According to press reports today, ITV has set a new budget of £600 million for the next financial year. This is an increase of £17 million on last year although the Network Centre will neither confirm or deny this report.However, although the budget has increased on last year with provisions being made to extend the… Continue reading ITV Puts Squeeze On New Budget
Lopex, the advertising and marketing services group has reported its financial results for the year ended 31 December 1995; pre-tax profit was £1.458 million, compared to a £890,000 loss last year.Lord Marsh, chairman of Lopex, commented, “The last few years have been a period of transition for the group and we have successfully restructured and… Continue reading Lopex Reports £1.46m Profit
According to weekend press reports, both the Mirror Group and Observer are on bid alert.It is rumoured that Mohamed Al-Fayed has offered £17.5m to buy the Observer. It is believed Al-Fayed wants the Observer as the flagship title of a publishing empire he is launching, which will include the re-birth of the deceased Punch magazine.… Continue reading Newspaper Takeover Rumours
As the countdown continues to the Bruno versus Tyson WBC title fight which takes place on Sunday, Live TV have come up with a novel way of getting around the pay-per-view subscription charge being imposed by Sky Sports. Live TV will erect a boxing ring in its Canary Wharf headquarters in London Docklands. Two boxers… Continue reading Channel Shadow Boxes Bruno
The latest batch of ABCs show the general interest male magazine market is not dominated by any single publisher; Emap, with both Sky and FHM has the largest share, at 25%; Wagadon, with both Arena and Face has an 18% share, and IPC, with Loaded, now has a 16% share.IPC’s Loaded has recorded another massive… Continue reading Jul-Dec ABCs – Male Market Round-Up
TeleWest, the UK’s largest cable company, has shown a drop in its cable penetration rate from 22.2% to 21.9% in its 1995 results. This comes as the number of homes passed by TeleWest’s network increased from 805,475 to 1,142,860.Other figures show that cable churn was reduced from 47.1% to 41.0% and cable television revenue increased… Continue reading Telewest Shows Cable Penetration Dropping
The latest batch of ABCs for July-December include John Brown’s Viz and Classic FM Magazine. Classic FM Magazine, just one year old, has released a second figure of 36,037, a whopping increase of 80% on its Jan-June figure of 20,000. Viz however, did not fare so well; a decrease of 11% reflecting a steady decline… Continue reading Latest Jul-Dec ABCs – Viz Down 11%
Lord Inglewood, the broadcasting minister has confirmed Government plans to end the Channel 4 funding formula. Speaking during the Broadcasting Bill report stage in the House of Lords, Lord Inglewood said that the formula would be phased out.The system means that Channel 4, as a safety net, pays money directly to the Channel 3 companies… Continue reading C4 Funding Formula Will Be Phased Out
A report in the FT indicates that UK Gold is trying to form an advertising sales house to represent all the UK’s cable and satellite channels not owned by Rupert Murdoch. At the moment UK Gold sells advertising only for itself and UK Living.Further details will appear when confirmed.UK Gold: 0171 306 6100
Paragon’s website consists mostly of Internet editions of its magazines, which include computing, Internet and videogame titles. It does not therefore have any interactive facilities. Some magazines are present almost in their entirety whilst others are not on the site at all.The site is extremely well-designed and attractive, using smart and colourful graphics. It is… Continue reading Website Of The Week: Paragon Publishing
