News that Channel 5 and BSkyB’s Sky Five Text venture had won the licence to provide the C5 teletext service failed to impress the markets and the satellite broadcaster continued to have a torrid time on Friday, falling 9p to 438.5p.The Radio Authority’s decision on Thursday to allow the takeover of Virgin Radio by Capital… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 18/07/97
MondayThe Big Issue is revamped.WednesdayReuters interim results are published.Cult TV magazine launches.ThursdayWeb site of the week is Farmers Weekly Interactive.FridayWeb-round-up will appear in Newsline features.June TV revenue will be available on Newsline as soon as it is received.
The Chartered Institute of Marketing published its quarterly Marketing Trends Survey today.The report reveals that economic confidence has fallen in the three months since Labour came to power. Marketers are blaming rising interest rates and an over-valued pound for their cautionary frame of minds. Respondents are also forecasting average price rises of 1.5%.It is not… Continue reading Business Confidence Slips
ITV chiefs are rumoured to be planning a new evening schedule which will see the News At Ten move to a 7:30pm slot which will then be followed at 8pm by an hour of family drama. An article in the today’s Independent goes on to say that popular programming and films would then be shown… Continue reading ITV Set To Revise Evening Schedule
Agency estimates put the combined ITV/C4 revenue for June at £184.2m, which is down 3% year on year, while Channel 5 brought in £9.7m which is an unwelcome fall from May’s figure of £11m. ITV’s revenue was put at £140.2m, down 4.8%, while C4’s was £44m, up 3.1%. The revenue ratio between ITV/C4 was 76:24.… Continue reading TV Revenue – June
http://www.getty-images.com/hultonTo get the best from this site you need to download a plug-in, but unfortunately this is a challenge that makes the Krypton Factor look as easy as a game of Snap.Once you have achieved the seemingly impossible and plugged the system in to its source of enrichment, a kaleidoscope of brilliant images appear. The… Continue reading Web Site Of The Week – Getty Images
The north London arm of Independent Newspapers will be buying the Kentish Times group of newspapers, it has been announced.Independent, which owns titles including the Camden & St Pancras Chronicle, the Chiswick & West London Guardian and the Ealing & London Recorder, is believed to be paying around £10m for the group which has seventeen… Continue reading Kentish Times Find Buyer
Scott Williams has been appointed programme controller at Invicta FM; he takes-over from Paul Jackson who is going to become programme controller at BRMB.Williams has worked across all areas of programming and has been programme controller at GWR Swindon for the past two years.In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing the future… Continue reading New Programme Controller
impact FCA! and Kelly Weedon Shute have merged to create a new agency, FCA!, with capitalised billings of £90 million.It is hoped that the merger will exploit the strategic capabilities of Kelly Weedon Shute and the through-the-line network of impact FCA!Chris Parry, chairman of impact FCA! commented: “The new agency offers a depth of strategic… Continue reading £90 Million Agency Result Of Merger
