SEVERAL Scots entries have made it to the shortlist of an UK-wide competition celebrating the best of the regional press.
The Regional Press Awards – run by the Society of Editors – will be naming its winners at an awards ceremony on the 15th of next month.
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BEGINS The Guardian: “The Scottish National party has laid claim in its manifesto to an extra £100m of BBC funding, saying it would reflect ‘more accurately the licence fee revenue raised here in Scotland’.
“The manifesto, launched on Monday, says: ‘This would provide a boost of over £100m, which we believe will provide important new opportunities for production companies and the creative sector in Scotland.’
“The SNP also says the licence fee should be retained, with any replacement based on the ability to pay and in place by the end of the period covered by the next BBC charter.”
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BEGINS MediaWeek: “Free-to-air commercial TV in Europe is experiencing a decline in adspend with fewer young people tuning in and greater competition from Pay TV broadcasters, according to Enders Analysis.
“According to the ‘Free-to-air TV Business Models’ report, the relationship between adspend and GDP has been “less strong” since 2000.
“The report analysed TV data from the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. It noted: ‘The adspend/GDP ratio declined in all of the top western markets as advertising revenues have decreased in real terms.’
“Enders Analysis said Italy and Spain ‘have suffered the worst cumulative decline’ in adspend since 2007.
“ITV had the strongest revenues in 2014 at €3.2 billion, a growth of 8.4 per cent. ProSieben, the German channel, saw revenues of €2.9 billion, a growth of 10.4 per cent.”
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BEGINS John McGurk, in Scot-Buzz: “The BBC has its own election slogan, delivered by its top news and current affairs presenters, emphasising that television is where the election is happening— they’re ‘Making it Clear’, they tell viewers, when the reality is usually the opposite.
“Audiences must surely be fed up with the constant repetition, the stage management, the never-ending sound-bites and the inability of every party leader to give a straightforward answer to a simple question.”
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BEGINS a media release posted on allmediascotland.com, by Citrus:Mix: “A specialist in the interior and exterior design, build and management of refurbishment projects has strengthened its sales and marketing team with two key appointments.
“Aberdeen-based North Group has promoted Ryan Neave into marketing and communications and appointed Gregg McMillan as sales manager, as it looks to deliver its growth strategy.”
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