According to an unconfirmed report in today’s Media Week GMTV are planning to set up 4 macro regions to sell both regional and national airtime. The regions under discussion are:Scotland and northern England Ulster Midlands and HTV SouthernThe move towards regional business is said to be a result of GMTV’s poor audience figures, which are… Continue reading GMTV – Macro Sales Regions?
The catering press sector is to have its first joint industry research following an agreement from publishers. Independent Caterer is to change frequency from monthly to bi-monthly from the November issue. Public Finance and Accountancy has been revamped to include more news and is now called Public Finance. Nat Mags has put its business titles,… Continue reading Business Press News
Speculation has arisen today over the true revenue figure achieved by the combined YTTV in September.It would appear that YTTV initially were pulling revenue forward into September, thus producing an artificially high revenue figure, and thus presumably higher CPT figures. It would appear today however that YTTV have now decided to push revenue back into… Continue reading YTTV September Revenue Questioned
IPC yesterday inserted a sample of its women’s monthly Essentials into the Daily Mirror. The 16-page tester, based on the November issue, was inserted into around 600,000 copies of the newspaper in the London ITV region.IPC hopes to increase awareness of the magazine through the sampler, which included a discounted subscription offer for Daily Mirror… Continue reading Daily Mirror Carries Essentials Sampler
The catering press sector is to have its first joint industry research following an agreement from publishers. Independent Caterer is to change frequency from monthly to bi-monthly from the November issue. Public Finance and Accountancy has been revamped to include more news and is now called Public Finance. Nat Mags has put its business titles,… Continue reading Business Press News
The decision by the London Interconnect consortium of cable companies as to who will run their proposed London channel has been delayed again (News – 15/9). A choice may be made next week.FRENCH COMPLAIN ABOUT CARTOONSThe French have complained to the EC that Britain is breaking a directive by allowing the TNT/Cartoon channel to broadcast… Continue reading London Cable Channel Decision Delayed
IPC yesterday inserted a sample of its women’s monthly Essentials into the Daily Mirror. The 16-page tester, based on the November issue, was inserted into around 600,000 copies of the newspaper in the London ITV region.IPC hopes to increase awareness of the magazine through the sampler, which included a discounted subscription offer for Daily Mirror… Continue reading Daily Mirror Carries Essentials Sampler
Virgin is revamping its weekend schedule and moving the Virgin-Labatts album chart from its Sunday afternoon slot. From this Saturday the album chart will go out at 1pm, directly after the Nescafe Big Red Mug Show.Announcing the changes John Revell, joint director of programmes, said “The chart show move will enable us to consolidate on… Continue reading Virgin Revamps Weekend Schedule
The decision by the London Interconnect consortium of cable companies as to who will run their proposed London channel has been delayed again (News – 15/9). A choice may be made next week.FRENCH COMPLAIN ABOUT CARTOONSThe French have complained to the EC that Britain is breaking a directive by allowing the TNT/Cartoon channel to broadcast… Continue reading London Cable Channel Decision Delayed
Perspectives on Architecture is a new magazine launching next March in association with the Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture and Wordsearch Publishing. It will cover architecture, arts, crafts, house decoration, landscaping and green issues.The monthly A4 title will have a cover price of £2.50 and an initial print run of 40,000. The magazine’s contributors… Continue reading Perspectives On Architecture Launch
