Qualities The Times continued to increase sales in November, recording a growth of 16.08% year on year to 783,638. This growth far outstripped that of other titles in the sector: the Financial Times increased by 1.35% to 297,140 while the Guardian grew by 0.41% to 396,434. The Independent‘s sales however continued to fall, dropping by… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – November
The release last week of Disney’s live action version of 101 Dalmatians and sci-fi movie Star Trek: First Contact has helped make this December’s first weekend takings the best ever.The top three box office films for December 13th to 15th all took a combined total of over £5 million, with 101 Dalmatians taking £2.36 million,… Continue reading 101 Dalmatians Knocks Spots Off The Rest
Cable Operator Telewest is rumoured to be buying a stake in youth cable channel Rapture.At present the channel’s only major backer is United News & Media and it is thought that Telewest’s offer of financial backing would lead to the channel being carried on one of its cable franchises.
The Cable industry has issued a statement regarding the OFT’s comments on BSkyB’s new ratecard. In the statement the Cable industry disagrees that no new evidence had been presented to the OFT and it says that the industry is seeking an opportunity to discuss the issues directly with the OFT.The cable companies believe that BSkyB’s… Continue reading CCA Respond To OFT BSkyB Ratecard Comments
www.lwt.co.ukThe LWT website has been launched on the Internet. The design of the site is very basic at present but there will further additions made to the site. The main sections of the site are: Gladiators LWT Action Talk TV Press Office Postcards The Gladiators section gives browsers detailed information on the Gladiators, the presenters… Continue reading Website Of The Week – LWT
The BBC has entered into talks with cable companies regarding the creation of eight new cable only channels. The new channels are being planned as part of a joint ventures between the BBC and cable operators Flextech and Discovery.The channels being considered include: Showcase – which will feature comedy and drama from the BBC archives.… Continue reading BBC To Set Up 8 New Cable Channels
ITV has re-signed two of its on screen sponsorship deals. Nestle is to continue sponsoring Potamus Park, while Lego Duplo is to carry on sponsoring Tots TV.Lego’s deal starts from January 6th and runs for 28 episodes and again from July 7th for 48 episodes. Nestle’s sponsorship runs from January 7th and lasts for three… Continue reading ITV Re-sign Two TV Sponsors
The bookmaker Ladbroke Racing is planning to launch an online TV betting service. The venture will be done through Two Way TV, the interactive television service Ladbroke recently purchased a 20% stake in, and could possibly involve bets being placed over the Internet.The move comes as betting shops and pools companies look for ways to… Continue reading Ladbroke To Start Online Betting
The ITC has announced that Telewest Communications is the only applicant for the local cable franchise for the Lothian area.… the ITC has also announced that there are four applicants for the cable franchise for the Milton Keynes area. They are: BT New Towns Cable TV CableTel Bedfordshire Ltd Cable Television Ltd Metro Communications (MK)… Continue reading ITC Cable News
BSkyB plans to bring in pay per view movies have been hit by the refusal of a further two Hollywood studies to allow the satellite station exclusive access to their film catalogue. Disney and MCA have followed Warner Brothers similar move of only offering pay-per-view rights to broadcasters on a non-exclusive basis.Last month cable companies… Continue reading Disney & MCA Refuse BSkyB PPV Rights
