Chris Evans will stop fronting the Big Breakfast Show on a daily basis next year. He will be given his own evening show once a week, with possibly twice- weekly appearances on the breakfast show, according to John Willis, C4’s director of programming, speaking yesterday at the launch of the autumn season.John Willis also announced… Continue reading Chris Evans To Leave Big Breakfast
News International has suspended publication of its Shoppers’ Friend newspaper insert after only one issue.Shoppers’ Friend, which was to be inserted into the Sunday Times and the News of the World, was a free standing insert containing only discount coupons for supermarket products. It was paid for by advertising. These coupon booklets are popular in… Continue reading News Int. Drops Shoppers’ Inserts
Mirror Group Newspapers have announced pre-tax profits of £69.9m, for the six months ending June 1993. This is an increase of over 300% on the same period last year, with profits of £15m.Turnover is up from £233.7m to £237.2m. The group has been helped by success in recovering assets stolen from the pension fund by… Continue reading MGN Profits Rise
The closing date for sending comments to the ITC for the Discussion Documents on Digital Television and the Future of Channel 5 are 30 September and 15 October respectively. (Newsline 20/7)The Digital Television study was to investigate the consequences of using UHF channels 35 and 37 (so far set aside for Channel 5) for digital… Continue reading Channel 5 Future Report
Mirror Group Newspapers confirmed yesterday that it has signed a 5 year rent-free deal to move to Canary Wharf in the Docklands.The deal, for a 25 year lease, includes a £5m payment by Canary Wharf to MGN. The move should take place early next year, with MGN occupying five floors of the centre tower. MGN… Continue reading Mirror To Move To Canary Wharf
Virgin 1215 has joined up with Columbia Tri-Star Films UK for a promotion with the film Sleepless in Seattle, which opens on 24 September.Virgin will fly lonely hearts to New York to meet their ideal date, on a weekday evening programme, in a copy of the plot of the film. In addition, Columbia will receive… Continue reading VIRGIN DEAL WITH COLUMBIA TRI-STAR
Virgin 1215 has joined up with Columbia Tri-Star Films UK for a promotion with the film Sleepless in Seattle, which opens on 24 September.Virgin will fly lonely hearts to New York to meet their ideal date, on a weekday evening programme, in a copy of the plot of the film. In addition, Columbia will receive… Continue reading VIRGIN DEAL WITH COLUMBIA TRI-STAR
John Birt, director general of the BBC, speaking last night at a launch to celebrate the BBC education department’s 70th anniversary, said that the BBC must argue for an increase in the licence fee, if they are to maintain the quality of programming.The government is considering a report it commissioned from Touche Ross, the results… Continue reading Birt Pleas For Rise In Licence
Mirror Group Newspapers confirmed yesterday that it has signed a 5 year rent-free deal to move to Canary Wharf in the Docklands.The deal, for a 25 year lease, includes a £5m payment by Canary Wharf to MGN. The move should take place early next year, with MGN occupying five floors of the centre tower. MGN… Continue reading Mirror To Move To Canary Wharf
