The Brighton Media Centre is launching 20:20 in September. The glossy magazine aims to dispel the myth that the media is a closed shop, full of ‘old boys’ squabbling with each other. Young, talented graduates are promising to produce a fresh, feisty, unpredictable magazine that brings a different perspective to the established media, and an… Continue reading 20:20 Opens Closed Shop
EMAP Radio has confirmed that it has appointed Tom Toumazis, former managing director of Eurosport, as the head of a new sales company set up in the wake of the Capital takeover of Virgin two weeks ago (subscribers see Capital Buys Virgin Radio).The new company, dubbed EMAP Broadcast Sales, will sell airtime for EMAP’s TV… Continue reading EMAP Radio Launches Sales House
The Saturday edition of The Times is to be overhauled. Nick Wapshott, formerly editor of the Saturday magazine, will be overseeing the revamp. He will be going through the paper with a fine tooth comb and making improvements where necessary. Wapshott aims to distinguish the paper from the weekday editions to satisfy the different needs… Continue reading Changing Times On Saturday
The soaps cleaned out the top spots again this week. Coronation Street was again top of the league with 15.79 million viewers. Although Eastenders achieved a higher weekly average than The Street, amassing an average of 14.45 million viewers over three nights, in comparison, Coronation Street recorded an average of 13.33 million viewers over four… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 18/05/97
The Radio Advertising Bureau and senior commercial radio industry figures have agreed to set up a working body called the Joint Industry Commercial Radio IT Futures group (JICRIT) which will aim at standardising the buying and selling of radio airtime as well as making the medium more accountable.It was agreed at a meeting last week… Continue reading Radio Industry Sets Up JIC
Land Rover is sponsoring Sky TV’s broadcast of the British Lions Tour. Land Rover will be fully integrated into the whole package. The deal includes sponsorship, text and Internet and extends to national newspaper supplement promotions.In another motoring related sponsorship deal, Pulling Power, Central TV’s new motor show, is being sponsored by Auto Windscreens. The… Continue reading New Motor Sponsors Pass The Screen Test
Fru Hazlitt, the former head of client sales at Capital Radio is to head Capital’s new sales house Capital Sales and Marketing *Capital Buys Virgin Radio. A number of changes have already followed this appointment. Duncan George, sales director of Capital Radio and Andrew Oldham, sales director of MSM are both leaving the group, although… Continue reading Capital Restructures Sales
Euromoney Publications has had its best ever first-half results in the six months to March 31 this year. Operating profit grew by 25% to a record £10,955,000, profit before tax rose by 5% to £12,047,000, another record and earnings per share were up 12% to 36p. The interim dividend goes up by 4p to 18p… Continue reading Best Ever Results For Euromoney
The latest IPA Trends in Television viewing report, covering the first quarter of 1997, has been published. It shows that average daily viewing levels for all television viewing have resumed their long-term decline and are currently 6% less than they were 5 years ago.The IPA says that ITV’s share of viewing is “still giving cause… Continue reading IPA Trends Report Highlights TV Viewing Decline
The Channel 5 9pm movie, much trumpeted as a popular alternative to other channel’s offerings, can be seen as a general indicator of 5’s success since it launched at the end of March. This is not only because 5 itself placed so much faith in it as an audience puller, but because advertisers did too.… Continue reading Channel 5 Analysis – The 9pm Movie
