Scottish Media has raised almost £8 million by selling the investment properties that came with its acquisition of Grampian Television (subscribers see STV And Grampian Merge).The £7.9m deal will see Aberdeen-based property developer, Esson Properties, buy Glenburnie Properties.Scottish Media Group: 01224 846846
According to unofficial overnight estimates, Channel 4’s premier screening of Trainspotting was watched by a peak audience of 4.26 million individuals, which is a TVR of 7.7.The average audience was just over 3 million and attracted a peak ABC1 Adult audience of 1.8m. The film was particularly popular in the C4 Northern and Southern macro… Continue reading 4 Million Viewers For Trainspotting
Keith Edwards, marketing director of Benckiser Ltd whose products include Finish, Vanish and Scale Away told the “Winners & Losers in the Television Marketplace” conference about the effect Channel 5 had on sales of Finish Dishwasher Cleaner. Benckiser had taken the decision to advertise Finish on television for the first time because sales of the… Continue reading Admap Conference â Channel 5 Six Months On: Firecracker or Damp Squib? (Part I)
David Peters, broadcast director at TMD Carat, began by pointing out a few important considerations in the context of the wider picture of digital television. Firstly, the number of people watching TV is not growing. In fact, on the contrary, audience sizes have been decreasing throughout the nineties, and on the whole, the total amount… Continue reading Admap Conference â Planning And Buying Advertising In The Fragmented Future
Euromoney Publications has announced a rise in pre-tax profits from £25.5 million to £30.3m in the year to September. Revenue increased from £104.2m to £131.1m in the same period.The strong pound however cost £1.3m in lost profits. Euromoney said that the economic problems in Asia and other emerging markets arose late in the year and… Continue reading Good Results At Euromoney
Total terrestrial TV revenue for October, excluding GMTV, came in at £243.9 million according to agency estimates. Of this ITV brought in £181.3m (up 3.5% year on year), C4 brought in £51.8m (up 5.7%) and C5’s revenue was £10.7m (up from £9m in September). GMTV came in at £9.1m, down almost 7% from the previous… Continue reading TV Round-Up – October
Publisher Dennis & Beyond has secured the contract to publish the customer magazine for CompuServe, the online service provider, which has over 400,000 UK members. Jo Weatherall will be the new publisher.The title was previously published by Emap.Dennis & Beyond: 0171 637 7931
How will Channel 5 now develop?The speaker for this part of the conference was Dr Stephan Buck who is group research director of Taylor Nelson AGB. He started by saying that it had been widely accepted that the station had not exactly got off to a spectacular success but it was too early to be… Continue reading Admap Conference â Channel 5 Six Months On: Firecracker or Damp Squib? (Part II)
US research firm Arbitron is to acquire London-based Continental Research whose clients include the COI, AMV.BBDO and Royal Mail.The move represents the first stage of Arbitron’s plans to expand beyond North America, focusing initially on Britain and continental Europe. It is also hoped that Arbitron will now have an improved chance of winning the contract… Continue reading Arbitron Buys Continental
The Saturday edition of the Daily Telegraph is to take on a new look from January 3, which will coincide with a new Saturday Times package (subscribers see The Saturday Times Gets Repackage And New Section).As well as increased pagination and more use of colour, the newspaper will be reorganised into five sections: news and… Continue reading New Look For Saturday Telegraph
