Non-terrestrial television households are set to grow by 1.1 million to 6.8 million by the end of 1997, according to a new survey from Mintel. By the end of 1996 dish sales/rentals had reached 3.8 million and looks set to exceed 4 million by the end of this year. However, cable connections last year exceeded… Continue reading Good Growth Predicted For Cable/Satellite
Agency estimates put the total terrestrial TV revenue for July at £160.320m. Of this, ITV brought in £116.25m (down 2.4% year on year), Channel 4 £36m (down 0.9%) and C5 £8.07m (down 16% on last month). GMTV’s June revenue fell 6.4% to £5.71m.LWT put in the strongest performance among the ITV areas, with a year… Continue reading TV Revenue – July
The Word’s advertisement revenue for the first six months of 1997 has reached almost £3 million, up 35% on last year. Campaigns for Rover, Kingfisher and Halifax helped the company achieve this figure.These campaigns have been running throughout the Word’s regional daily press membership which includes the Oxford Mail, Wolverhampton Express & Star and the… Continue reading Record Results For The Word
BBC1 is believed to be considering a new look to its Saturday evening schedule, with Match of the Day being moved to an earlier slot with a repeat showing later on.Sources suggest that the Corporation is looking at moving the show to a slot either just before or just after the National Lottery. A repeat… Continue reading New Slot For Match Of The Day
Liberty Publishing has said that its Punch title will turn from a weekly into a fortnightly publication from next month. This is apparently due to research which suggested readers could not buy Punch every week due to their heavy reading schedule.…Miller Freeman is reported to be planning a new pan-European weekly magazine aimed at the… Continue reading Punch Goes Fortnightly
Future Publishing is celebrating the release of the latest January to June ABC figures, with the news that circulation across the whole of the company’s magazine output rose by 62.1%. The best performing title from the company is The Official Playstation Magazine which had a year-on-year increase of 185.7%, going from 51,444 in 1996 to… Continue reading Future Celebrates Year On Year Increases
The latest ABC figures for January to June 1997 have been released today and can be found in Features under Press. Bauer has also released its own audited figures for its publications and can be found in the same section.
Publicis Communications is rumoured to be close to signing a deal which would see it acquire SMI, the business-to-business ad agency. According to Campaign SMI has been talking to a number of interested parties though Publicis emerged as the front runner last week.
The Barclay brothers, owners of the European and Scotsman, are believed to be interested in buying Sunday Business . The paper is currently looking for a new owner after it went into receivership last month.
BSkyB’s financial results for the year to June 30 show that pre-tax profits have risen 22% to £314m. This was fuelled by a 26% gain in sales to £1.27 billion, while total paying subscribers grew 878,000 to 6.37 million.…Pearson is selling its Churchill Livingstone medical publishing company to Harcourt General for $92.5mBSkyB: 0171 705 3000
