The November Retail Prices Index was announced this morning as 159.6, an increase of 0.1% on the previous month and a rise of 3.7% on November 1996.Subscribers can access RPI trends by selecting “Encyclomedia” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
Richard Branson decided last night to accept Chris Evans’ £85m takeover bid for the Virgin Radio group (subscribers see Evans’ Virgin Bid Confirmed) , snubbing Capital Radio which had offered £87m.The deal gives Evans a 55% stake in the newly formed Ginger Media Group, with the rest being split between Richard Branson and venture capital… Continue reading Evans Snatches Virgin From Capital
The latest BARB figures for broadband cable households show that 5.2 million tune into the cable music channel The Box for at least three minutes each week.This figure is more than for MTV, VH-1, Sky 1, BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The latter managed 4.5 million and 2.9 million respectively.In terms of viewing share… Continue reading Cable Viewers Flock To The Box
ABC //electronic has issued the Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) with its first web audit certificate which records over 7,336,442 page impressions for the period 8 September to 7 October 1997. The audit also shows an average of 31,677 user per day.Hugo Drayton, publisher of the Electronic Telegraph, said, “We are delighted to be able to give… Continue reading Electronic Telegraph Receives First ABC Audit
The quality market showed the largest year on year increase in circulations for June to November with an overall circulation of 2.957 million, up 5% year on year. Among these papers, the Sunday Telegraph and FT performed well with increases of 18% and 9.7% respectively. The mid market performed reasonably well, with only the Express… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – November
Capital Radio’s plans to take over Virgin Radio will have to wait a little longer after the Monopolies and Mergers Commission passed its confidential decision to the Department of Trade and Industry on Friday.The MMC had to consider the deal’s implications in terms of ownership and announcement of the decision now sits with the DTI… Continue reading Capital/Virgin Takeover Sits With DTI
The Independent Television Commission has announced the licence fee tariffs payable by its licensees in 1998. The Commission has set the total income required to meet its regulatory expenditure (the cost of licensing and regulating commercial television) at £16.65m. This represents an average increase of 6% and is the first time an increase above the… Continue reading ITC Announces 1998 Licence Fees
Dennis Publishing and Ministry of Sound dance club have teamed up to produce a magazine which is “intended to fill a gap in the lifestyle market” in the form of a ‘credible youth title’. The result is Ministry, a magazine which is dedicated to the world of clubbing and its many off-shoots. Whilst Ministry‘s focus… Continue reading First Issue Review – Ministry
Panasonic has signed a £500,000 deal with ITV to sponsor a number of programmes over the Christmas week. From 21-27 December Panasonic will be linked to three or four programmes per day.The deal was negotiated by Andy Thompson, deputy head of sponsorship at Carlton on behalf of ITV Sponsorship and Andy Jones, director of television… Continue reading Panasonic Signs ITV Christmas Deal
The Mediapolis/WCRS auction for the Pepper Foundation last night raised £27,000, up from £24,000 last year. Representatives from the charity, which cares for terminally ill children in their own home, were said to be “overwhelmed” by the level of support received.
