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
Waldman’s World of Net Ads provides a simple guide to advertisers, agencies and media owners currently hooked up to the Net, with comment as to the usefulness/look of each of the sites.Whilst by no means a comprehensive collection it does provide you with a starting point to get you into Net mode, with all sites… Continue reading Net Site Of The Week – Waldman’s World Of Net Ads http://www.hhcl.com/wwoa.html
The AGM luncheon of the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers was held today in London, with Michael Grade as guest speaker. He began by referring to the speech made by Stephen Dorrell last week about the future of broadcasting. However, he disagreed with Mr Dorrells vision of a future with hundreds of television channels, catering… Continue reading ISBA AGM Luncheon
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
John Major has won the leadership contest for the Conservative Party. The results of the ballot are as follows;Possible Votes – 329Votes Cast – 327John Major – 218John Redwood – 89Abstained – 8Spoilt – 12
IPC Magazines has announced the launch of a new monthly football magazine, Goal, on 15th September. With an initial print run of 100,000 it is aimed at 18-35 year old men who are likely to read Loaded and NME and who see football as another aspect of today’s pop culture. As yet there is no… Continue reading New Football Titles
