Business leaders are said to be at their most confident since before the recession, according to a survey of 1,600 directors by Dun & Bradstreet, conducted just after base rates were raised to 5.75%.Construction companies and exporters of manufactured goods are most optimistic about increasing sales in the last quarter of the year. Two-thirds of… Continue reading Business Surveys Reflect Greater Optimism
Hughes Communications, the main backer of the US satellite TV system, DirecTV, is said to have made preliminary approaches to Eutelsat and SES (which runs the Astra system). Both organisations are about to launch new satellites, but both are apparently fully occupied.It has been reported that Hughes is interested in launching satellite services to countries… Continue reading US Satellite Group Eyes European Market
The BBC has won a further five years of Wimbledon coverage, beginning next year after BSkyB was effectively eliminated at the tender stage – the tender stipulated that rights must go a terrestrial broadcaster.Despite this, the BBC is heralding the victory as “a tremendous vote of confidence.” No details of the fee paid have been… Continue reading BBC Secures Wimbledon Rights
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.
As predicted on Newsline earlier this week the Times has broken the 600,000 mark with its latest ABC for September’94. Its figure of 607,143 is up by 1.6% on August. The Guardian achieved the highest increase of the quality dailies up by 8.4% to 410,786, while the Independent increased slightly to 290,031 (+0.2%).The Daily Mirror… Continue reading Times Breaks 600,000 Barrier
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
Regional Press Adscene Group has bought the Scunthorpe Star from PIA Publishing for £100,000. The Star has a free distribution 0f 46,000 copies weekly. Its area borders with Adscene’s Lincolnshire Standard Group.Central Independent Newspapers is to take over the national sales account for the Hinckley Times from Mediaforce.Magazines Campaign’s cover price has increased from £1.50… Continue reading Publishing News
