The latest CAA Advertising Admissions Monitor figures show that January’s average weekly admissions rose by 29.2% compared to January 1995, with a figure of 2.83 million.January’s total monthly admission figure stands at over 12 million, far outreaching January 1995’s figure of 9 million.The impressive January figures were undoubtedly helped by a batch of very popular… Continue reading January Cinema Admisssions Soar
An article in today’s Independent reveals that Granada is to rebrand its television section and focus on developing broadcasting interests abroad.Granada Broadcasting System is one possible name for the new television subsidiary. A new chief executive of the television business is expected to be named within a few weeks and Duncan Lewis, former chief executive… Continue reading Granada To Focus On TV
Quarter 4 Rajar figures show that people are listening to Capital Radio for less time: while the station’s weekly reach increased slightly from 37% (3,604,000) to 39% (3,885,000), the share of listening dropped from 25.9% in Q4 1994 to 22.8% in Q4 1995. Capital FM had an 18.6% share of listening in quarter 4 last… Continue reading London Radio Listening
Al-Fayed’s Liberty Media has increased its bid for the Observer newspaper by £10m to £25m.An earlier bid from Liberty had been rejected by the Scott Trust which owns the paper. Although the new bid puts the Observer under more pressure to sell, Editor-in-Chief Peter Preston continues to maintain that the paper is not for sale.The… Continue reading Al-Fayed Increases Bid For Observer
The latest Rajar release, for Q4 1995, shows Radio 1’s revamp to halt its declining audience seems to be working. Radio 1’s share of listening has risen to 12%, the highest it has been since Q2 1994. Total number of listeners has risen to 11.232 million, an increase of 223,000 listeners compared to a year… Continue reading Radio 1 Rajar Improvements
Financial figures released today by media group Pearson show a 23% rise in pre-tax profits, from £298m in 1994 to £365m in 1995. Earnings per share also rose from 40.4p to 47.1p.The record pre-tax profits were boosted by capital gains of £131m on BSkyB and the Information section (which includes newspapers) showed an increase of… Continue reading Pearson Profits Rise To £365m
BSkyB has said that more than 600,000 homes watched the pay-per-view coverage of the Bruno vs Tyson fight on Sunday morning.This means that more than 14% of BSkyB’s subscribers paid £9.95 to see the fight in Britain’s first ever pay-per-view event. Recent Tyson fights in the US have not exceeded 6% of the subscriber base.… Continue reading BSkyB Claims Pay-Per-View Success
The latest Rajar figures to be released for Q4 1995 show that Commercial Radio’s share of listening has fallen below 50% to a 49.7% share, after two periods in 1995, Q2 and Q3 when it was above 50% for the first time. However, weekly reach, at 64% is higher than ever before; the previous best… Continue reading Commercial Radio Share Drops To Below 50%
Commercial radio’s total advertising revenue in 1995 grew by 22.7% to £270.2 million. The final quarter of 1995 took £77.6m which is the highest ever quarterly revenue taken for Commercial Radio.Within this sustained growth, revenue from National advertisers continues to grow more rapidly – growth across 1995 was 28.1%. Latest figures from the Advertising Association… Continue reading Radio Revenue Up By 22.7% In 1995
It has emerged that the Sun is to increase its weekday cover price on Monday to 27p, the same price as its Saturday edition. The Mirror is also to put up its cover price on Monday, going from 28p to 30p.United News and Media’s Daily Star put its cover price up to 28p from 25p… Continue reading Tabloid Price Increases
