There was very little year on year change among most paid-for regional titles for this period. Overall for July-December 1997 there were 8.883 million copies sold, up 0.21% on the previous year. Among the top ten paid-for titles in the UK by circulation, the daily Manchester Evening News showed the biggest increase with a rise… Continue reading Regional ABCs and VFDs July – December 1997
http://www.itvf1.com/It seems that the good people at F1 Racing magazine and ITV have teamed up to provide a pretty comprehensive guide to the Grand Prix F1 championship without any assistance from advertisers’ money. They must have produced the site out of the goodness of their hearts as there is not a single ad on the… Continue reading Website Of The Week – ITV Formula 1 Site
Total cinema admissions soared by 49.4% year on year to 15.13 million during February. This is the biggest margin of increase since March 1994. The average weekly admission figure stood at 3.78 million.It has also emerged that Titanic has become the biggest grossing film ever – so far in the UK it has taken around… Continue reading February Cinema Admissions Show Big Increase
Telewest Communications, the UK’s second largest cable operator, has announced a rise in pre-tax losses from £249.9 million to £309.9 million for 1997. Turnover, however, rose 33% to £386m.Telewest also said that it was in talks with a number of companies regarding the launch of digital cable services. It expects to be able to reveal… Continue reading Losses Deepen At Telewest
The launch of Merseyside’s new alternative dance and rock station, 107 Crash FM, is to be sponsored by Guinness in a £100,000 advertising launch campaign.The Guinness promotion will appear on buses, TV, cinema and in the press as well as at the gigs and concerts which are planned for the first six weeks of broadcasting.… Continue reading Liverpool’s Crash FM Launch Endorsed By Guinness
Finally we say “Goodbye” to another series of Casualty, making Saturday nights in marginally less depressing. Everything the BBC churned out in its first Casualty-free night seemed to be more upbeat, even the National Lottery. With Wogan at the helm, things could have gone one way really: better than any of the previous shamozzle of… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 08/03/98
According to a new Informer survey by Universal Truths, Channel 5 is the first channel that viewers would give up if one of their channels had to go. The Omnibus survey of 1000 adults showed that 43% of those who could receive the channel said it would be the first to go.This compares with 20%… Continue reading Channel 5 Would Be First For The Chop, Says Survey
Velocity, the new free bar and club magazine from Chronos, will be launching on 25 March (subscribers see Chronos Publishing To Launch Bar And Club Listings Mag).The weekly title will be published across London every Wednesday.Chronos: 0171 296 6000
According to agency estimates, total terrestrial television revenue for February (including GMTV) came in at £176.35 million. Of this, ITV brought in £120.83 million (down 0.8% year on year), Channel 4 £41.12m (up 9.3%), Channel 5 £9.53m and GMTV £4.87m (down 9.8%).February ITV Franchise Revenue Share Comparisons Feb-97 Feb-98 % Change Carlton 17.8 17.8… Continue reading TV Revenue – February
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said that it is writing to a number of trade bodies to discover whether ITV’s new sales policy (subscribers see ISBA Consults IPA On ITV Sales Policy) is perceived to be anti-competitive.The ITV sales houses agreed in October last year to trade airtime sales on the basis of… Continue reading OFT Seeks Industry Response To ITV Sales Practice
