True North-owned advertising agencies FCB and Bozell are to merge to create a giant network, as its parent company looks set to become the largest global communications player. FC Bozell will be worth ďż˝8.2 billion. Channel 5 recorded the biggest audience share in its history when it attracted 4.9 million viewers (24% share) for its… Continue reading Newsline Brief
While Channel 5 was celebrating record viewing figures during its coverage of the Poland-England match on Wednesday night, BBC 1 was suffering a ratings crisis, it was reported today.Pitted against the major football match and ITV’s popular gameshow, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, the BBC’s schedule fared badly, achieving just 18.1% of the audience… Continue reading …BBC Hits All-Time Low
Month On MonthMonth on month comparisons of the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation show that all but seven national newspaper recorded increases in circulation. The Mail On Sunday took on more than 68,569 new sales during the month, and Sport First enjoyed an 44.9% rise in its circulation.The Sunday People sustained the… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – August 1999
There was very little change in the fortunes of the free regional newspapers with only 3 of the top ten titles showing an increase in circulation and the greatest increase being 0.9% (Birmingham Metronews).Several titles showed practically no change, year on year. The Southampton Advertiser gained 7 readers while the Manchester Metro News lost 12.Subscribers… Continue reading Regional Weekly Free Titles: Jan-Jun 1999
Television company Flextech saw prices tumble by 74.5p after disappointing interim results announced yesterday (see Flextech Reports Losses). Shares closed at 981˝p.Cable and Wireless, however, rose by 28p to 720p, making it one of the main movers on the FTSE 100. The company announced yesterday that its Hong Kong subsidiary had struck a deal with… Continue reading Sharewatch
Border TV Plc held its A.G.M. yesterday and reported growth in both its television and radio divisions. Advertising revenue for the two sectors rose by 25% in a year-on-year comparison for the quarter ended July 31st. The group’s share price rose from £3.82p at the year end in April to 538˝p at the close of… Continue reading Border TV Reports Growth
The latest set of circulation figures, released by the ABC today, point to a generally uninspiring performance by the top 10 regional newspapers. Only three of the top 10 regionals – Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) (1.5%), Leicester Mercury (inc Job Finder) (0.4%) and the Evening Herald (Dublin) (0.1%) recorded circulation increases, year-on-year.Of the seven other top… Continue reading Top 10 Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 1999 ABCs
Channel 5 viewing figures for this week have so far broken all previous records for the channel. Overnight figures released today saw ratings soar as its new autumn schedule began (see Channel 5 Stays With Controversial Programming For New Schedule).The decision to stick to its trusted formula of films, sport and sex has paid off… Continue reading Channel 5 Reports Best Week Ever
The latest reports from the Audit Bureau of Circulation are now available to subscribers in the MediaTel Press Database. They can be accessed by selecting “Press” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.New reports are: National Press: Mar-Aug 99, National Press: Aug 99, and Regional Press: Jan-Jun 1999.Newsline analysis will be available… Continue reading National and Regional Newspapers: Latest ABC Reports
The latest set of circulation figures, released by the ABC today, show a fairly steady performance by ten of the major regional newspapers in the weekly market, with a year on year decline of just 0.5%.The Hereford Times and Croydon Advertiser Series showed the biggest increases in circulation amongst the top ten, rising 1.8% and… Continue reading Regional Weekly Newspapers: Jan-Jun 1999 ABCs
