Quarter 2 Rajar figures released today show that, amongst all local commercial radio stations, audience share dropped to 38.5% from 38.8% last year, with weekly reach standing at 49%, a drop from last year’s figure of 50%. People are also listening for less amounts of time to local commercial stations: the average hours per listener… Continue reading Q2 Rajar Figures: Local Commercial Stations
Carlton has revealed details regarding its new cable channel, Carlton Food Network *(Newsline 21/06).The cable exclusive channel will begin broadcasting on 2 September and will be immediately available in over half of the UK’s 1.4 million cable homes. Broadcasting initially every weekday between midday and 5pm, Carlton Food Network will screen a range of programmes… Continue reading Carlton Reveals New Channel Details
The latest ABCs for the national newspapers, released today, show the Times and the Daily Mail achieving the highest percentage increases against July 1995. The Times rose by 14.94% to 753,784, this is an increase in real terms of just under 100,000. The Daily Mail, whose circulation had receded slightly in June, rose by 14.35%… Continue reading National Newspaper July ABCs
Six month financial results released today by Nynex CableComms show that net loss for the period was £35.5 million compared to a loss last year of £43.2m. Total revenue increased by a massive 93%, from £35.3m to £68.1m.Good growth was recorded in the company’s cable television business: revenue increased 74% to £29.2m, with the number… Continue reading Nynex Losses Decrease
BBC1’s decision to add an extra episode of Eastenders during the Olympics, looks to have been a success. 11.02 million people tuned in to watch the episode shown on Friday night at 8.30pm, which is very good for the summer. The first Monday night episode of Eastenders shown on April 11th 1994 attracted 12.56 million… Continue reading 11.02 Million Watch Extra Episode Of Eastenders
http://www.nie.northcliffe.co.uk/Northcliffe NiE Project is designed to help newspapers within the Northcliffe Newspapers Group communicate with pupils, students, parents and teachers. The NiE website concentrates on areas within the newspaper industry where children can learn about the press by interacting with features on the site or with the help of teachers and parents.The Careers in the… Continue reading Website Of The Week: NiE News
On the back of strong six month financial results Reed Elsevier has announced that it has bought Tolley Publishing, a supplier of business information to UK tax and legal markets, from United News & Media for £100m. Pre-tax profits at Reed rose 12% to £416m, with turnover increasing by 7% to £1.7 billion.It was known… Continue reading Reed Buys United News Subsidiary
Channel 4’s controller of arts and entertainment Stuart Cosgrove has increased his team of commissioning editors to create a new Entertainment Group, with Graham K Smith joining C4 as a commissioning editor for the new set-up.Smith has previously worked as a producer for both C4 and BBC2 and has been a director of production company… Continue reading C4 Creates New Entertainment Team
IPC Magazines’ Weeklies has announced the appointment of David Greene as circulation director for all IPC magazines. Mr Greene’s former role covered Weeklies and Southbank Publishing Group but now includes the Specialist Group.Linda Lancaster-Gaye, managing director of the Specialist Group, recognises the importance of the role: “The circulation mix in the Specialist Group is a… Continue reading IPC Extend David Greene’s Role
ITV is claiming that its viewers remained loyal to the special schedule it produced during the Olympic Games.According to its research, ITV increased its lead over BBC1 during peaktime for both weeks compared with the spring/summer average. In the second week initial data indicates a strengthening of ITV’s peaktime lead to 8 share points over… Continue reading ITV Claims Loyal Viewers
