The Family Channel is believed to be considering changing its name to the Challenge Channel following the appointment of TBWA as its ad agency. The relaunch of the channel will see a shift toward themed weekends, evening quiz shows and daily dramas catering for housewives.The channel was to have relaunched in the autumn, but because… Continue reading Family Channel Planning Relaunch
The London Financial News has found new financial backers which means that the paper can now resume publishing after a two-week suspension *London Financial News Suspended.A group of investors headed by Chris Anderson, the founder of Future Publishing, has now invested over £300,000 in the title. It is rumoured that poor ad revenue was the… Continue reading Financial Paper Finds Backer
At a presentation last night LWT revealed the schedule it believes will revitalise its Winter schedule and erase memories of disasters like Man O Man and The Shane Ritchie Experience. Granada chief David Liddiment admitted that LWT had experienced problems in the past, especially with the Spring schedule, but believed the Winter programmes are “fresher… Continue reading LWT Promise Revitalised Schedule
Future Publishing’s .Net magazine and the Financial Times have joined forces to create Doing Business On-line, a 32 page supplement designed and written to offer practical advice on how businesses can take advantage on the Internet.An initial print run of 460,000 has been set aside for the supplement which will be inserted in Wednesday December… Continue reading FT And .net Launch Internet Supplement
Future Publishing is to launch it’s first film related title called Total Film . The magazine, primarily aimed at male 18-30 readers, concentrates on mainstream feature and action-adventure movies and will have an intial print run of around 110,000 copies.Future has been expanding its core business over the past 18 months and already has a… Continue reading Future To Launch New Film Title
Contrary to trade press reports, the long-awaited daily sports title Sport First will not be launching in January. Editor Bob Harris told Newsline that though the publication was editorially ‘sound’, financial and print arrangements were unsatisfactory and would need to be significantly improved before a launch date was announced. Mr Harris said that negotiations were… Continue reading Sport First Hopes For Launch Next Year
The Christian cable channel Ark2 will have to delay its launch since it has failed to secure enough money to cover its costs.The channel was due to broadcast in October * Christian Cable Channel To Launch and then this was postponed until November 25 which now also seems unlikely. It is not clear whether the… Continue reading Ark2 In Financial Crisis
Media Audits, the advertising consultancy, is to launch a new service early next year to help direct response advertisers get better value from their TV ad campaigns.The new service will link response levels with advertising spots and will be based on a pool of information on clients’ DRTV campaigns including channel, spot duration, transmission time,… Continue reading Media Audits Launches DRTV Evaluation Service
General Cable, the fifth largest cable operator in the UK, experienced increased losses in the nine months to the end of September, reaching £19.1 million compared to £14.8m last year, while revenues increased and churn decreased from 31% to 23%.As with most cable companies at present, most of General Cable’s losses were attributable to the… Continue reading General Cable Losses Worsen
The Channel Television group, Channel Islands Communications, has announced pre-tax profits for the six months to September of £653,000, which is the best first half trading performance in the company’s history.Group chairman Major John Riley referred to strong growth in local ad revenue and said that overall turnover is up 12% on the same period… Continue reading Channel TV Posts Record Results
