BSkyB today announced financial figures for the year ending 30 June which show pre-tax profit rising by 66% to £257m.The satellite company’s subscribers rose by 900,000 to 5.5 million and advertising also saw a healthy growth. Subscriber revenue, which rose 25% to £727m, accounted for nearly three quarters of total revenue which hit £1.01bn.Compared to… Continue reading BSkyB Profits Soar 66%
R&B and Pilat are forming a new company called Pilat Media, which will develop information systems for customers across the media and advertising industry. Products will consist of both off the shelf systems like NOMAD and commissions for bespoke developmentsR&B, which supplies the media buying system NOMAD to the industry, and Pilat, an international management… Continue reading R&B Enter Joint Venture With Pilat
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
Computer Age, the Sunday Business computer supplement, has been discontinued. A spokesperson from the publication told MediaTel: “The title has been discontinued following reorganisation of the paper. Items featured on Computer Age are now featured on the main broadsheet.”In a survey conducted by Hunt Thompson PR *(Supplements Focus on The Web), Computer Age was found… Continue reading Sunday Business Closes Computer Age
National Heritage Minister Lord Inglewood has signed a Commencement Order, effectively setting the timetable for the provisions of the Broadcasting Act 1996.The main points in the Order are: Terrestrial television broadcasters must declare by 15 October their intention to take up their places on terrestrial digital multiplexes New media ownership rules will come into force… Continue reading Broadcasting Act Commencement
Tyne Tees Television is to change its name in September to Channel 3 North East.The move is a bid to reflect the changing nature of the region which, according to a Tyne Tees spokeswoman, has recently experienced “a major regeneration”. Yorkshire TV, Tyne Tees’ sister company, will retain its identity as will the parent company… Continue reading Tyne Tees Television To Change Name
A new magazine form Future Publishing will be launched on October 19. T3: Tomorrow’s Technology Today was originally due for release in September. The monthly magazine will be priced at £2.95 and will have an initial print run of 65,000. Future Publishing are also producing in store magazines for PC World entitled PC Guide’s Getting… Continue reading New Magazines
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
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
