Mirror Group Newspapers is to move out of its Holborn Circus headquarters after the owners rejected a bid by the newspaper group to buy it. Three alternatives are being considered including Canary Wharf and the Ark in Hammersmith.
Publisher of the Financial Times, the Pearson Group, is interested in buying a stake in Hong Kong-based station, Star TV, having just taken over London company, Thames Television.
Figures on new installations of satellite TV dishes compiled by Continental Research will be released on a quarterly basis in future instead of the previous monthly issues. The research company has stated that “growth in the market is now quite small”, averaging at fewer than 50,000 sales and rentals a month.Continental Research: 071 490 5944
The ITV revenue figure for the month of March has come in at £139,870,000, representing an increase of 11.0% on the same period last year. The figure also shows an increase on February of 12.9%, breaking the downward spiral of recent months. Revenue for ITV only is up 10.4% on last month to £114,250,000. Channel… Continue reading TV Round-Up – March
12.17pmRichard Branson officially launched Virgin 1215 minutes ago in Manchester saying that it was the radio station he always wanted to hear and hoped it would be the one listeners wanted also.The first record to be played on the Richard Skinner show was “Born to be Wild”, specially recorded for Virgin by INXS.The second was… Continue reading Virgin Radio Goes On The Air
Mediaserve and Support to Sales have merged, in an attempt to win business from television for regional media.Managing director of Support to Sales, Mike Dinsdale says of the merger; “In the search for the perfect advertising solution more and more advertisers are realising that a media mix is the key rather than sticking to a… Continue reading Media Service Companies Merge
Newspaper Publishing was looking rather vulnerable by the end of yesterday. Not only had its bid to protect its quality Sunday title by buying the Observer failed, but it had also announced a downturn in half year profits to £341,000 from £465,000.The company issued a statement regarding its dealings with the Observer claiming that it… Continue reading Independent Suffers Downturn
IPC’s latest gardening release, Your Garden, is claiming first issue sales of 125,000, well above pre-launch targets. The figure is based on the publishing company’s own retail monitoring, along with independent research by CPM.Your Garden: 071 261 6649
Grampian TV has announced pre-tax profits of £3.21m for the year ended February 1993, compared with £3.18m in the previous year. Earnings per share rose to 14.75p (14.23p) with the final dividends standing at 6.10p. This is the fifth successive year that Grampian has raised its profits.
Newspaper Publishing was looking rather vulnerable by the end of yesterday. Not only had its bid to protect its quality Sunday title by buying the Observer failed, but it had also announced a downturn in half year profits to £341,000 from £465,000.The company issued a statement regarding its dealings with the Observer claiming that it… Continue reading Independent Suffers Downturn
