The tabloid price war got underway yesterday, with the Daily Mirror claiming an increase in sales of 500,000 for the day, having drastically cut its coverprice by 17p to 10p for the day.The Sun confirmed to MediaTel this morning that its sales went up by only 280,000 on the first day of its price cut… Continue reading Mirror Sales Outdo Sun In Battle
Border Television has announced pre-tax profits of £1.25m for the year to April 30, increased from last year’s £1.21m. Earnings per share increased by 9% to 8.3p with the dividend rising by 22% to 3.3p. Trading profit rose to £1.7m (+44%), with turnover falling from £11.8m to £11m.Border chairman, Melvyn Bragg, is stressing that the… Continue reading Border TV Profits
ITV has just announced details of its new £173m programme schedule for the autumn – a line up which aims to increase ITV’s audience by targeting more younger, upmarket viewers.Speaking at a press conference this morning, network director, Marcus Plantin stressed the need for ITV to stay on its toes and not become complacent because… Continue reading ITV £173m Autumn Schedule
ITV has just announced details of its new £173m programme schedule for the autumn – a line up which aims to increase ITV’s audience by targeting more younger, upmarket viewers.Speaking at a press conference this morning, network director, Marcus Plantin stressed the need for ITV to stay on its toes and not become complacent because… Continue reading ITV £173m Autumn Schedule
Border Television has announced pre-tax profits of £1.25m for the year to April 30, increased from last year’s £1.21m. Earnings per share increased by 9% to 8.3p with the dividend rising by 22% to 3.3p. Trading profit rose to £1.7m (+44%), with turnover falling from £11.8m to £11m.Border chairman, Melvyn Bragg, is stressing that the… Continue reading Border TV Profits
Popular Press With yesterday’s announcement of a summer-long price cut for The Sun and The Mirror’s knee-jerk reaction it is interesting to look first at the circulation plight of the populars with the latest January-June 1993 ABC figures.These latest six-monthly figures show a year on year fall for all the daily populars: Jan-Jun’92 Jan-Jun’93 %Ch… Continue reading NATIONAL PRESS ROUND-UP -JUNE
Latest satellite ownership figures issued by GfK estimate 2.2m homes had satellite dishes at the end of April – an increase of 48,000 on the previous month. (BARB figures for the beginning of June make the universe size 2.48m.) Gfk believe dish sales will slow down this autumn , as BSkyB move all its channels… Continue reading GfK Satellite Figures
Rugby News Limited confirmed to MediaTel this morning that it is in final discussions with Pyramid Publishing for the latter to buy monthly title Rugby News. The magazine needs the investment that Pyramid can give it, according to editor David Lawrenson. Rugby News claims sales of 25,000 but it is hoped that this can be… Continue reading Rugby News Up For Sale
Rupert Murdoch’s top selling tabloid, The Sun, has begun a price war amongst its competitors by announcing a cut of 5p to 20p, the biggest drop ever by a British newspaper. The paper hopes to carry the cut throughout the summer. In retaliation the Daily Mirror has issued a one-day drastic price cut to 10p… Continue reading Sun Starts Price War
Chief executive of Granada, Gerry Robinson, is reported to have given Carlton Television the go-ahead to bid for LWT if the ITV ownership rules are changed, claiming that Granada will sell its stake in the London station. If this should happen, Granada may resume its interest in Carlton’s stake in Central or the 14% stake… Continue reading Granada Gives LWT Blessing To Carlton
