The results for the 1992/3 JNLR/MRBI listenership survey show little change in the listening pattern which has emerged over the past years.Independent local radio reaches 50% of all listeners placing the sector ahead of RTE Radio 1 and 2 FM on a national basis.Highland Radio in Donegal increased its market share to 64% making it… Continue reading Irish Radio Industry Survey
Yesterday the ITV Network unveiled a £25m investment in soccer coverage and a new team of presenters.Included in the new schedule is coverage of the World Cup, of all three European club competitions, the Coca Cola Cup and regional soccer from the Endsleigh League.The coverage will be hosted by Matthew Lorenzo, who will be joined… Continue reading ITV INVESTS IN SOCCER COVERAGE
Sunset Radio, after being forced to stop transmission last week by National Transcommunications Limited, is back on air. (Newsline – 19/8)The Manchester soul station had defaulted on payments for transmission services, but has now agreed to pay all fees in advance to NTL until 24 October when the contract will end by mutual agreement.
Emap Metro is altering the sales teams of two of its titles to include the launch of Mojo in October. Sarah Jacombs, former ad manager of Select becomes ad manager of Empire. Julian Booth leaves Empire for Mojo, and Select is looking for a new ad manager. Premiere magazine is looking for a new ad… Continue reading Appointments
Marmaduke Hussey, chairman of the BBC, has given his support to Radio 5, the BBC’s sport, youth and education network, following fears from staff that the station may be axed to provide a wavelength for the 24-hour continuous news network to which the BBC is committed.In a letter to MPs Hussey says that the DG,… Continue reading Hussey Supports Radio 5
Marmaduke Hussey, chairman of the BBC, has given his support to Radio 5, the BBC’s sport, youth and education network, following fears from staff that the station may be axed to provide a wavelength for the 24-hour continuous news network to which the BBC is committed.In a letter to MPs Hussey says that the DG,… Continue reading Hussey Supports Radio 5
News Corporation yesterday announced an increase in profits in the year ending June 1993. Pre-tax profits for the group were A$1.16 billion, compared with A$622.4m in 1992. Group turnover has increased 4.9% to A$10.7 billion.News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation, and owner of newspapers the Sun and the Sunday Times reported pre-tax profits of… Continue reading News Corporation Profits
WPP, the advertising group which owns J Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather has announced its interim pre-tax profits.Profits have risen 13-fold to £24.1m and revenues rose 16% to £699.7m.
The July revenue for ITV and C4 came in at £106.28m and £26m respectively, giving a combined total of £132.28m – a 0.1% fall on the same period last year.Channel 4 achieved a 19.66% share of revenue – down 0.27% points on last month, but still well above the 16.21% share being achieved in January.… Continue reading TV ROUND UP – JULY
Linford Christie’s winning run in the 100m final at Stuttgart on 15 August boosted BBC1’s ratings to 11.5m viewers.This was the highest audience for any single BBC1 programme in its week except for Eastenders. During that week BBC1 claimed 33.2% of the total television audience, with ITV’s share dropping to 36.8% from over 40%.
