The cable industry has come together to launch an advertising campaign worth £12 million. The campaign, which begins on 25 March, is designed to increase cable penetration rates which remain stuck at 20%. It will run on terrestrial television and other media for a year.The campaign is joint-funded by major cable operators including Cabletel, TeleWest,… Continue reading Cable Operators Fund £12 Million Ad Campaign
The effects of the price war and newsprint prices have had their toll on the Telegraph’s results; the group’s pre-tax profit was £35.5 million, compared with £45 million in 1994.Newsprint prices rose 15% at the beginning of 1995, followed by a further 30% increase in the middle of the year. In the last quarter of… Continue reading Telegraph Hit By Price War And Newsprint Prices
It has now been confirmed that Greenwich will host the Millennium exhibition in the year 2000.Greenwich beat Birmingham in the competition to host the celebration because it offers the greatest potential to meet the Millennium Commission’s aspirations. It will also regenerate an important part of south London and will allow a more exciting presentation of… Continue reading Greenwich Is Chosen As Millennium Site
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
At yesterday’s Financial Times New Media and Broadcasting Conference, a leading European satellite broadcaster predicted a dramatic expansion in the number of television channels to be available in the next few years.Koos Bekker, chief executive of NetHold said that by the year 2000 there could be as many as 4,500 television channels available because of… Continue reading 4,500 Satellite Channels Predicted By 2000
BT has announced plans to launch its own mass market, dial-up Internet service at the end of March. The service, called BT Internet, will be aimed at residential and small business customers, and will compete with existing providers such as Demon Internet and Unipalm Pipex.There will be a one-off charge of £20, then a flat… Continue reading BT To Launch Own “Mass Market” Internet Service
Future Publishing will launch a new glossy magazine aimed at creative PC users. Computer Arts, launching on 6th June, will be bi-monthly for the first 3 months and will then go monthly. An initial print-run of approximately 60,000 is planned and the title will cost £5: not surprisingly the target market consists mainly of AB1’s,… Continue reading New PC Designer Magazine
The Radio Authority has announced that thirteen stations had submitted applications to run the Yorkshire regional radio licence by today’s closing date. As reported on Newsline (01/02/96) the licence is the second largest local radio licence outside London and will reach around 3 million adults.The applicants are: Arrow Broadcasting (Arrow FM, Nick Boakes, 0171 253… Continue reading Thirteen Stations To Compete For Yorkshire Radio Licence
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
