The Independent Television Commission has just released the latest figures for subscribers to broadband cable, claiming a rise of 168,000 in the last twelve months to 459,000. The take-up rate has also increased during this period, rising from 20.5% to 21.6% in the last quarter.The average broadband cable subscriber now pays £21.74 per month, according… Continue reading ITC Broadband Cable Figures Released
The regional radio licence for Filey and Scarborough has been awarded to Yorkshire Coast Radio, having defeated its one competitor, All Music Radio. YCR, run by Toby Horton formerly of Radio Tyne Tees, aims to get a proportion of its regional material from Yorkshire Television and the Scarborough Evening News.
Running magazine has been sold to US publisher Rodale and will relaunch with the September issue retitled Runner’s World.. Publishing company, Morgan Grampian, is claiming 12 monthly pre-tax profits of £2.2m, with turnover falling by a mere 1.5% to £81.9m.. What Camcorder, published by WV Publications, is to increase its frequency from bi-monthly to monthly… Continue reading Magazines Snippets..
The Independent Television Commission has just released the latest figures for subscribers to broadband cable, claiming a rise of 168,000 in the last twelve months to 459,000. The take-up rate has also increased during this period, rising from 20.5% to 21.6% in the last quarter.The average broadband cable subscriber now pays £21.74 per month, according… Continue reading ITC Broadband Cable Figures Released
IPC Magazines has confirmed the forth- coming launch of Homes & Ideas, a new monthly home interest title due for release on September 9.The title, with an initial print run of 235,000, will be published by the Southbank Group, which also deals with Ideal Home, Homes & Gardens and Country Homes & Interiors. Managing director… Continue reading IPC Delves Into Home Interest
Shares in the ITV television companies shot up yesterday following news that the Broadcasting Act is to be amended to allow the companies to bid for one another (Newsline 27/5). HTV shares increased by almost 10% to 50p (+4p) and Anglia rose 9 to 296p.Central is up 15 to 1888p and Carlton Television jumped by… Continue reading ITV Shares React To Activity
Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) is shortly to introduce Radio Tracking Studies in the UK, based on those currently used in the US. Alistair Whitmore, of BDS, explained the concept and its application at yesterday’s Radio Fights Back conference.The idea was first developed in 1986 to record airplay, it has since been extended to measure ads… Continue reading Radio Fights Back – Tracking Studies
The ITV Network and Panasonic have just announced the completion of a 14 month sponsorship deal, worth up to £4m, to back ITV’s coverage of the 1994 World Cup in the USA. The contract will include associated off-screen below-the line activity between now and the World Cup.Sponsorship will begin this weekend when England plays Poland… Continue reading ITV & Panasonic Announce World Cup Deal
Rajar director, Roger Gane, reviewed some of the issues concerned in the methodology of the new survey at yesterday’s Radio Fights Back conference. He began by emphasising that for the first time there is now an ‘agreed currency’ for the industry.While Rajar does have a number of characteristics in common with the old survey, Jicrar,… Continue reading Radio Fights Back – Rajar
C4 Chairman, Sir Michael Bishop, has accused ITV of blatantly underselling C4 airtime between 1989 and 1992, as it became clear that C4 would be selling its own space from 1993. He questions the difficulty ITV appeared to have selling C4 airtime, considering the fact the channel was achieving nearly 20% share of viewing on… Continue reading ITV’s C4 Sales Effort Criticised
