Financial Times Magazines is planning a January launch of a monthly free magazine aimed at the international expatriate in Britain. Called the International in Britain, it will focus on all the practical issues an international expatriate faces in Britain, together with leisure and cultural events. However, its main thrust will be to deliver expert financial… Continue reading FT Magazines Plan Financial Monthly Title
Peter Risdale, chief executive of home-shopping channel QVC has resigned. The channel has run up losses of £9m in the UK, but chairman Barry Diller insists it will stay on air. Mark Suckle takes over as chief executive.
The only applicant, Cable Communications Fylde and Wyre, has been awarded the cable licence for Blackpool and Fylde.The winning company is a wholly owned subsidiary of SBC Cablecomms (UK), which also owns the companies holding the cable franchises for South Lancashire, Central Lancashire, Wigan, St Helens & Knowsley, and Liverpool. The new area includes 101,000… Continue reading ITC Awards Blackpool Cable Licence
Channel 4 is claiming that its Big Breakfast show had a 300,000 peak time lead over GMTV on Monday of this week. GMTV has led consistently through the summer, but according to unofficial figures the C4 show had 1.8 million viewers at 8.00am on Monday, compared to 1.5 million for GMTV. This would be a… Continue reading Channel 4 Claims Big Breakfast Leads GMTV
Activity among the “target” TV companies’ shares today has slowed compared to the sharp increases yesterday, but prices have remained strong. Company Price 10.45 am Price 4.30 pm Change over day Scottish 500 498 -2 Yorkshire Tyne Tees 392 395 3 Grampian 354 356 2 Ulster 720 720 Mirror Group 139 137.5 -1.5
A new campaign for Reader’s Digest aims to communicate the magazine’s quality of writing and breadth of interest to a wider audience, and remind them that the magazine is widely available at news stands and newsagents.The campaign launches in October and November using six different treatments on 16-sheet, 6-sheet and 4-sheet sites at BR and… Continue reading Digest’s First Ever Poster Campaign
…Aspen Communications, the publishing and media group has reported a pre-tax profit of £1.16m for the six months ending June 30. The figure is 10% down on the £1.29m for last year. However, that result was inflated by an exceptional credit of £1.1m.… International Business Communications, publisher of business titles such as Business Technology, has… Continue reading Publishing Results
Anglia Television has helped raise MAI’s operating profits by £5 million. MAI, the media and financial services company bought Anglia in March for £292m. MAI’s other television company Meridian managed to turn a £3.5m loss in the year to June 1993 into a £3.7m profit.MAI is planning to bid for the Channel 5 franchise, which… Continue reading MAI Profits Up £5m
The local delivery franchise for Eastern Derbyshire has not attracted any applicants, the ITC announced today. The franchise was advertised on 24 June with a deadline of noon on 19 September. The licence covers the Chesterfield, Matlock and Belper areas.Jon Davey, the ITC Director of Cable and Satellite, commented that “The absence of applications does… Continue reading No Applicants For Cable Licence
Channel 4’s autumn schedule, released today, is hailed as its “most challenging yet”, for both viewer and other commercial stations. One highlight is four feature-length films from Alan Bleasdale. Other films, in the Film on Four Season include The Crying Game, Peter’s Friends and The Long Day Closes.There is a return for C4’s two BAFTA… Continue reading Channel Four Autumn Schedule
