The television airtime sales house, TSMS has undertaken a major restructure. The new structure features the three main business areas of airtime sales , research and information and computer services. Each company will have its own managing director and board of directors.TSMS Limited will remain as the TV airtime sales operation, headed by Jerry Hill… Continue reading TSMS Reorganises Group Structure
MTV Networks Europe has signed a 3 year deal with Azerbaijan News Service to broadcast MTV Europe throughout the Azerbaijan Republic. It will transmit 7 hr/day(1 day/week). ANS currently reaches 50% of the 7m households in the Republic, bringing MTV’s programmes into a further 1.2m homes.MTV 0171 284 7777
Speaking at the launch of the BBC’s Annual Report John Birt stated that 1994/5 had, for the BBC, been a year of ‘exceptional programme achievement.”The BBC is alive with creativity. We are listening and responding to our audiences.’The report highlights:* 4/5 peak time programmes on BBC1 and BBC2 were new progs made by the BBC*… Continue reading BBC Annual Report
Monday night’s episode of Eastenders has for the first time out-performed both the Tuesday and Thursday editions. It gained 13.2 million viewers and a 61% share of the total viewing audience and is part of BBC1’s strong Monday night schedule between 7pm and 9pm.ITV’s decision to show two movie premieres, The Last Boy Scout on… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 25/06/95
To coincide with its July 1st encryption, MTV has a new on-screen look, with new shows, title sequences, channel idents and studio sets. New shows include ‘MTV’s Oddities’ – showing ground breaking animation, a return for ‘The Real World’- the real life docu-drama and Reggae Soundsystem – covering reggae and dub music.
Whilst the report in today’s Evening Standard regarding Trevor East, Head of Sport at ITV, moving to Sky TV is correct, it would appear that the move will not infact take place for six month’s due to contractual difficulties.An ITV Network Centre Spokesperson told MediaTel this afternoon;”Earlier this week Trevor East asked to resign from… Continue reading East’s Departure From ITV Delayed
There has been a marked improvement in customers’ perceptions of commercial radio, according to the Radio Advertising Bureau’s 1995 media benchmark study. The study was a repeat of the original 1992 benchmark,which involved monitoring usage and attitudes for both advertisers and media planners.The RAB also tracked the success of its ‘Window’ campaign in radio, press… Continue reading RAB Research Reports Improved Attitudes To Radio
EMAP has announced it is to buy Herald & Post Newspapers from Thomson Regional Newspapers, subject to the consent of the Department of Trade and Industry. Herald & Post Newspapers comprises four free titles in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. In the year ending December 1994, the titles achieved a turnover of £4.2 million.Herald & Post… Continue reading Emap To Acquire Thomson Subsdiary
It has been annouced that the international sales houses of Granada-LWT and Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television are to merge to create the largest single distribution company in ITV. Programmes made by these companies include Prime Suspect, A Touch of Frost, Cracker, Heartbeat, First Tuesday and Agatha Christie’s Poirot.Bruce Gyngell, Group Managing Director of YTTTV Holdings, will… Continue reading GLWT And YTTTV International Sales House To Merge
Yet another newspaper publisher has fallen prey to the increased cost of news- print and has responded with cover price increases for two of its newspapers.From 8th July the Saturday edition of the Daily Mail will increase its cover price by 3p to 35p; whilst from the 9th July the Mail on Sunday will increase… Continue reading Increased Cover Prices For Associated
