Newspaper leader columns predictably differed this morning in their opinion of the Green Paper on cross media ownership issued yesterday. What follows is a summary of the leader columns of the Times, The Guardian, The Independent and The Financial Times.The Times (News Corporation) – “Stephen Dorrell’s proposals on media ownership display every sign of the… Continue reading Cross Media Ownership – What The Papers Say
Applications are being invited by the ITC for the new local delivery franchise for Lincolnshire and South Humberside, including in particular Scunthorpe and Boston. The new area will exclude the existing cable franchises of Grimsby, Lincoln and Grantham. The area covers about 174,000 homes. Applications must be submitted by noon on 21 August 1995.
Total Television viewing for the week ending 14th May has recovered from last week’s sharp fall. Viewing is up by 8.7% on the same week last year and up by 18.1% on last week’s viewing summary. The combined figures for ITV and Channel 4 have fallen by 1.9%, ITV on its own fell by 5.2%.Peak… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 14/05/95
Neil Canetty-Clarke will join the Guardian Media Group plc as Group Finance Director from September 1995. Previously Group Finance Director at LWT he will replace Stanley Porter who is retiring. Canetty-Clarke will begin working with the company from June.
The ITC has decided to award the Northern Ireland local delivery franchise to CableTel Northern Ireland Ltd. Of four bids, CableTel’s was the highest at £14,418,188. CableTel has committed to start construction in 1996 and to offer service to at least 428,000 homes in the province by the end of 2003.
The National Heritage Secretary has today announced new rules to regulate media ownership into the next century.No company will be allowed to own more than 10% of the total UK media market and 20% of the regional markets in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the regions of England. All but the largest national newspaper groups… Continue reading Cross Media Ownership Green Paper
The combined ITV/C4 revenue for April has come in at £178.685m – up 13.2% on the same period last year. The ITV/C4 split came in at 21:79 at £38.24m and £140.447m respectively.In terms of contractor shares the best year on year performances came from YTTV and Central – up 0.72% points and 0.61% points respectively.… Continue reading TV Revenue & Shares – April
The legal feud between Maurice Saatchi and Cordiant ended yesterday, with both sides agreeing to an out-of-court settlement. As part of the settlement former Saatchi executives will be free to work for the new Saatchi agency from the end of May. However, the new agency is not allowed to hire any more of Cordiant’s existing… Continue reading Saatchi Agreement
The Telegraph has announced pre-tax profits of £16.2m for the three months to the end of March 1995. This figure was boosted by a £7.5m profit made from the sale of a stake in Carlton Communications.The group blamed the price war for poor operating profits, which fell by 63% to £4.5m. Revenues from newspaper sales… Continue reading Telegraph Blames Results On Price War
The Lawyers for Cordiant, the renamed Saatchi and Saatchi, and legal representatives of Maurice Saatchi’s new advertising agency are to meet again this week in an attempt to reach an out of court settlement in the dispute between Maurice Saatchi and his former company.The two sides are due to be in court next month to… Continue reading Saatchi Lawyers Seek Agreement
