A £20m deal with Thames Television sees This Is Your Life return to the BBC where it started life 38 years ago. The show, which attracted audiences of 12m to 14m on Thames will fit into an early evening slot on BBC1 from autumn 1994.ITV said it felt unable to commit to the long-term deal… Continue reading BBC Gains This Is Your Life
American TV network, NBC, has won the United States TV rights to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics at a cost of £306m – its third successive Olympics win.The European rights had already been sold to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for £168m.The Olympic opening ceremonies are to be moved to Friday night in American prime time.
Meridian’s new children’s series, Boredom Busters, is to be sponsored by The Young Telegraph. The series will look at children’s summer activities throughout the school holidays.
The Daily Express announced today that it is increasing its cover price by 2p to 32p from Monday 2 August.The Daily Express stated today that as it is a mid-market tabloid it is not as price sensitive as the popular tabloids, and that the soon to be introduced improvements will far outweigh this price increase.The… Continue reading Daily Express Price Increase
Guy Zitter will become managing director of the Daily Mail in November 1994, when Bill Pressey retires. Zitter will become deputy md in October retaining control of sales. But this will ultimately pass to Mike Ironside when Zitter becomes md.Martina Dodson’s appointment as sales director of Capital Radio has been confirmed. She joined from the… Continue reading Appointments
The Radio Times has released an ABC figure for January to June’93 of 1,503,379. This is a 3.8% fall year-on-year and a 5.6% fall on July to December’92.Since the duopoly was lifted in 1991 the Radio Times has enjoyed the highest circulation of the TV listings magazines. The other titles have yet to release their… Continue reading Radio Times’ ABC Falls
Closer Encounters, a new cinema advertising initiative launched by RSA Advertising this week, aims to bring cinema advertisers closer to film goers by placing promotions in foyers of cinemas, including product displays and sampling.Marketing manager with RSA, Paul Butler pointed out the advantages of such a system, claiming that advertisers can now “step out of… Continue reading Cinema Advertising Extension
Channel 4 is to launch a prime-time religious series, ‘Witness’. It will feature a wide range of subjects, including neo-Nazis meeting a survivor from Auschwitz and cannibalism in the South Pacific. It intends to avoid organised religion and will concentrate instead on personal belief.Nicholas Fraser, the head of religion at Channel 4 has said that… Continue reading Prime-Time Religion For C4
Planet 24, in conjunction with Wessex Character Licensing, is launching a new range of Big Breakfast products to celebrate the shows successful first anniversary and to increase audience ratings.Outlining the promotion today, Jonathan Clark of Wessex Licensing confirmed that the branding will consist of Big Breakfast crisps, sweets, as well as a range of breakfast… Continue reading Big Breakfast Crunch For Anniversary
Closer Encounters, a new cinema advertising initiative launched by RSA Advertising this week, aims to bring cinema advertisers closer to film goers by placing promotions in foyers of cinemas, including product displays and sampling.Marketing manager with RSA, Paul Butler pointed out the advantages of such a system, claiming that advertisers can now “step out of… Continue reading Cinema Advertising Extension
