Ballet-dancing Brit film Billy Elliot helped cinema admissions during October reach 14m, an average of 3.16m per week and a 5.1% increase year on year. The toe-tapping top box office draw managed to bring in £10.7m, a figure closely followed by Disney’s epic Dinosaur, which gathered receipts of £10.5m.Close to £10m of the takings for… Continue reading Dinosaurs And Dancing Feet Boost October Cinema Admissions
Long established as a ‘gold standard’ in media research, the NRS can be prone to criticism for being slow to change. Introducing NRS Ltd’s managing director, Roger Pratt, as the speaker at yesterday’s MRG meeting, Telmar’s Belinda Beeftink pointed out that the organisation “needs to reflect the changing media environment.” It is hoped that a… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting- Future Perfect For The NRS?
United News & Media and BTopenworld have today confirmed that they are to seek a new owner for LineOne, their jointly-owned portal and internet service provider. The service, which was founded in 1997 (see One Line For BT And NI), has been a successful project, but is now superfluous to the refocusing plans of its… Continue reading United And BT Agree To Sell LineOne
According to the latest data from the NRS, the national newspaper sector has declined by 6% year on year for the six months to October, with all but one title- the Financial Times showing an annual decline in readership.The FT’s performance amounted to a 4.4% increase. This number of readers is small change compared to… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – October 2000
Is Tim Gardam, Channel 4’s director of programmes, still giddy with the success of summer sensation Big Brother? It seems likely, given the fighting talk with which he introduced his channel’s winter offerings: “Channel 4’s schedule this winter is proof, I hope, that the future of quality television does not have to be two episodes… Continue reading Channel Four Unveils “Diverse And Intelligent” Winter Schedule
UBC Media has announced the appointment of Jennifer Donald as Finance Director for the company. She replaces Matthew Honey who will remain at the company as an executive director and head of the group’s Unique Interactive division. Emily Bell has been appointed to the new role of editor in chief of the Guardian Unlimited network.… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Granada Media has released its first set of annual results since its flotation and consequent separation from the catering arm of the company in July this year (see Granada Media Begins Conditional Trading). The results revealed modest growth for the year to 30 September, with operating profit up 8% year on year at £253m, while… Continue reading Granada Media Shows Modest Profit Rise In First Final Results Since Flotation
The BBC has announced it is to invest £45m in programme making outside London. An additional £5m funding will be made available for local sports rights across the UK.In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, money will be pumped into the creation of new entertainment, comedy, drama and popular factual programming. New programme “zones” will be… Continue reading BBC Plans Investment In Programme-Making Outside The Capital
It is thought that the Go Racing consortium, made up of Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure will win the media rights to racing at the UK’s 59 racecourses. Following months of wrangling, the Racecourse Association (RCA) yesterday advised its members to sign up to a two week “exclusivity period”, during which time the contractual… Continue reading Negotiations For UK Horseracing Media Rights Enters Final Furlong
Media shares did not perform very well yesterday. Among the worst were BSkyB, which dropped 50p to £10.15, despite the fact that the Go Racing consortium it belongs to is expected to announce it has clinched UK media rights for horse racing today.A drop in share price was also seen at Reed International, which announced… Continue reading Sharewatch
