Revenue Agency estimates put August’s terrestrial television revenue at £143 million. ITV brought in a total of £104.8m, up 3.9% year on year, while Channel 4 came in at £31.5m, up 0.5%. Channel 5’s revenue was estimated to be £6.7m, down from £8m last month. GMTV’s revenue fell 8% to £5.3m.There were relatively minor year… Continue reading TV Round-Up – August
The fifteen year deal struck between the BBC and Flextech in March (subscribers see Flextech And The BBC Finally Shake Hands) has produced UKTV, a network of channels which is set to launch on Saturday 1 November.The new station is set to broadcast a revamped UK Gold along with three new channels. UK Horizons plans… Continue reading UKTV Offers Three New Channels
Carlton Screen Advertising is to support the National Schools Film Week which aims at encouraging seven to seventeen year olds, 96 per cent of whom are cinemagoers, to learn as well as enjoy the medium. CSA is keen to encourage a wider youth audience.The Film Week, which runs from 6-10 October, will feature special previews… Continue reading Carlton Supports National Schools Film Week
The long-awaited daily sports newspaper Sport First is looking to launch in early 1998, possibly February or March. The publication, which has made several attempts to appear on the newsstands, is still organising its funding. The format of the title has not changed since the plans were first announced (subscribers see Football Daily Details Confirmed)… Continue reading Sport First Looks To 1998
The world of the Internet offers a seemingly inexhaustible hive of information on all kinds of people’s lives, their hobbies, their clubs; it allows discussions, has chat rooms and, almost certainly, creates electronic love affairs. A young American woman however, has offered her whole private life up for scrutiny – 24 hours a day. Jennifer… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 10/10/97
It has been reported that On Demand Management, a cable consortium led by Telewest and including NTL and General Cable, is in discussions with major Hollywood film companies with a view to striking a deal which would allow On Demand pay-per-view rights to blockbuster films. The On Demand cable consortium represents more than half the… Continue reading On Demand Plan Pay-Per-View Deal With Hollywood
The general sports magazine market is rather a puzzle at the moment. Although there are only a couple of mainstream titles, namely Total Sport and Sported! which are both published by Emap, it would appear a difficult arena to enter – a number of titles have struggled in the sector and been forced to close,… Continue reading First Issue Review – Inside Sport
Pearson are contemplating selling their 4% stake in BSkyB if their offer of £233m for US television production company All American comes off. A spokeswoman for Pearson said the sale of the BSkyB stake, and the possible sale of other broadcasting company stakes held by Pearson, would be completed in order to further distance the… Continue reading Pearson May Sell Stakes In TV Companies
Maid, the online information provider, has announced that it will be taking over its formal rival Knight-Ridder Information.The deal, worth £261m, will see Maid become the world’s largest online information company as it changes its name to the Dialog Corporation when it begins trading next month. Dan Wagner, founder of Maid, will become chief executive… Continue reading Maid Acquisition To Go Ahead
Some of the shares in GWR Group which were placed up for sale by Capital Radio earlier this week (subscribers see Capital Sells GWR Stake) have been bought by the music group EMI.EMI has secured 4 million shares in GWR Group taking their stake in the company to just under 14 per cent. The £6.8m… Continue reading EMI Buys GWR Shares
