SelecTV has announced the sale of its cable television channel to Carlton, for £5.2 million. The Chairman, in a statement issued today, said that although convinced the channel has a viable future, it needs more investment in programming; “The much greater programming resources available to Carlton will give the Channel a stronger basis for its… Continue reading Carlton Buys SelecTV Cable Channel For £5.2m
Adscene today announced its results for the six months ending 25 November 1995: profits before tax were £2.67 million, up 26% on last year; like for like publishing operating profit and margin was maintained despite large newsprint price increases; first contribution from Flair Press pushed printing revenues up to £12.877 million; the group also acquired… Continue reading Adscene Announces Profits Of £2.67 Million
BBC Magazines has released the first ABC for Top of the Pops Magazine; 121,223 The magazine launched in February last year, and has, according to publishing director Gillian Laskier, “performed beyond our expectations. Sales are 20% above forecast”.Girl Talk, the BBC Magazine aimed at young girls as an alternative to their teenage sister’s magazines has… Continue reading Top Of The Pops Mag/Girl Talk First ABCs
Pearson Television, owners of Thames Television and Grundy Worldwide, have bought SelecTV PLC. This is a separate deal to Carlton’s acquisition of SelecTV’s cable channel as reported on Newsline earlier.SelecTV is valued at approximately £46 million and each share is worth 29p. It is intended that SelecTV’s assets will be re-organised so that Pearson will… Continue reading Pearson Buys SelecTV
During 1995 the ITC dealt with 3,432 complaints about 1,204 different advertisements and upheld complaints in relation to 57 ads. This compares with 3,317 complaints in 1994 about 1,084 advertisements with 52 ads where complaints were upheld. However, a larger number of complaints than usual were received towards the end of the year and carried… Continue reading Increase In Advertising Complaints
More than 71 million regional and local newspapers circulate in Britain each week; of these, 61 million are produced by just 20 regional press publishers. The remaining 15% are split between the 150 other regional press publishers, according to analysis carried out by the Newspaper Society.Following the acquisition of Thomson’s regional titles, Trinity International Holdings… Continue reading Top 20 Regional Publishers
ITV and the BBC have announced their joint coverage of Euro ’96. England and Scotland’s final group games, which will decide their quarter-fate in Euro ’96, will be screened live by ITV as will the opening ceremony and England’s first game against Switzerland. Scotland’s first game, against Holland, will also be shown on ITV.Other games… Continue reading ITV And BBC Announce Fixtures For Euro ’96
The Radio Authority has today published its Complaints Bulletin for the fourth quarter of 1995. It gives details of the 135 programming and advertising issues which gave rise to written complaints during this period. The Authority upheld 15 programming complaints and 13 advertising complaints.A penalty of £1,000 was imposed on Scot FM (Central Scotland) because… Continue reading Radio Authority Publishes Complaints Bulletin
Indications for year on year comparisons of radio expenditure are looking very favourable, according to the Radio Advertising Bureau. Latest Register Meal figures show impressive increases in national advertising at 19 out of the top 20 radio buying points.“This promises a year on year increase for 1995 of perhaps as much as 25%”, said Steve… Continue reading Radio Expenditure Up
The number of households in Great Britain with satellite dishes grew by 52,000 in November 1995 to 3.292 million, according to new figures released by GfK Marketing Services Ltd. This is the largest monthly increase since December 1994.“Dish ownership has been growing steadily since August, and historically there is always a surge in the run… Continue reading Satellite Dish Ownership Increases
