QualitiesThe Times and the FT performed the best among the daily quality newspapers in July, while The Independent suffered the biggest loss. The Times‘s circulation was up 14.94% on July last year to over 753,000 copies, with the FT‘s circulation rising 4.54% year-on-year to 297,194. The Independent‘s circulation dropped by over 31,000 copies (or 10.41%)… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – July
A survey conducted by Total Research indicates cable and satellite offer better quality than terrestrial television. Over a thousand consumers were asked to summarise the quality of newspapers, TV channels and radio stations from 49 existing brands. Marks were given out of ten with the top ten shown in the following table:Top 10 “Quality” Media… Continue reading Conflict In TV Usage And Quality
Following complaints from Channel 4, Meridian have been reprimanded by the Independent Television Committee over the rules on cross-promotions. Channel 4 complained to the ITC regarding Meridian’s refusal to screen promotions of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Meridian said the promotion was for a programme containing bad language and was planned to be screened at… Continue reading Meridian In Four Weddings Complaint
The BBC and Flextech TV announced that preliminary talks for a possible joint venture are taking place. A spokesperson from the BBC said: “Preliminary talks are being held with Flextech on the basis of the BBC’s future plans for digital broadcasting *(BBC Restructure to Address the Digital Age). Nothing has been finalised and talks with… Continue reading BBC And Flextech In Possible Joint Venture
Lehman Brothers International have issued a confidential Information Memorandum to registrars interested in the Home Service and World Service Transmission areas of the BBC. The memorandum describes the businesses for sale, proposed terms of sale and key investment considerations for the Transmission arm, which deals with the development and delivery of broadcasting services.Bob Phillis, deputy… Continue reading Transmission Sale Issued For BBC
CLT UK Radio is to take a 20% stake in New Wave Broadcasting’ s bid to win an East Sussex area option licence. The licence covers the Brighton & Hove Albion area and will soon be advertised by the Radio Authority in September.CLT, owners of Talk Radio and Atlantic 252, have a 20% stake in… Continue reading CLT Interested In East Sussex Licence
The latest figures released by the Cinema Advertising Association reveal that June’s average weekly admission rose to 1.41 million, up 2.92% on June 1995. The monthly total for June was 6.059 million, an increase of 3.25% compared to last year.Overall, the average weekly admissions for the second quarter rose 12.4% year-on-year to 1.92m compared to… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Increase By 2.9% In June
PHD, the new ad agency, has its official launch today. The agency was bought by Abbott Mead Vickers earlier this year, in a deal worth approximately £5 million.WPP today announces its interim results with an expected increase in pre-tax profits of 30%. Revenues are also expected to grow by 9%. Other results due this week… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Capital Radio, Capital FM and Capital Gold have the highest weekly reach in the London sector. The Capital group has the highest share of listeners (22.4%) with Capital FM’s share at 17.1%. In comparison to 1995, there are no increases in weekly reach for any London stations.The most significant decrease in weekly reach is Country… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR Figures: London Stations
CIA Group, Europe’s second largest independent media buyer, has announced record interim results for the six months to 30 June 1996. Turnover was £379m, up 56% on last year, and pre-tax profits soared by 103% to £3.4m – reflecting record new business wins in 1995 which included Lloyds/TSB in the UK and Shell, Wrangler and… Continue reading CIA Announces Record Results
