Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has unveiled details of seven new cable and satellite channels it will begin broadcasting on October 1st.The new channels, the result of a collaboration between BSkyB and Granada/LWT, are Granada Plus, Granada Talk TV, TV High Street, Food and Wine, Health and Beauty, Home and Garden and Granada Men and Motors.… Continue reading Granada Unveils New Channel Details
According to estimates from CIA Medianetwork, Euro’96 could increase ITV’s advertising revenues in June by as much as an extra £7 million. This would form part of an estimated 9% year on year revenue growth and would bring ITV’s June revenue to around £148 million.Although all the England matches are likely to attract over eight… Continue reading ITV To Earn Extra £7 Million From Euro’96
Channel 5, Britain’s newest terrestrial channel due to launch in January 1997, will begin a pilot retuning programme in Wallington, Surrey today.This area is one of nine across the UK which will experience interference in its Channel 5 reception. It is hoped that the pilot scheme will enable Channel 5 to evaluate retuning plans before… Continue reading Channel 5 Launches Pilot Retuning Programme
Eight out of ten (81%) of British companies see the development of the Internet as a business opportunity and only 1% feel it to be a threat, according to a survey commissioned by Barclays Bank of the top 1,000 companies.The survey also found that: Over a third (38%) of companies already have an Internet site.… Continue reading 81% Of British Companies See Internet As Business Opportunity
EMAP Nationals is to become the first UK publisher to launch an automotive title in Russia. A Russian-language version of CAR magazine will be launching there on June 8th.The launch will be supported by advertising on Ostankino, Russia’s main TV station, and on the national radio station Autoradio. A poster campaign will run in Moscow… Continue reading EMAP Goes To Russia
ITV has joined with Sky Television to buy four new American programmes in a deal with 20th Century Fox, fighting off competition from the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5.The new series are Millennium, the latest project from Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files; The Practice, a legal series from the producer of L.A. Law;… Continue reading ITV Beats Rivals To Buy US Programmes
Media group EMAP has today confirmed the sale of its regional newspapers and printing businesses to Johnston Press for £205 million.The sale, which has been rumoured for some time, encompasses all of EMAP’s regional newspaper and printing activities. These are concentrated in the East Midlands/East Anglia, Yorkshire and Sussex: newspapers include four evening titles in… Continue reading EMAP Sells Titles For £205m
VNU Business Publications has joined up with Network City, Europe’s largest Internet café, to launch Network City London, the first Internet café that provides both Internet access and business services.Opening its doors on June 10, Network City has 25 PCs making it the largest Internet café in Europe. Around 50% of its operations will focus… Continue reading VNU Opens Internet Café
This week sees the launch of G+J’s new weekly magazine, Here! Aimed at BC1C2 women aged 20-34, the 68-page magazine has a cover price of 70p, although with an introductory first issue price of 35p. It had an initial print run of 1.3 million, and is aiming for a circulation of 400,000.The launch comes just… Continue reading Here! First Issue Review
This July will finally see the start of newspaper section readership added to the NRS. Following pilot studies which took place last autumn and in the spring, a running test will be added from 1st July to half of the NRS sample.This test will have to be run for around six months before stable data… Continue reading NRS Section Research Confirmed For 1997
