Revenue Agency estimates for May 1998 put total terrestrial TV ad revenue at £250.38 million, a rise year on year for all the channels but GMTV.ITV’s total revenue was up 19% to £177.10 million, C4’s rose 16.1% to £54.00 million and C5’s once again saw the greatest relative gain – up 19.8% to £13.18 million.… Continue reading TV Round-Up – May 1998
The UK broadband cable universe reached 2˝ million homes and 5 million individuals in March 1998 according to industry and ITC research conducted by RSMB TV. This represents a 15% growth since September 1997.The growth of cable continues to exceed the rate of growth for direct to home (DTH, ie. satellite), and cable homes now… Continue reading Broadband Cable Reaches 2˝ Million Homes
Mirror Group has appointed Victor Blank as its new chairman, replacing Sir Robert Clark who retires as planned after six years at the helm.Mr Blank is deputy chairman of retail group Great Universal Stores and was previously chairman and chief executive of City firm Charterhouse.He becomes a non-executive director and chairman of the media group,… Continue reading New Chairman Appointed For Mirror Group
Flextech and UKTV have signed a carriage deal with BSkyB which will see their channels launched on Sky’s digital platform which is set to begin broadcasting in August.The agreement secures carriage for ten Flextech/UKTV channels. These will include Flextech’s wholly-owned channels, Bravo, Challenge TV, Living and Trouble.UKTV, which is a joint venture between Flextech and… Continue reading Sky Digital Will Carry Flextech And UKTV Channels
The agonising World Cup defeat of England by Argentina after a penalty shootout last night was watched by a peak audience of 26 million according unofficial overnight figures. This, according to ITV, is the highest ever number of people tuning into a television programme on any single channel. The game achieved an average audience of… Continue reading England’s Epic Defeat Gains 26m Viewers
As with last month all but Women showed increases in impacts for ITV year on year for May. Again, the biggest increase was with Housewives/Children up 8.2%. Overall ITV Adults impacts were up 1.9%. Conversely, Channel 4 lost impacts across all audience categories. Channel 5 continues to improve in leaps and bounds with all audience… Continue reading TV Revenue – May 1998
Radio broadcasting companies bidding for commercial radio licences have promised ownership continuity if they are successful in their applications.The Radio Partnership, hoping to gain a North-East England regional licence, has written to the Radio Authority to confirm a vow that they would not sell on the franchise for at least 5 years.Ice FM, a rival… Continue reading Radio Applicants In Loyalty Pledge
Kelvin MacKenzie’s consortium (see MacKenzie Leaves Mirror Group To Bid For Talk Radio) has made an offer for Talk Radio which is believed to be around the £20 million mark. A bid from Talk’s management team last week (see Talk Radio Management Submits Bid) is also thought to be valued at £15-20 million.CLT-ufa has been… Continue reading CLT-ufa Receives Bids For Talk
In its first annual report, the Broadcasting Standards Commission’s (BSC) chairman, Lady Howe, has today said that there are three issues which arise from the nature of complaints and research that should be considered more closely.Firstly, the BSC is concerned about informed consent of individuals to appear in documentaries and docu-soaps. “Sometimes participants are aware… Continue reading BSC Expresses Concern On 3 Broadcasting Issues
This question is to be answered at the next MRG Evening by drawing on a study commissioned by TSMS. The research examined attentive viewing levels to 14,000 programmes by genre across all terrestrial and 10 satellite channels.The results of this study will be revealed at the meeting which is held at the Leo Burnett, 60… Continue reading How Much Attention Do Viewers Really Pay To TV Channels?
