IPC will be launching 17 special one-off titles before the end of the year as part of an aggressive expansion plan.New publications will include: Family Health, 40+ Health, Celebrity Cooking Now, Beautiful People, Best Entertaining, 150 Summer Recipes, Jets and Digital Photography and Country Life Gardens. Summer specials for Woman’s Realm , Woman’s Weekly ,… Continue reading IPC To Launch Magazine One-Shot Offensive
The Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) group today announced first-half profits before tax of £81.1 million, a 24% increase year on year from £65.6 million in 1997.The company, which publishes the Daily Mail, also reported earnings per share up from 27.8p last time to 46.2p for the half year ended 29 March 1998.The group… Continue reading Pre-Tax Profits At DMGT Reach £80m
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has said that it believes the Government’s plans to set a switch-off date for analogue television signals are premature. The Government outlined these plans in The Multi-Media Revolution report by recommending the announcement of a switch-off date this year.The IPA indicates that “new digital channels have not yet… Continue reading Too Early To Set Analogue Switch-Off Date, Says IPA
Chronos Publishing’s Velocity magazine has been closed only three months after its launch due to insufficient interest from advertisers.The free title had a distribution of around 70,000 copies to bars and clubs within London but according to a spokesperson for Chronos other pubs and clubs were not interested in advertising in the title as they… Continue reading Velocity Closes After 3 Months
Bristol United Press has reported a 73% increase in pre-tax profits to £14.5 million for the period ended 31 March 1998.The regional publisher, which produces the Bristol Observer Series, gained £1.1 million operating profit from the acquisition of Wessex Newspapers in September last year for £35 million (see Newsquest Sells Titles). It also gained exceptional… Continue reading Bristol United Press Reports £14.5m Pre-Tax Profit
Which? Online, the website of Which? magazine, is considering introducing a pay-per-view service. This would be a first for a UK consumer publisher.It is anticipated that users who do not subscribe to the whole site will be able to purchase specific Which? reports. Payment systems are currently being tested by the publisher, which is part… Continue reading Which? Online Considering PPV First
The Institute of Economic Affairs will be holding a conference on 29 and 30 June 1998 to discuss the future of broadcasting in the digital media market.Speakers will include Sir Christopher Bland, chairman of the BBC, Nigel Walmsley, director of BDB, Graham Duff, chief executive of Zenith and Richard Dunn, adviser to the Premier League.Topics… Continue reading Conference To Debate Future Of Broadcasting
Viewing shares stand at more or less the same levels this week. ITV continues to hold a commanding 33%. BBC1 follows with 28%, BBC2 has 10.7%, Channel 4 10.8%, and despite an overall improvement in some of its audience figures over recent weeks Channel 5 still sees no improvement and clings on to its 3.9%… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 24/05/98
The ITC has reported that 48 viewers complained about an ad for Sky’s Movie Channels which featured people quoting famous lines from various films. One of these is Michael Caine’s immortal line from the Italian Job: “You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!”A number of complainants objected in principle to the use… Continue reading Sky Told To Move Ad Past Watershed
The Radio Authority has said that it will be conducting a public interest test into 107.1 BFM’s application to run the new small-scale licence covering the Greater Manchester area.This is due to the fact that the Independent Radio Group owns 107.1 BFM and also two other services (Lite AM and Wire FM ) which would… Continue reading RA To Conduct Interest Test On Manchester Licence
