Channel 4’s comedy series Drop The Dead Donkey has proved that it is still a favourite with the viewers, appearing at number two on Channel 4’s Top Ten programmes list. The episode shown in the week ending October 27th attracted an audience of 4.27 million people and a consolidated share of viewing of 24%.The second… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary
Two media consortia are believed to be planning new cable and satellite music channels for the near future.Granada is reported to be in discussion with a number of record companies regarding the launch of an MTV-style channel and BSkyB and Virgin are in talks over a join-venture of the same nature. The proposals are thought… Continue reading Two New Music Channels Set To Launch
Midland Independent Newspapers will be launching an annual magazine aimed at people who have just passed their driving test. Drive On will be free and distributed to driving centres, giving it a circulation of over one million. It will feature articles on safety, drink-driving and celebrity interviews. Advertisers include magazines such as Auto Express as… Continue reading MIN Launches Drivers’ Magazine
The Advertising Association is holding a seminar in Cardiff to help small businesses with their advertising decisions. It will take place on Thursday 21 November at the Quality Friendly Hotel.Subjects covered will include: setting advertising objectives; communication choices; the role of ad agencies; an introduction to local media; and a local case study. Speakers will… Continue reading Ad Seminar For Small Businesses
UK Gold has announced that it is to start showing the popular BBC1/Thames television comedy series Men Behaving Badly.As part of a late night Bullet Strand, the repeats kick of with the first series which features Harry Enfield and Martin Clunes as the Nineties answer to the Likely Lads. The show will begin broadcasting this… Continue reading UK Gold Resurrects Old Favourites
The IPA has published its third quarter Trends in Television report which shows that ITV’s share of viewing has declined this year from 36.5% in Q1 to 34.3% in Q3 while non-terrestrial viewing share has grown from 9.3% to 10.5% over the same period. This suggests that ITV is losing its audience to cable and… Continue reading Non-Terrestrial TV Growing At ITV’s Expense
The Cable Communications Association today submitted the formal response of the UK cable industry to the Office of Fair Trading’s consultation on the proposed new BSkyB rate card. The view of the cable industry was that the proposed rate card would undermine consumer choice, in both choice of service and choice of delivery system.In its… Continue reading Cable Communications Association Reject New BSkyB Rate Card
International news company CNN is considering extending its online services by creating individualised news bulletins which will be sent to subscribers.According to press reports CNN is planning to roll out a news service early next year which will collect information on users and then send personalised news bulletins to them via e-mail. The service will… Continue reading CNN To Send Personalised News
The Radio Authority will be carrying out a public interest test with regards to the proposed acquisition of Leicester Sound by DMG Radio, a subsidiary of Daily Mail General Trust plc *GWR And Classic In £215m Merger.The Authority is inviting comments from interested parties and the public which, when a newspaper group proposes control of… Continue reading RA Carries Out Public Interest Tests
The shape of Liberty Publishing’s 963 Liberty Radio is slowly coming together with the announcement that Anna Raeburn has been plucked from Talk Radio to join the revamped Viva! station.Ms Raeburn will present a ‘thought provoking’ daily magazine programme which will occupy a flagship position in the schedule of London’s newest station. She previously presented… Continue reading Liberty Recruits Anna Raeburn
