new station director at east of England commercial dance station Vibe FM. He is currently station manager at KFM in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, also part

  • News

    FRENCH CULTURE MINISTER SLAMS DIGITAL FOOTBALL DEAL

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    The decision by French digital platforms Canal+ and TPS to jointly buy broadcast rights to championship matches of the French Football League for more than FFr2 billion (£207 million) per year

  • News

    STUDY FINDS PARLIAMENTARY COVERAGE HAS DECLINED

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    A study sponsored by independent educational charity The Hansard Society highlights the decline in TV coverage of the House of Commons in the past 10 years. The report, Electronic Media, Parliament

  • News

    UPC CONSOLIDATES WITH DEALS IN SWEDEN AND HUNGARY

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) has consolidated its position as second largest cable operator in Europe after Deutsche Telekom with deals to buy Swedish cable company Stjarn TV and Hungarian cable company

  • News

    CLEAN SWEEP FOR DVCPRO IN SCANDINAVIA

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Panasonic is claiming all the leading Scandinavian TV networks as customers for its DVCPro digital tape format following the recent addition of Danmarks Radio (DR) to its roster. The Danish TV

  • News

    Classic's licence may rise

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Classic FM could face a increase in its annual payments to the Treasury when its licence is renewed by the Radio Authority later this year.Under the terms of the 1996 Broadcasting

  • News

    CHRYSALIS TO INVEST

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Chrysalis Visual Entertainment is to plough an extra£1 million into programme development this year, creating up to eight development producer jobs. The money will come from savings at corporate management

  • News

    MD WANTED FOR CHRYSALIS ON-LINE OPERATION

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Chrysalis Radio has advertised for a managing director for its online operation, which is due to launch in September. Chrysalis Radio On-Line will include simulcasts of the two Chrysalis Radio networks,

  • News

    OPINION - What happened to children's radio?

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    John Birt recently reminded us in his tub-thumping New Statesman media lecture, The Prize and The Price, that we exist in an age of media saturation. Well spotted, Sir John. And

  • News

    CHARRET INVOLVED IN CINEPOSIUM CO-PRO SESSION

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Gaumont chief executive Christian Charret is taking part in a television co-production session at this week's Cineposium event. Held from Friday (16 July), the symposium aims to bring together UK producers

  • News

    Poetic work for Century

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Century Films is making a 90-minute programme based on Simon Armitage's Millennium Poem for Channel 4, writes Wale Azeez.

  • News

    Century set for further expansion

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Border Television unveiled plans for further expansion of its Century Radio brand on Monday (12 July), as it announced that total turnover for the group had risen by one quarter to£19.9 million for the year to 30 April, writes John Plunkett.

  • News

    ITV orders more celeb love tales

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned two TV movies based on real-life celebrity love stories, following the success of Diana Dors biopic Blonde Bombshell, writes Ashley Davies. Gor Blimey

  • News

    NUNEZ NEW CBSBI PRESIDENT AS SIEK TAKES HIS LEAVE

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    CBS Broadcast International has appointed Armando Nunez Jr as its new, LA-based president while former chief Rainer Siek steps down. Nunez Jr joins from Universal International TV, where he was also

  • News

    CRAMP TWINS CO-PRO FOR CARTOON NETWORK AND SUNBOW

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Cartoon Network Europe and Sony Wonder subsidiary Sunbow Entertainment are co-producing the 26 x 30-minute animation The Cramp Twins, which is based on two Bloomsbury children's books by UK artist Brian

  • News

    CARLTON COMMISSIONS LATE-NIGHT LONDON LISTINGS SLOT

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    London News Network has gone into production on a new late-night listings show for Carlton. The Buzz, a 14 x 15-minute show that aims to reveal what goes on in London