The fourth episode of Coronation Street looks likely to be given a Sunday evening slot, it is emerging. The fourth episode is also now not expected to launch until the end of the year, slightly later than the autumn date first predicted.Coronation Street will then be the only soap opera to be broadcast at the… Continue reading Coronation Street On Sunday
A new regional newspaper for the Aberdeen area is due to launch in March; the Aberdeen & District Independent will be a free, full-colour tabloid with an initial distribution of around 100,000, concentrated in the city area. The newspaper will also go to several communities in the commuter belt.Two newspaper entrepreneurs, Keith Barwell and Bill… Continue reading New Aberdeen Newspaper To Launch
CIA MediaLab’s latest Sensor survey has revealed that 73% of Britain’s adults believe that teenage magazines should display reading age guidelines. The news follows the proposals to introduce a “parental guidance” system for teenage magazines from Tory MP Peter Luff, as the Home Office plans to issue a warning to magazine editors.The over-25s, not surprisingly,… Continue reading Support For Teenage Magazines’ Age Guidelines
At a press conference this morning HTV, the Welsh and western England television broadcaster, announced pre-tax profits of £12.1m for 1995, an increase of 66%.Earnings per share were up 54% to 10.5p compared with 1994’s figure of 6.8p; profit margins grew to 30% (1994:29%); and Harvest Entertainment (HTV’s rights activities section) showed an operating profit… Continue reading HTV Profits Up 66% To £12.1 Million
Research published by NOP shows that over 150,000 people have used the Internet to purchase products and services in the past six months.The growing propensity to shop over the Internet is shown by the survey of 1,000 users: 9% said they would consider buying holidays through the Internet; 11% would consider buying books; 12% software;… Continue reading Internet Shopping Increasing
In what is turning out to be an excellent year for cinema so far, this weekend saw cinema box office records broken again, with £7.7 million being taken across the Top 15 films; the previous record was for the weekend 5th-7th January this year, when £7.2 million was taken. Before that, the next highest taking… Continue reading Biggest Cinema Weekend Ever
The Radio Authority has advertised a new regional licence to cover part of the East Midlands, including Leicester, Nottingham and Derby. The licence will be FM, and should cover more than 1.5 million adults.The Authority will be taking into consideration applicants’ proposals to “cater for the tastes and interests of listeners in this region, and… Continue reading Regional Radio Licence Advertised For East Midlands
According to a report in today’s issue, UKPG has obtained a dummy copy of Mohamed al-Fayed’s planned Sunday paper, Life on Sunday.Printed on the Cardonald presses of the Mirror Group in Scotland, the dummy shows that the paper will be aimed at young radical readers. The 272 pages have five sections: news; arts and showbiz;… Continue reading New Sunday Paper Planned
L!ve TV, the London-based cable channel owned by Mirror Group has confirmed that it has signed a deal with Trinity International to form Liverpool Live, a cable channel for Merseyside.Liverpool Live will be the third affiliate of Mirror Group’s Live TV; the others being Birmingham (in association with Midland Independent Newspapers) and Westminster. The launch… Continue reading L!ve TV Expands To Liverpool
More ABC figures have been released: Title Jl-Dec 94 Jl-Dec 95 % Ch Actual Ch Ski Survey (Jan-Dec) 22,194 20,973 -5.5 -1,221 TV Hits 203,424 192,034 -5.59 -11,390 Right Start 56,911 52,966 -6.93 -3,945 Practical Woodworking 32,798 27,008 -17.65 -5,790 Living (closed) 131,296 106,297 -19.04 -24,999 Complete Car 56,751 40,089 -29.35 -16,662 Modern Painters –… Continue reading Latest July-December ABC Figures
