Michael Moore, who left Express Newspapers suddenly in July, has joined The European as commercial and enterprise manager. Last month it was announced that Bert Hardy would be joining the company as chief executive in February.Jonathan Howlett, former joint deputy MD of Merlin, has joined the London-based arm of the US sales house, Katz International,… Continue reading Moore Joins The European
Troubled London-based satellite service, TV-Asia, has had its fourth change in ownership since its launch in July 1992. The new owner is Zee television group, India’s leading private sector broadcaster ( Zee TV is 50%-owned by Rupert Murdoch, who beams it across India on his Star satellite service).The new ownership is generally applauded. TV-Asia had… Continue reading TV-Asia Has Fourth New Owner
The Radio Authority has re-advertised the local licences on both the FM and AM bands for Norwich and Humberside. The Humberside licences are currently held by Viking FM and Great Yorkshire Gold, part of the Metro Radio Group. The Norwich licences are held by Broadland, part of East Anglian Radio.
ITV’s share of the Christmas Night audience rose by 18% year-on-year to 38%, according to early viewing estimates. Heartbeat led the way with 12.5m viewers, followed by Coronation Street (11.5m) and Blind Date (11m).ITV Network Director, Marcus Plantin commented: “We promised our viewers a much more attractive and home-grown line-up of programmes than we were… Continue reading ITV Improves Xmas Night Share
Despite losing Christmas Day to the BBC, ITV is claiming a 100% record of winning every week in peaktime across 1994.In w/e 25/12 ITV’s peaktime share was 40.6%, compared to 39.1% for BBC1, and overnight estimates for the final week of 1994 give ITV a 2% lead over BBC1 – 40% to 38%.Further information:Carol Millward,… Continue reading ITV Claims 100% Victory In Peaktime Viewing
New licensee Gemini Radio has launched in the Exeter and Torbay region, taking over from Devonair which lost the licence last year. Gemini broadcasts two separate services on the FM and AM band. The FM service is aimed at the 15-40 age group, with a music based format from the 1970s-1990s, while the AM service… Continue reading Gemini Radio Launches
The debate over how the European Union should protect its broadcasting industry from US imports will continue today in Brussels.With strong backing from the French, a plan was drawn up towards the end of last year to enforce more strictly the measures which require that at least 50% of programmes screened by European broadcasters are… Continue reading TV Debate Continues In Brussels
Conflicting and confusing reports have come out of Charlotte Street over the Xmas period with regard to Maurice Saatchi’s position at the company. The boardroom coup which resulted in Mr Saatchi being ousted both as chairman and board member came just before Xmas, and today was said to be the deadline for a decision as… Continue reading Saatchi Update
Gallup’s annual end-of-year poll for the Daily Telegraph shows people looking forward to 1995 with a mood of “cautious pessimism” – 30% believe 1995 will be better than 1994; 38% think it will be worse. This is not as gloomy a picture as the survey indicated in the mid to late 1970s and early 80s.69%… Continue reading Gallup Poll Points To “Cautious Pessimism”
A report from the Institute of Directors (released December 28th to the press) says that directors’ confidence in the economy has fallen back to 38%, its lowest since December 1992, mainly due to political uncertainty.53% of respondents were still optimistic about their own companies’ prospects – down slightly from 56% in October – and almost… Continue reading Directors’ Confidence Lowest For Two Years
