British Airways has announced that New Saatchis has won a 12-month contract for its £60 million worldwide advertising account. Four agencies were pitching for the account; BBH, New Saatchi, Saatchi & Saatchi (the incumbents) and JWT.Robert Ayling, British Airways’ Group Managing Director said, “This has been an extremely difficult decision. We have selected the agency… Continue reading New Saatchis Wins BA
W/E 23/04/94Television viewing for the latest week has risen sharply: total TV viewing is up by 12.4% on the same week last year and up by 10.9% on last week’s viewing figures. The combined figure for ITV/C4 is up by 3.4% on last year, but ITV on its own is down slightly by 0.4% on… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary
BSkyB has announced that it has passed 4 million paying subscribers in the first quarter of this year. The 4.05m subscriber total has contributed to pre-tax profits of £49m in the three months to March 31. This is an increase of 96.8% on the same quarter in 1994.Results for the nine months of BSkyB’s June… Continue reading BskyB Subscriptions Over 4 Million
Talk Radio has been criticised for the “shock jock” tactics of its presenters after the Radio Authority received complaints over bad taste and language.Eight complaints were upheld in the first six weeks and the Radio Authority considered imposing financial penalties, but decided against after the station sacked one of its leading offenders, Wild Al Kelly,… Continue reading Talk Radio Hits Problems
The average weekly cinema admissions for March were 1.79 million; this is a decrease of 33.3% year on year and a decrease of 27.8% on February’s admission figures. The average for the quarter was 2.14 million; this is a decrease on last year of 17.5%.The big decreases on the same period last year can be… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Down 33% Year On Year
The latest Rajar figures, for Q1 1995 include data for the local station Kiss 102, and the regional licences Scot FM, Heart 100.7 FM and JFM North West.Scot FM performed well, with a weekly reach of 349,000, or 13%, up 49% on its previous data, for Q4 1994, which showed a weekly reach of 234,000… Continue reading Regional Rajar Figures
The latest Rajar figures show that Radio 1 has continued to lose listeners, down almost half a million on the previous quarter to 11,009,000; a weekly reach of 23%. A year ago Radio 1’s reach was 28%, and in Q1 1993, two years ago, its reach was 35%. Share of listening has fallen from 11.3%… Continue reading Radio 1 Loses Half A Million More
The Quarter 1 period Rajar data shows Capital Radio gaining listeners over the past year. Capital FM’s weekly reach has increased from 2,960,000 (30%) a year ago to 3,211,000 (33%) and its share of listening has increased by 3.3% points from 18.5% to 21.8% on the same period last year. However, the figures show Capital… Continue reading London Radio Listening
The ITV Association has today published a document setting out ITV’s position on digital terrestrial television.The chairman of ITV, Leslie Hill said, “Enabling the ITV companies to play a positive role in digital is one of the best ways to get it launched as early as possible.”ITV companies would aim to provide a range of… Continue reading Digital Terrestrial Television
The CanWest group which includes SelecTV has submitted the highest bid for Channel 5. Its annual bid of £36,261,158 was more than £14 million higher than the second highest bid.Both Richard Branson’s Virgin group and the Pearson/Thames consortium put in bids of £22,002,000. Rupert Murdoch’s consortium, which had been expected to put in the highest… Continue reading CanWest Bid Highest For Channel 5
