The Sun and The Daily Mirror are to increase the price of their Saturday editions by 2p, making The Sun 27p and The Daily Mirror 30p. This cover price increase comes at a time when raw material costs have at last slowed down, after increases of around 70% in the past 18 months.The price of… Continue reading Sun And Mirror Announce Price Rises
A BMRB survey has shown overwhelming support for the BBC’s belief that sports coverage should stay on terrestrial TV.The survey of 1,288 people aged 16 and over shows that nine in ten believe that major sporting events are part of the country’s heritage and should be available to the widest possible audience – without the… Continue reading Poll Shows Support For Terrestrial Sport
From this Sunday, 4th Februay, the Sunday Express is ditching its 3rd section, Classic, and renaming it Expresso. Teaser ads appear in today’s trade press, promising it will be “hot and bubbly” and “a strong stimulant”.The Express refuses to comment on any editorial changes prior to the launch, but size of the magazine and rates… Continue reading Sunday Express Revamps Classic
Press reports that Virgin Vodka is to release an ad showing a gay couple kissing on British television for the first time ever have been hotly denied by MTV. Press reports have stated that the ad is to be shown on MTV for three months starting from March.MTV have today issued a statement denying any… Continue reading MTV Hotly Denies Gay Kiss Ad
Channel 4’s new The Girlie Show has been slammed by the public, according to research conducted by the McCann-Erickson/Universal advertising group.Only 10% of women aged (16+) who watched last Friday’s programme will bother to tune in this Friday; and only 4% of men (16+) will switch channels this Friday night. The Girlie Show, in the… Continue reading C4’s Girlie Show Gets Thumbs Down
For only the third time since the beginning of 1995 only two editions of the tri-weekly Channel 4 soap Brookside have managed to make it into the channel’s Top 10 programmes. For w/e 21/01/96 the Friday edition only achieved an audience of 2.67m -placing it behind all of that week’s editions of Countdown, 70’s rerun… Continue reading Improved Scheduling Leaves Brookside Out In The Cold
1995 saw a steady growth in the number of homes which could receive both cable and satellite. By October 1995 the penetration of satellite had grown to 3.24 million homes from 2.962 million in January. In terms of cable however, while the number of homes passed grew from 4.489 million in October 1994 to 6.171… Continue reading Cable And Satellite Round-Up 1995
The Broadcasting Standards Council (BSC) has upheld a complaint against an advert for The People Newspaper which featured a topless couple embracing, in its January Complaints Bulletin. Although the ad was broadcast on ITV only two minutes before the watershed of 9pm, the ad for a sexual questionnaire in the paper was found offensive. Overall… Continue reading People Newspaper Complaint Upheld/No Decision On Lottery
