Directors of Paramount Communications officially announced yesterday that they would consider other offers in competition with the current take-over bid from Viacom of $7.5bn. (News -24/9) The QVC Network has already put a hostile bid to the Paramount Board of around $9.9bn, but since QVC are a smaller company Paramount are insisting on receiving “satisfactory… Continue reading Paramount Auction Is Official
HTV has announced interim pre-tax profits for the first half of the year improving from a loss last year of £5m to a profit of £1.6m this year.Earnings per share were 1.5p compared to previous loss of 5.4p.Advertising has maintained a 6% share of the network spend.
The combined ITV/C4 revenue for August, based on agency estimates, came in at £115.9m – a 9.6% increase on last year and the second highest increase so far this year.The individual revenues for ITV and C4 were gauged to be £95.14m and £20.76 – a 82:18 split – representing an slight improvement on ITV’s performance… Continue reading TV ROUND UP – AUGUST
The combined ITV/C4 revenue for August, based on agency estimates, came in at £115.9m – a 9.6% increase on last year and the second highest increase so far this year.The individual revenues for ITV and C4 were gauged to be £95.14m and £20.76 – a 82:18 split – representing an slight improvement on ITV’s performance… Continue reading TV ROUND UP – AUGUST
Radio 1’s new line – up, announced yesterday, includes a weekend slot for Danny Baker, poached from sister station Radio 5. Announcing the changes the station’s new controller, Matthew Banister, emphasised Radio 1’s commitment to live music, journalism and comedy.Three of the stations’ older DJs have announced their departure in recent weeks; Dave Lee Travis,… Continue reading RADIO 1 NEW LINE-UP
Directors of Paramount Communications officially announced yesterday that they would consider other offers in competition with the current take-over bid from Viacom of $7.5bn. (News -24/9) The QVC Network has already put a hostile bid to the Paramount Board of around $9.9bn, but since QVC are a smaller company Paramount are insisting on receiving “satisfactory… Continue reading Paramount Auction Is Official
HTV has announced interim pre-tax profits for the first half of the year improving from a loss last year of £5m to a profit of £1.6m this year.Earnings per share were 1.5p compared to previous loss of 5.4p.Advertising has maintained a 6% share of the network spend.
A revolutionary new way of renting video films is being developed. The system, developed by a US entrepreneur called Will Graven, has the backing of Hitachi, Samsung, Goldstar and Daewoo.The four companies intend to take a stake in the company set up by Graven, EMC3, and will build new video recorders able to use the… Continue reading Film Rentals From Satellite
Yesterday The Observer launched its three new sections.The Sports section is now separate from the business section and in a tabloid format. There are detailed features on Nick Faldo, the Olympic Games in 2000, Will Carling, a preview of the Bruno/ Lewis fight as well as results of the weekend’s play. There are ads from… Continue reading New Section Observer
The weekly Wrexham Leader, a paid-for paper since its launch in 1920, is to become free next week. ABC figures for Jan-Jun 1993 show a circulation of 13,748, a year on year drop of 1.6%. Circulation has dropped steadily from the 1986 ABC figure of 19,000. The look and content is intended to remain the… Continue reading Wrexham Leader To Go Free
