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
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
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.
A survey conducted by Media Audits in August – just prior to the implementation of the new ITV Sales Houses – shows that the ITV companies need to re-assure advertisers on a number of key issues:* 86% of those questioned believe it will be harder to book single regions.* 92% believe the changes will lead… Continue reading Advertisers Remain Unconvinced About Itv Sales House Changes
