Virgin Radio has announced a change in its daytime line-up which sees Russ ‘n Jono’s Breakfast Show extended an extra hour to 10am.The changes have also resulted in Jeremy Clark, who joined the station six weeks ago as overnight presenter, moving into a new afternoon slot between 1 and 4pm. Graham Dene, currently host of… Continue reading Virgin Radio Gets New Daytime Schedule
Trojan Television are launching The Auction Channel in time for Spring 1997. Worldwide auctions will be broadcast live via cable and satellite, to subscribers, for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Viewers, with prior arrangement, will be able to interact with auction programmes via the telephone.Bonhams, one of the world’s leading auctioneers, has… Continue reading Auction Channel Set To Launch
Sunday Business Newspapers has launched a new weekly international entitled Sunday Business, A Week In Business. The title was launched last weekend at 85p and has similar editorial to the Sunday Business.…The Daily Star’s price increased from 28p to 30 this week. Also this week the Times increased its price from 30p to 35p on… Continue reading Sunday Business Launches New Title
Qualities September ABCs released on Friday show that among the daily quality newspapers the Times has performed the best, further narrowing the gap between itself and the Daily Telegraph. The News International title increased its circulation to 810,493 copies in comparison to the Telegraph which grew to just over 1 million copies. The FT and… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – September
ITV is believed to be planning a new soap which will go head to head with EastEnders in the Tyne-Tees region.Quayside will be based around the lives of young professionals in a Northern docklands setting complete with swish bars, restaurants and penthouse flats. The programme is set for launch on January 7 and, depending on… Continue reading EastEnders To Get New Rival
The IPC Weeklies Group has announced the company’s biggest magazine launch in eight years with the publication of Now tomorrow.Supported by a £3 million campaign the title will be glossy and upmarket, cost 60p and have an initial print-run of 1.2 million. The first issue will have a special price of 30p. Editorially, Now will… Continue reading IPC Launch Women’s Weekly
The Independent Television Commission has announced that by Tuesday’s deadline all fifteen ITV companies together with Channel 4, Channel 5, S4C and Teletext had confirmed their intention to launch digital services in 1998.There will be six digital multiplexes, or ‘frequencies’, on which channels will be carried: the first will carry BBC services; the second has… Continue reading TV Companies Guarantee Digital Places
According to sources, BSkyB is considering approaching BARB to work out how viewing share will be calculated when its digital television service is launched next year. It is understood that BSkyB are questioning whether BARB’s satellite panel is large enough to measure the amount of channels BSkyB are planning to offer.A spokesperson from BARB said… Continue reading BSkyB To Approach BARB
Business guru Sir John Harvey-Jones said yesterday that commercial radio should raise its sights and aim for a 10% share of ad revenue within five years. His comments, made at Tuesday’s RAB conference at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, came during a mixed assessment of commercial radio’s past performance and its future position.Sir Harvey-Jones praised local… Continue reading Commercial Radio Should Aim For 10%
TV sales house TSMS will get a new chief executive when managing director Jerry Hill is promoted to the position at the start of 1997.He will replace Tim Wooton who will become executive chairman as a result of David McCall’s retirement.…Andy Jonesco will leave the Telegraph as display ad director to become head of sales… Continue reading TSMS Gets New Chief Exec
