Revenue Total terrestrial revenue for April 1999 (including GMTV) according to agency estimates was £233.02 million. ITV’s total revenue was £161.5 million, a 2.4% drop since the same time last year. Channel 4’s revenue remained nearly stable at £50.77 million for April 1999 (April 1998: £50.79 million), and Channel 5’s total revenue grew by 22.6%… Continue reading TV Round-Up – April 1999
This week ITV decided to show another hour long edition of their second main soap Emmerdale. Usually this acts as a good ratings weapon against BBC1’s Eastenders, although this time the soap that suffered was Channel 4’s Brookside.Tuesday’s feature length Emmerdale centred on Rachel Hughes finally twigging that her boyfriend Graham is a complete lunatic… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 16/05/99
Investors appear to have been unimpressed with Carlton Communications interim results released yesterday, which reported losses of nearly £50 million due to its digital television interests (see Newsline). Carlton fell 21p yesterday to 531˝p. This morning, Carlton’s share price had dropped further to 520˝p.Independent Newspapers held its annual general meeting yesterday, during which it was… Continue reading Sharewatch
Last night’s Champion’s League Final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich proved to be a ratings winner for ITV. According to unofficial figures released by the Network Centre, a peak audience of 18.8 million people watched United steal the match with virtually the last kick. The average audience for the match was 15.5 million.Last night’s… Continue reading Man Utd’s Cup Successes Boost ITV Figures
Total terrestrial revenue for April 1999 (including GMTV) according to agency estimates was £233.02 million. Both ITV and GMTV suffered losses in revenue, losing 2.4% and 9.5% year on year respectively. Channel 4’s revenue remained fairly stable during April 1999, and Channel 5’s total revenue grew by 22.6% year on year.LWT increased its share of… Continue reading TV Round-Up – April 1999
‘Making sure that we do market research right’ was the theme of last week’s evening MRG meeting at Leo Burnett – what market research standards are and why we need them.First up was Jennie Beck from the Beck Consultancy, who commented that the notion of transparency was increasingly replacing the idea of confidentiality – that… Continue reading MRG Meeting 18/05/99 – Making Sure That We Get It Right
The value of digital radio, in terms of consumer benefit at least, was questioned by the panel of the inaugural MediaTel Media Question Time on Monday evening. Ginger Media Group’s Adam Bowie asked the panel whether they thought that radio broadcasters should offer free receiver equipment in the same way as BSkyB and ONdigital have… Continue reading Media Panel Split On The Value Of Digital Radio
Future Publishing, producer of home computing and video game magazines, has today announced that it is to seek a listing on the London Stock Exchange in June. The float is expected to be valued at around £500 million.In connection with the listing, a new company is being formed – The Future Network – which will… Continue reading Future Publishing Seeks London Stock Exchange Listing
Southnews, publisher of paid-for and free newspapers in London and the Home Counties, has announced its preliminary results for the 53 weeks to 3 April 1999, which showed that profit before tax has increased by 63% to £12.1 million. Earnings per share were also up by 27% from last year to 40.2p, and revenues for… Continue reading Southnews Reports 63% Increase In Pre-Tax Profit
Carlton Communications has revealed that it is to invest over £150 million in digital media this year, £100 million of which will go into ONdigital, in its results for the 6 months ended 31 March 1999. The media group also aims to double Carlton’s output for ITV and other channels within the next three years.… Continue reading Carlton Communications Announces Ten-Point Plan
