The combined ITV/C4 revenue for August, based on agency estimates, came in at £127m. This is a year on year increase of 9.6%. The ITV figure was £100.56m, up 5.7% year on year, with C4’s revenue £26.44m, up by an impressive 27.4%. This is a 79:21 ratio. The best contractor performance came from Carlton, with… Continue reading Television Round-Up – August
The Independent has today launched its new weekly section Metro, which replaces the daily London section launched in May. Like the old section Metro is a tabloid carrying editorial and listings for the London region but comprises 32 pages compared to the Daily section’s 16 pages.Today’s issue is made up of 8 pages of editorial… Continue reading Metro Review
Pearson has bought the Register Group, which monitors advertising copy, expenditure and editorial, for £16 million from a group backed by Apax Venture Capital. The Register Group was originally part of the Maxwell empire and included Media-Register, prior to its merger with MEAL forming Register-MEAL. Register-MEAL and the Register Group are now direct competitors.The Register… Continue reading Pearson Acquires Register Group
The ITC has drawn up some draft guidelines on TV ads for confectionery, food and slimming products. The guidelines would prohibit ads showing people eating several confectionery bars at one sitting and ads for slimming products would not be allowed to be directed at adolescents or children or use actors under the age of 25.The… Continue reading Guidelines For TV Food Ads
Sir Peter Gibbings has been appointed as the next chairman of the Radio Authority, taking over from Lord Chalfont next January. He is a former chairman of the Guardian and Manchester Evening News, a director of the Economist and a member of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission Newspaper Panel.
Peking, defeated by two votes by Sydney for the 2000 Olympics, is likely to bid again for the 2004 Olympics. If so, with a sports-led rather than Government manipulated bid, it would be a hot favourite to win.
A report by Raymond Snoddy in today’s Financial Times suggests that a number of talks have been held between Michael Grade, chief executive of Channel 4 and Ward Thomas, chairman of Yorkshire-Tyne Tees TV who has made it clear that he would like to retire from this post in the summer of 1996. Grade’s contract… Continue reading Grade Link With Chairmanship Of YTTV
Ron Miller is joining TMD Carat as a consultant to the board. Former Prudential marketing manager, Blackett Ditchburn, joins in the new role of Director of Communications Strategy.
Talks are said to have started between Disney, Flextech and BSkyB over the launch of a Disney Pay-TV channel in the UK next year. A report in Broadcast magazine suggests that Disney would seek minimum audience guarantees, and that it was concern over audiences that caused withdrawal from an earlier proposed venture with Sky TV… Continue reading Uk Disney Pay Channel – Decision By End Of The Year
An Under-15 Cricket World Cup is to be held for the first time in 1996, with the final to take place at Lords – eight countries are to take part.The competition, which is to be televised, may become a four-yearly event. Lombard plc’s sponsorship is to the tune of £500,000.
