The main development in the media market last week was Granada’s hint that it may not be interested after all in buying Yorkshire Tyne-Tees Television.Whilst announcing the restructure of Granada’s media business *Granada Announces New Organisation Structure, Duncan Lewis, chief executive of Granada Media, said that he had an ‘open mind’ regarding possible take-overs. He… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 16/8/96
BSkyB publishes its full results this week (Tuesday). Pre-tax profits are expected to be around £250 million (60% increase). A 200% increase on net dividend is predicted, rising from 2.5p to 6.5p. Advertising revenue is believed to be approximately £120 million. News Corporation reveals its full results on Thursday. A small decrease in profits is… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Fiona Fisher, currently marketing executive on IPC’s TV Weeklies, has been promoted to assistant publisher of the three TV Weeklies, TV Times, What’s On TV and TV And Satellite Week.In a separate move, Seran Anderson-Haddick is promoted to group marketing and promotions manager of TV Weeklies. Anderson-Haddick’s appointment is effective immediately, whilst Fisher takes up… Continue reading Appointments At IPC
Duncan Lewis, the chief executive of Granada Media, believes that the ITV schedule requires radical changes and development if the organisation is to cope in the increasingly competitive TV market. According to the FT Mr Lewis also believes that a new kind of relationship needs to be struck between ITV and advertisers. He maintains that… Continue reading Granada Boss Seeks Increased Competitiveness
As reported on Newsline *Westminster Press Sale Referred To MMC, the Monopolies and Mergers Commission will be investigating the £305m sale of Pearson’s Westminster Press to Newsquest Media.The MMC will be considering whether any of the proposed newspaper transfers “may be expected to operate against the public interest” and will also consider the need for… Continue reading MMC Investigates Newsquest Buy
Flextech, the cable and satellite programming group, has announced interim results which show pre-tax losses increasing to £7.8 million compared to a loss of £7.6m last year. Turnover increased by 63% to £24.8 million and subscription revenue rose by 47% to £13.4m. Ad revenue also showed good growth – increasing from £1.5m to £2.4m.Most of… Continue reading Flextech Losses Deepen
Euro’96 not only produced large viewing figures but also revitalised football in the UK. The release of Football Mania (The Daily Mirror) was supposed to be a closely guarded secret but somehow The Sun found out and released Football Football on the same day. The Times also published a supplement this week on Monday entitled… Continue reading Football Magazines And The Opposition
As the main attractions of the Olympics (the Men’s and Women’s 100 metre finals) were last week, this week sees a return to the normal pattern of soap operas dominating the top thirty programme list. Monday’s edition of Coronation Street was the top rated programme with 14.64 million viewers and a consolidated share of audience… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 04/08/96
International News & Media, the West Midlands publisher, has confirmed details of a new national newspaper it plans to launch later this year.Today’s News will be a 36-page daily tabloid covering general news. International told MediaTel that the title will cost 30p and have an initial print-run of 300,000, with an expected circulation of 200,000.… Continue reading New National Paper Planned
