Programmes The return of ITV’s cash cow, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, has helped ITV find some good cheer out of a poor month. With several top programmes underperforming on previous years’ totals.September’s top programme unsurprisingly was Coronation Street, although its popularity has slipped possibly due to the continued fragmentation of television audiences.The other… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – September 2000
RevenueTerrestrial television including GMTV saw a 2% fall in total revenue, year on year, during September, recording an overall figure of £257.5m. According to agency estimates, ITV’s revenue dropped by 5.3% during last month, while Channel 5 increased 9.4%.Channel 4 was up 6.3% while GMTV fell 6.5% in a yearly analysis. Total satellite continues its… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – September 2000
The Newspaper Society has formed a working group of experts from the industry to find a more accurate and comprehensive way of measuring the total audience of regional newspaper titles. The group will reassess the systems currently on the market and, as more titles move onto the web, look at ways of fusing print and… Continue reading Regional Press Group Seeks More Accurate Audience Measurement System
Carlton Communications was up 10p to 570p as it announced it is to take over the sales contract for the Scottish Television and Grampian ITV franchises. The group will now be responsible for almost £1bn of yearly advertising revenue (see Carlton Sales Takes Over Scottish And Grampian Contracts). Scottish Media Group, which owns the franchises,… Continue reading Sharewatch
NTL has announced a 41% increase to its digital subscriber base during the third quarter, bringing the total number of customers to 325,000. The cable group said it expects to exceed its target of 500,000 by the end of 2000.In its first full quarter statistics since completion of its merger with Cable and Wireless Communications… Continue reading NTL Expects To Exceed Digital Subs Of ˝m By Year End
Mollin Publishing’s Jump magazine has been suspended, just a year after its launch (see Mollin Launches New Teen Mag). The teen title faced harsh competition in this growing sector (see Feature: New Teen Titles Hope To Buoy Declining Sector) and the high cost of covermounting was blamed for the suspension.John Woollcombe, managing director of the… Continue reading Mollin Publishing Suspends Jump Magazine
Shares in Daily Mail & General Trust, United News & Media and Reuters climbed yesterday after West LB Panmure highlighted them as likely winners in the internet arena. It said that their strong brands, existing content, experienced management, strong customer base and prodigious cashflow would work well within new media. Johnston Press and Future Network… Continue reading Sharewatch
Despite the recent dotcom fallout, which included CD retailer Boxman and beauty products site Eve.com amongst its casualties, the number of people visiting retail websites in the UK is on the increase. The latest figures from MMXI Europe place the number of unique users at 4.4m in September, compared to just 2.5m in January.This represents… Continue reading Retail Sites On The Rise, But Giants Still Dominate Cyberspace
Cinema admissions during September totalled 9.4m, an increase of 7.5% compared to last year (see Cinema Admissions Fall During September), according to the latest figures from Carlton Screen Advertising. Box office visits averaged 2.19m per week as strong offerings including Snatch, Scary Movie and X-Men pushed admissions.Snatch was the most successful film of the month,… Continue reading Cinema On The Rise As Snatch Pushes September Admissions
Carlton Sales has won the airtime sales contract for Scottish TV and Grampian. Advertising for the two licences, which are owned by Scottish Media Group, was previously sold through TSMS, the sales house of United News & Media.The two ITV licences broadcast to 4.5m people and accounted for 6.1% of ITV’s net advertising revenue during… Continue reading Carlton Sales Takes Over Scottish And Grampian Contracts
