Early estimates of September ABCs, due to be released tomorrow (see Newsline late tomorrow) show The Times’ sales breaking 600,000 for the first time, and The Guardian adding over 30,000 copies to its August figure of 379,000.The Independent is expected to show a small increase, and The Telegraph a drop of about 8,000 copies. Sales… Continue reading September Estimates Show Times And Guardian On The Up
January 1995 is said to be the planned launch date for BBC Worldwide TV’s two European cable and satellite channels. A series of partners suitable to each country will be involved.
Unemployment was down 28,000 last month to 2,566,000, the lowest figure for over two years – 9.1% of the workforce.
BBJ Has appointed Colin Robinson as a board director to handle the newly acquired Volkswagen-Audi Group Account. Robinson moves from YMG.
Judith Daniels has been appointed as ad manager of women’s monthly magazine Prima.
The annual inflation rate fell by 0.2% last month to 2.2%, the lowest figure for 27 years. The underlying rate was down to 2.0% from 2.3%. The cost of clothing and household goods was up, but food and motoring costs fell.
ITV took a 39.8% share of viewing in September, its highest share since March and an increase of 2.7% points on August. Channel 4’s share of viewing fell by 0.9% in September to 10.6%. Hours of viewing for all TV increased in September, with an average weekly viewing per head of 24 hours 24 minutes,… Continue reading ITV Increases Share Of Viewing In September
Capital Radio’s marketing manager, Tim Hunter-Henderson, has left the company following a restructure of the sales and marketing department. A replacement for Hunter-Henderson has yet to be announced.
There are now 2,716,000 homes in Britain with satellite TV, according to GfK’s latest universe estimates for August. This is an increase of 31,000 homes on July 1994 and an increase of over 400,000 on August 1993.GfK’s latest figures for Cable are for July and show the number of homes connected at 841,000, an increase… Continue reading Cable Shows Higher C2DE Profile Than Satellite
According to the latest Concord Outdoor Rates Forecast, demand for Christmas space is weak, with outdoor looking set to fall short of expectations on pre-Christmas advertising spend. The market is virtually sold out for October and November however.Concord has revised its rates growth forecast for the fourth quarter of 1994 down from 20% to 18%.… Continue reading Outdoor Looks Set For Bleak Christmas
