Comedy, a new monthly title from IPL Magazines, hits the newsstands today with a print run of 50,000 and a cover price of £2.20. The first issue includes features on Alexei Sayle, Tony Hancock and Leslie Nielsen.Ad Manager: Steve Meir (071 287 1271)Mono Pg: £3050Colour Pg: £4500
Independent radio group Trans World Communications has revealed pre-tax profits of £1.29m for the 6-months to June 30, an increase of more than 400% from last year’s £0.25m.
The Independent is claiming an increase of 30,000 in sales in its first week at 30p (was 50p).Sources suggest that The Times’ sales dropped marginally – by 5,000 copies,about 1%.
British film Four Weddings And A Funeral has grossed 20m at the UK Box Office, the first British film to do this and only the sixth in history. It is now the second most sucessful film of 1994 behind Mrs Doubtfire. 1. Mrs Doubtfire (12) £20.9M 2. Four Weddings And A Funeral £20.6M 3. Aladdin… Continue reading Four Weddings Breaks £20m
UPN’S daily title, The Sheffield Star will relaunch as a tabloid on September 14th. The paper has seen sales drop by about 30,000 in the last five years to 105,446 (July-December 1993). A change in “editorial culture” will see news and features being combined. UPN is said to be planning other relaunches, but not as… Continue reading Sheffield Star To Go Tabloid
Saatchi & Saatchi has today released pre-tax profits of £15.3m for the 6 months to June 30, an increase of 68% on last year’s profit of £9.1m. Operating profit rose from £18.9m to £21.7m.
The IPA has issued its Trends in Television Viewing Report for Quarter 2 1994 which shows that the recent decline in overall television viewing is slowing; year on year patronage levels for ITV, BBC1 and satellite are growing, whilst those for Channel 4 and BBC have shown a slight decline. The decline overall continues, but… Continue reading IPA Trends In Viewing Report – Q2 1994
The ITC has received two applications for a licence to provide a Commercial Additional Service for a ten year period on spare capacity within the broadcast signal for C4 and S4C Wales.The applicants and the amounts of their cash bids are: SimpleActive Limited £78,000 Skytext Limited £355,000The licence will normally be awarded to the highest… Continue reading Applications For Additional Services Licence
Yorkshire Television’s soap Emmerdale has received further criticism for the degree of violence used in some episodes. The Broadcasting Standards Council said yesterday that an episode showing a post office raid “exceeded limits appropriate for such a serial.” Last month the ITC upheld complaints against the same episode.The Broadcasting Standards Council has ordered Yorkshire Television… Continue reading Emmerdale Criticised Again
The Daily News, the national news supplement for regional press which has been on trial for 3 months, is to increase its circulation to 120,000 by appearing in all editions of its current papers. No decision has been made on the future of the supplement.
