Carlton Television has confirmed that it is planning a new satellite and cable channel which will focus on food and lifestyle.The channel, tentatively called “Carlton Food Network”, is due to launch in September and will fill Carlton Select’s daytime slot which is currently vacant from 1pm till 5pm. 70% of the programming will be original… Continue reading Carlton Plans New Cable Channel
The troubled Sunday Business is in the process of a restructure after an accountant was appointed to evaluate the financial stability of the venture which launched in April. As reported in Newsline (12/06) the paper applied for administration by the courts and now has 90 days in which to organise its finances and secure new… Continue reading Sunday Business Faces Restructure
ITN has issued financial results which show its pre-tax profits rising from £9.4m in 1994 to £15.3m for the year ended 31st December 1995. Turnover also rose, up from £85.1m to £88.7m.As well as the ITV network ITN supplies news to Channel 4, Independent Radio News, Planet 24’s Big Breakfast and NBC Super Channel. All… Continue reading ITN Shows Profits Of £15.3m
Flextech, the UK cable and satellite group, has ceased negotiations with Fox Broadcasting Company over the sale of its children’s channel, TCC.Negotiations have been running for months (Newsline 30/11/95) with Fox hoping to buy the Flextech-owned channel for its own network, Fox Children’s Network. It is not known what caused the deal to flounder but… Continue reading Flextech Cease Negotiations With Fox Over TCC
The Mirror Group is about to invest £15m in the Belfast-based Newsletter, according to recent press rumours. It is believed that most of the money will be spent on printing presses for the daily newspaper, which will also be used to print Mirror Group titles in both northern and southern Ireland.As part of the deal… Continue reading Mirror Group May Buy Irish Paper
The new series of Wycliffe has returned to the top ten programmes. The episode shown on Sunday 9th June attracted an audience of 10.26 million and a consolidated share of the viewing audience of 46%. The detective show remains the only HTV produced programme to feature highly among weekly top thirty programme lists.With the top… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – w/e 09/06/96
Warner Brothers has announced plans to launch a new satellite channel in the UK in November. The channel, set to be part of BSkyB’s package, will carry general interest programming ranging from cartoons to films and serials.As well as the new Warner channel, BSkyB is believed to be planning up to five new channels: one… Continue reading Warner Brothers To Launch New Channel
The Planet on Sunday, which launched just four days ago, has announced it is to cease publication. Clifford Hards, the paper’s publisher, said the paper’s content did not satisfy “his own personal criteria” and because of that, he was withdrawing support with immediate effect.“Sales of the paper were sufficient to suggest that break-even could have… Continue reading National Sunday Newspaper Closes After First Issue
At yesterday’s Annual General Meeting, Charlie Scott, Chairman of Cordiant, announced that financial stability of the group had been restored following the departure of Maurice Saatchi in 1994. He confirmed that during the first half of 1995, £23 million of revenue came from clients subsequently lost, but “due to the tenacity of staff in our… Continue reading Cordiant Stabilised
The Radio Authority has fined five radio stations for breaches of the broadcasting rules; Scot FM was fined £3,000; 96.6 FM Classic Hits, £3,000; Choice FM, £1,000; 2CR, £1,000 and Fortune 1458, £1,000.Scot FM breached the Authority’s code on taste and decency matters in a discussion on single mothers in a mid-morning phone-in programme. The… Continue reading Radio Authority Fines Five ILR Stations
