September 1st has been set for the launch of the Thames/Cox Enterprises/ TCI joint venture – UK Living.Aimed particularly at women, the channel will focus on topics and advice ‘relevant to today’s woman’ – ie. cookery, homemaking, soaps and romantic films. Head of programming will be Liz Howell (ex GMTV). The main programme contributor will… Continue reading New Satellite Channel: UK Living
ITV is within it rights to move News at Ten, according to legal advice given to the network. The ITV council will be presenting the details of a new re-packaged news service to the ITC shortly.
Paul Curtis, former sales controller of MAS, will not be moving to the LWT/YTTV sales combine to take the position of group sales manager.
IPC is in the process of gathering the shopping questionnaires from 18 of its top titles, in the first of four ‘waves’ of a readership survey being collated by the publishing group.Marketing controller at IPC, Mike Baker, predicted this morning that results from the shopping survey will be available to agencies towards the end of… Continue reading Shopping Research In IPC Mags
ITV is within it rights to move News at Ten, according to legal advice given to the network. The ITV council will be presenting the details of a new re-packaged news service to the ITC shortly.
ITV is strongly denying rumours that it will drop coverage of the World Cup next year if England fail to qualify. The speculation has led to broadcast sponsors, Panasonic reviewing its £4m deal.
BARB has issued the following bulletin regarding measuring audiences for satellite channels after 1st September 1993:“From September this year substantial further encryption of satellite channels is expected and many of these channels will be available as elements of subscription packages”.The BARB panel contains currently some 650 homes with satellite reception either through dish aerial or… Continue reading BARB Bulletin: Satellite Measurement
The BBC held a programme strategy meeting yesterday, with suggestions that the Corporation should now concentrate on attracting audiences not currently served – particularly C and D social groups. Meanwhile, Mark Tully, India correspondent with the BBC, slated director general John Birt yesterday claiming that he has ruined everything the Corporation stood for, placing money… Continue reading BBC Reviews Strategy & Criticism
ITV is strongly denying rumours that it will drop coverage of the World Cup next year if England fail to qualify. The speculation has led to broadcast sponsors, Panasonic reviewing its £4m deal.
BBC2’s coverage of the men’s singles final at Wimbledon makes it into the top thirty BARB programme rankings for week ending 4th July. Ranking the top thirty according to one showing only the final scrapes in at number 29 with 7.56m viewers.Compared to last year however, the BBC2 tennis event of the year shows a… Continue reading Wimbledon Scores For BBC2
