Northcliffe’s Plymouth Evening Herald and Gloucester Citizen this month won admittance to the IFRA Colour Club, the international body which sets technical standards for all aspects of newspaper production.Northcliffe’s titles are the first English newspapers to be admitted to the body. This year there were 71 applications from 22 countries. A spokeswoman at the regional… Continue reading Northcliffe Titles Win Accolade
According to agency estimates total TV ad revenue for September reached £184.71m, an increase of 2.29% year-on-year. ITV’s revenue remained reasonably static and reached £141.71m, while Channel 4 rose to £43m.Impacts were down across the board during September, with the largest drop being in the Housewives/Children category which fell by 11.4% year-on-year. ABC1 Adults experienced… Continue reading TV Round-Up – September
United News & Media is believed to be the front-runner in the bidding battle for control of Westcountry, the Plymouth-based ITV company.United is reported to have bid around the £75m mark, a greater sum than that offered by other contenders. The acquisition would give United a great deal of control in the southern UK TV… Continue reading United Heads Race For Westcountry
SP Consultants, the BARB data analysis and software development company, has announced that Brian Davies will become its new managing director as from November 1.As reported on *Brian Davies Joins SP Consultants Mr Davies joins from Taylor Nelson AGB where he is commercial director of the AGB BARB bureau, with responsibility for the development and… Continue reading New SP Consultants MD Joins This Week
Warner Brothers’ new cartoon and entertainment channel WBTV may not launch on Friday as was originally scheduled *Sky Unveils More New Channels.The channel, part of the new Autumn launches which Sky 2, Sky Sports 3 and GSB were part of, was due to be carried via the Astra satellite which is part-owned by Rupert Murdoch.… Continue reading WBTV Launch May Be Delayed
The National Readership Survey for September has shown that, among the quality daily newspapers, the FT recorded the biggest increase in readership, rising over 10% to 776,000. The Daily Telegraph saw its readership slump by 9.16% and the Independent lost 66,000 readers. Among the Sunday qualities, only News International’s Sunday Times managed to grow its… Continue reading NRS Figures – September
Further moves by the cable industry towards consolidation are expected by City analysts who predict that General Cable will be fought over by TeleWest and Cable & Wireless Communications, the company created last week by a merger between C&W, Nynex, Bell Cablemedia and Videotron *Cable Companies Merge.General des Eaux, a 40% holder in General Cable,… Continue reading Cable Consolidation Could Continue
Ogilvy & Mather has published an in-depth study called The Devil Is In The Details which examines what life might be like for business under a Labour government.Overall the study concludes that life under Labour will not be significantly different from life under the Conservatives. Broad economic policy will remain the same, but radical changes… Continue reading Ad Agencies Would “Suffer Under Labour”
Grampian Television has announced its interim results for the year ended August 31st. Group pre-tax profits are £8.147m compared to £2.924m for 1995, an increase of 178.6%. The high increase can be attributed to the £4.665m from the sale of Scot FM.During the period there was also an increase in ad sales of 4%, compared… Continue reading Grampian Profits Up
Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television and Granada Media are to issue writs against CIA Group for money they believe is owed to Laser sales. Following an independent audit of transactions between CIA and Laser by accountants KPMG has suggested that YTTV is owed about £800,000 and Granada £200,000.CIA deny that any money is owed but both sides… Continue reading YTTV And Granada Issue Writs Against CIA
