Mr Bean has broken Four Weddings And A Funeral‘s British box office record by taking £2.56 million over the weekend (August 8-10). The film came second however to the sci-fi comedy Men In Black which took £3.38 million. Four Weddings opened at the box office with £1.4 million and eventually went on to take £27.4… Continue reading Bean Nearly Silences Men In Black
The Radio Authority has awarded the new small scale local licences within East Sussex to three broadcasters: Arrow FM will cover the Hastings area with a “widely appealing” mix; Easy 107 will cover Eastbourne with “music you grew up with” as well as local news, information and entertainment; Surf 107 will broadcast to the Brighton… Continue reading Radio Authority Awards Licences
COI spent over £6.1 million on radio advertising in June, according to figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau. Carphone Warehouse came second with £6m and was followed by Dixons (£5.2m), BT (£4.1m) and Vauxhall (£4m).Top radio buying points were MediaVest (£18.1m) and Zenith Media (£16.7), which were followed by TMD Carat (£11.6m), Universal McCann (£11.5m)… Continue reading COI Tops June Radio Advertisers
Wagadon Ltd, publishers of Arena and Face , are to launch a new women title called Frank . The publishers intend the aim for top-end of the women’s glossy magazine market with an ‘irreverent, opinionated, witty and eclectic editorial style’.The magazine, costing £2.70, hits the newsstands on 11 September and will have an initial print… Continue reading A Frank New Title For Women
A new poll suggests that Britain’s top advertisers have never valued their advertising agencies’ opinion on marketing issues less than they do today.A poll of senior executives within major advertisers, carried out by agency CDP, found that only about 50% rate advertising as their most effective brand-building tool. When considering their outside suppliers, fewer than… Continue reading Marketing Role Of Agencies ‘Not Valued’
The Radio Authority has published details of its Quarterly Bulletin for the second quarter of 1997.Four commercial radio stations were fined following complaints received by the Authority during April and June of 1997. The stations fined were: LLeicester Sound 105.4 FM for repeated breaches of their ‘promise of performance’ (£5,000). Spectrum Radio (Greater London) for… Continue reading Radio Authority Fine Four Stations
This week’s top programme lists showed that there is still no change at the top of the overall top thirty programme list and Channel 4’s top ten list. Monday’s edition of Coronation Street, with the continuing storyline regarding the Fiona Middleton love triangle between Steve, Jim and Alan (or should that be love square), attracted… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 27/07/97
The main mover last week in the media industry was Pearson, which began the week on 692.5p and finished on 777.5p. This was as a result of the group’s better-than-expected interim results on Monday and chief executive Marjorie Scardino’s bullish statement that the company would double its value within five years.Telewest Communications benefited from confirmation… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 08/08/97
Tuesday The Retail Prices Index for July will be announced.Thursday MAID and WPP Group announce interim results while Media Business Group releases final figures. It is expected that WPP will see a rise in profits from £68m to around £78m, though the strength of sterling could leave revenue static. Media Business is expected to see… Continue reading The Week Ahead
David Rydell, the third editor of Sunday Business, will be leaving the newspaper to join Beattie Media with the role of setting up a new office in London for the Scottish PR firm.At the moment the newspaper is in receivership and is looking for a buyer. No one was available for comment at Sunday Business.
