The takeover battle for Border Television, and the resulting control of its television and radio businesses, appears to have been won by Capital Radio, as the two reached a preliminary merger agreement last week. Capital eventually entered the fray after a hostile approach to Border, the last remaining independent ITV company, was made by Scottish… Continue reading Feature: Border/Capital Deal Would Create Radio Group To Rival EMAP On Air
Month On MonthMonthly national newspaper circulation figures for March, released by the ABC this week, show an impressive increase in sales from the Racing Post, which climbed 20% compared to February, and a significant increase by the Financial Times, which saw its circulation base grow by almost 6% compared to last month.The Sunday Business saw… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round Up – March 2000
Aura is Eve Pollard’s Parkhill Publications latest offering following the launch of Wedding Day last year. It is to be published monthly and the cover price is £2.50.Aura aims to target ABC1 women with an average age of 40 – the ones who “read Honey, wore loon pants and Biba T-shirts, screamed at The Monkees,… Continue reading First Issue Review: Aura: Jaffa Cake Years
There has been a further increase in the overall decline in national newspaper readership, according to the latest figures released by the National Readership Survey (NRS). A year-on-year analysis shows the whole sector falling 3.1% – or 2.2 million readers – for the six month period ending February 2000.The largest falls came from the Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round Up – February 2000
A quick glance at a selection of current ads will confirm the fact that sport most definitely sells; possibly even more effectively than sex in the case of Premiership football. It is perhaps surprising, then, that there are currently no general sports consumer magazines on the market, with most publishers concentrating on specific sports or… Continue reading Feature: Sports Mags Market To Broaden With New Launches
Revenue Total terrestrial revenue for February 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £221 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, revenue for the ITV Network rose 7.7% compared to February 1999, taking a total £152 million for the month; Channel 4 took £48 million, an increase of 7.5%, and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – February 2000
Total terrestrial revenue for February 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £221 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, revenue for the ITV Network rose 7.7% compared to February 1999, taking a total £152 million for the month; Channel 4 took £48 million, an increase of 7.5%, and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue grow… Continue reading TV Revenue Report – February 2000
Programmes The BBC would call it brand extension, others would say it’s scraping the barrel for all it’s worth. Whatever you want to call it When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force certainly proved popular with the viewing public, with an audience of 10.56 million tuning in to the one-off programme.The fifteenth anniversary celebrations of Eastenders,… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – February 2000
Weekly titles showed the most steady performance year on year in the latest regional newspapers circulation figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this week. The sector is led by Cornwall’s West Briton Series which had a weekly circulation of 50,616 copies for the July-December 1999 period; this is virtually no change on… Continue reading Top Regional Weeklies Hold Steady In Latest ABCs
The Manchester Evening News is the country’s biggest-selling regional newspaper, according to the latest figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this week. The Manchester daily title takes the top spot from the Birmingham Evening Mail, which has been suspended by the ABC following the discovery that it was reporting false circulation figures… Continue reading Flagship Regional Titles See Fall In Sales
