Following Peter Brooke’s speech at the Royal Television Society’s conference in which he said that the BBC had made improvements in efficiency in the last few years, (Newsline 17/9) John Birt has called for the government to preserve the value of the licence fee and continue to link it to the retail prices index.Brooke also… Continue reading Broadcast Changes
Viacom International’s bid for Paramount Communications, agreed last Sunday, seems likely to be the beginning of a take-over war. There may be a counter-bid from QVC, the home shopping group, or from Turner Broadcasting, the owner of the CNN television channel. (Newsline 13/9)Either counter-bidder would then sell off Paramount Publishing, whose assets include Simon &… Continue reading Paramount Publishing Up For Sale
There will be a conference on “The Future of TV and Radio Sponsorship” on October 22 1993, to be chaired by Alan Chilton, Chairman of the ITV Sponsorship Committee.The conference, organised by Henry Stewart Conference Studies, aims to provide factual information and guidance useful for broadcasters, sponsors and their agencies.Sponsorship opportunities will be assessed, as… Continue reading Future Of Sponsorship Conference
National Network Radio is to launch a Business Package next week, targeting ABC1 men. The 60 Independent Radio stations involved in the package will carry one bulletin a day covering business news and stocks and shares. Advertisers will be able to buy spots around the bulletins which will also be available for sponsorship.National Network Radio’s… Continue reading National Network Radio Business Package
NBC, the US television network, is close to buying Super Channel, the European satellite television channel.Super Channel is broadcast via the Eutelstat satellite, the rival to Astra which carries Sky’s channels. Super Channel resisted a takeover bid from United Artists Entertainment in 1990, but has recently decided that it should be part of a media… Continue reading NBC To Buy Super Channel
John Talbot, administrator of Robert Maxwell Holdings, confirmed that he intends to sell the 54.8% stake that he controls soon.NM Rothschilds will lead the offering and is expected to opt for a book-building exercise, under which large investors are asked to give an early indication of how many shares they would buy and at what… Continue reading MGN SHARE SALE SOON
The combined ITV/C4 revenue estimates for August have come in at £115.90m – a 9.6% increase on the same period last year. The individual revenues for ITV and C4 came in at £95.14m and £20.76m respectively – a 82:18 split – representing ITV’s best performance for a number of months.In terms of contractor shares the… Continue reading AUGUST TV REVENUE & SHARES
Sky News has joined forces with three broadcasters to create an international satellite news exchange.Sky News has linked with CBS News from the United States, VTM in Belgium, and TBS from Japan. Sky News hopes to recruit French and German partners to what it claims will be the first independent satellite news exchange in Europe.The… Continue reading Sky News Linked Globally
Newspaper Publishing has appointed Patrick Morrissey as chief executive from October 1. Morrissey was managing director of Mirror Group Newspapers between 1985 and 1990. Ray Morgan is to succeed Michael Mander as Chairman of National Readership Surveys Ltd from January 1. David Lees is to join Metro Radio as head of a new client sales… Continue reading Appointments
Yesterday Sports Digest Ltd launched their new monthly, Sports Digest.The glossy A4 size title has a cover price of £1.95 and pagination of 130. The first issue comes with a 24 page supplement on Sporting Legends. The editorial is written by top sports writers from the national press who will contribute articles on a regular… Continue reading Sports Digest – First Issue Review
