Revenue Total terrestrial TV revenue for December reached £163.55 million, an increase of 4.88% year-on-year. Of this, ITV brought in £126.55m, up 6.15% year-on-year, and Channel 4 reached £37m, up slightly by 0.76%. This brings the revenue ratio between ITV and Channel 4 to 77:23. Among the ITV companies there was very little change year-on-year.… Continue reading TV Round-Up – December
Knowledge TV , the US satellite channel which provides educational and information programming, is set to launch in the UK and the rest of Europe on 7 February.The channel’s programming will fall into four categories: business, careers and finance; health and well-being; global culture and language; and computers and technology. Its hours of broadcast in… Continue reading New Channel Set For Launch
The Radio Advertising Bureau has drawn together the experiences of advertisers who have used radio effectively in various ways in its latest publication How Wireless Works.The nine case studies covered in-depth are from Barclays Bank, Duracell, British Midland, Scottish Courage, Carphone Warehouse, Diet Coke, BT, COI and DHL, who the RAB believe are targeted advertisers… Continue reading RAB Reveals How Radio Works
The latest round of NRS figures, for the period July to December 1996, show that Your Garden magazine has achieved the greatest rise in readership figures, with a 55% change. FHM however, which reported annual figures, achieved the highest year on year rise of 662,000 new readers, an increase of 156.5%. TV & Satellite Week… Continue reading NRS Round-Up July-December 1996
ITV Sport unveiled its plans for Formula One motor-racing, which comes to the channel in March this year.Murray Walker, who thought it was all over when the BBC lost the rights to Formula One, remains the ‘voice’ of motor-racing, as ITV takeover coverage of this glamourous sport. Walker will broadcast from the commentary box with… Continue reading ITV Gets Into Pole Position For Formula One
Features appearing on Newsline this week include a national newspaper round-up for 1996 and a round-up of the NRS July to December 1996 figures, which is available on Newsline now NRS Round-Up July-December 1996.Tuesday night sees the Media Research Group’s meeting on the latest Cable Television Research. There will be a full report on the… Continue reading Week Ahead
Rumours are circulating that Granada is about to sell its 11% stake in BSkyB. The move is said to be due to advice that Granada should take advantage of BSkyB’s strong market price while the going is good.Initial reaction at 11:00am meant that BSkyB’s price dropped 8.5 to 571p while Granada’s rose 8 to 868p.For… Continue reading Granada May Sell BSkyB Stake
BBC Radio 1 has confirmed that Mark Radcliffe is to takeover from Chris Evans as the Breakfast Show host. The new show will hit the airwaves on 17 February. Simon Mayo will fill in until then.Radcliffe’s salary is not going to be in the same league as his predecessor’s. He is reported to be getting… Continue reading Evans’ Replacement Announced
Coronation Street returns to the top this week, recapturing the top two places from Eastenders. Emmerdale continues to build a solid following, this week holding eighth, ninth, and tenth place giving ITV a slight edge over the BBC in holding six of the top ten places.ITV drama continues to do well, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries,… Continue reading TV Weekly Viewing Summary W/E 12/01/97
A row is threatening to erupt over the latest batch of July-December NRS figures for the women’s weekly sector, with some magazine companies querying the Survey’s research methods.Of particular concern is the quality of the research for young upper-class women in the weekly sector since most of the titles have shown a drop in the… Continue reading Row Threatening Over NRS Figures
