New subscribers have helped BSkyB more than double its profits in the 3-months to September 1995. Pre-tax profits increased by 108% on the same period last year, to £51m. Subscriptions accounted for 85% of total revenues, with 74% coming from DTH and 11% coming from cable. DTH subscription revenues grew by 35% and cable by… Continue reading BSkyB Profits Double
Breakfast TV viewing, along with viewing of satellite channels aimed at children/family audiences all saw marked improvements this week – as a result of half term holidays.Particular channels to benefit were as follows: Family Channel TNT/Cartoon Nickelodeon TCC Disney Channel %Sh Hr/Vw %Sh Hr/Vw %Sh Hr/Vw %Sh Hr/Vw %Sh Hr/Vw W/e 22-Oct 0.4 00:06 2.7… Continue reading Half Term Spent Watching TV?
The latest readership figures, for the period April to September this year, show readership of national newspapers declining compared to the same six- month period last year. Total readership last year was 95 million; this year it is just over 94 million; readership is down by 826,000 readers.Most of the quality newspapers did manage to… Continue reading NRS Round-Up – National Newspapers (Apr-Sep’95)
Paragon Publishing is launching a new title dedicated to the Apple Mac. Mac Power is to launch at the Apple Expo this week and is aimed at the creative professional. It will have an initial print run of 70,000 and a cover price of £3.99 with cover-mounted disk, or £4.99 with CD. The leading Mac… Continue reading New Apple Magazine For Paragon
Young men do not like ads that show images of well-toned male bodies, according to a study by Advertising Research Specialists Davies Riley-Smith Maclay (DRSM). The study was designed to help advertisers improve their targeting of men in the 1990’s and involved both men and women of different ages and social backgrounds.Despite objections from the… Continue reading Young Men Object To Ads That Show Male Bodies
The latest Irish radio listening report, the JNLR/MRBI Interim Report for the period April to September 1995 shows that the country’s 21 independent commercial radio stations have again increased their lead over RTE Radio 1. Nationally the independent stations have an average weekday listenership of 52% compared to 33% for Radio 1 and 29% for… Continue reading Irish Commercial Stations Increase Lead
Press speculation is mounting that Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is interested in making a bid for the Express group titles; he is said to have been interested in newspapers for a long time. United News and Media will not confirm that it is seeking a buyer for the Express, but it is believed that the… Continue reading Lloyd Webber May Bid For Express
Virgin TV, one of the unsuccessful bidders for the Channel 5 licence, has said it has very real concerns about the way the judgement went. Various partners within the consortium are still deciding with legal counsel what action may be taken. The next meeting of the Virgin TV board is on Monday, so no action… Continue reading Channel 5 Broadcasting Financing Queried
Yesterday yet another satellite channel available to Sky viewers launched. The Racing Channel is owned by SIS, the company that supplies bookmakers with live racing pictures. Subscription only, at a cost of £19.99 per month to each subscriber, the channel will also broadcast for one hour each day on Sky’s Channel 60 for free in… Continue reading Racing Channel Launches
Radio Clyde (Glasgow) was the only British winner of the annual radio awards held in Barcelona, the 1995 International Premios Ondas. The winning programme was Clyde 1 FM’s ‘The Eurochart in Paris’ which contained a mixture of serious speech and pop music for young people.Commenting on the award, Sir Peter Gibbings, chairman of the Radio… Continue reading Radio Clyde Top In Europe
