The last MRG meeting looked at what role media research played in the launch and development of Channel 5. The meeting was held by Nick Milligan, director of sales, and David Harrison, research director, at Channel 5, and was chaired by Rosemary Taylor.C5’s performance set against the original predictions for the station were positive. After… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting – Channel 5 Media Research
The website www.dotmusic.com has been awarded its second audit certificate from ABC// electronic for the audit period 1 June – 1 July 1998, which showed a 218% increase in traffic.Chris Sice, commercial manager, dotmusic, commented: “The audit validates the increasing levels of traffic that dotmusic is attracting. It also gives added confidence to the high… Continue reading Dotmusic Website Second Audit
ITV announced details of its new branding strategy today (see Newsline) which involves a new logo as well as a new theme: TV From The Heart.The new image is a blue and yellow logo using lower case lettering, complemented by an animated channel symbol – a heart. “From now on the heart will become the… Continue reading ITV – Coming From The Heart
Revenue Agency estimates for August 1998 put total terrestrial TV (including GMTV) ad revenue at £166.98 million. Year on year, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 show increases in revenue and GMTV continues to lose advertising income.ITV’s total revenue was up by 12.9% to £118.3 million, C4’s rose by 11.2% to £35.0 million and C5’s… Continue reading TV Round-Up – August 1998
Granada Television, the company which part owns ONdigital with Carlton, is in the headlines today after having reportedly paid out £2 million in a libel settlement.Granada’s World In Action programme wrongly accused three police officers of perjury and fabricating evidence in the case involving the death of Patrick Quinn, who was killed in police custody… Continue reading Granada Pays Out £2 Million For Libel
Travis Baxter, managing director of Atlantic 252 has announced a number of promotions in the station’s sales department creating three new directors. Dave Atkey becomes operations director, Alison Victory becomes marketing director and Steve Johnson moves from sales controller to sales director. At the same time, Johnson has promoted Alison Deas to sales controller.Johnson said:… Continue reading Sales Promotions At Atlantic 252
Cable and Wireless, the UK cable company, today outlined the main features of its digital service, increasing the tension in the run up to the launch of the various digital systems.Cable and Wireless outlined a variety of features to its service. As well as providing up to 200 channels, the service will feature interactive services… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Confirm Digital Service Features
In the wake of having announced 17 redundancies last week (see Newsline), The Observer’s editor Roger Alton has announced that the paper is to take on Andy Malone as home editor.Roger Alton said of the appointment:”Andy is an extremely talented journalist with a high level of experience both as a reporter and as an editor.… Continue reading More Internal Changes At The Observer
ONdigital announced that it is to launch its digital service on 15 November at a press conference this morning, and also unveiled the package deals for its new service.Spokespeople for ONdigital stressed the element of choice characteristic of the packages on offer, with any six primary channels, chosen by the subscriber, for £7.99 a month… Continue reading ONdigital Announces Channel Packages And Launch Date
IPC Magazine’s chief executive Mike Mathews announced today that Chris Boyd, managing director of IPC Southbank Publishing Group, has resigned.Appointed to the position in 1995 (see Newsline), Boyd has resigned for personal reasons and will be succeeded for an interim of a few months by Colin-Reeves Smith who will be acting managing director of Southbank… Continue reading Managing Director At IPC Southbank Publishing Resigns
