Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur horror movie – Jurassic Park – took the most money for any film in history over a non-holiday weekend in the US. The box office receipts for Saturday alone were £12m ($18m) which represented the largest amount ever grossed by a film in one day. The audience figure for the weekend was… Continue reading Dinosaurs Break Box Office Record
Following yesterday’s meeting between Peter Brooke, Heritage Secretary, and ITV companies opposition to take-overs amongst the 9 largest contractors would appear to be dwindling, with companies accounting for 70% of ITV advertising revenue now backing the move.The main supporters prior to yesterday were Carlton, LWT, Central and Granada. They have since been joined by YTV… Continue reading Opposition To Take-Over Deal Withers
Andy Hawkins, sales director at the Radio Sales Company, told MediaTel this morning that Sales for Atlantic 252 will be moving in-house from July 26. The sales team from the Radio Sales Company will move to the station’s London office where they will set up an in-house sales operation.The Radio Sales Company is a subsidiary… Continue reading Atlantic Sales Move In-House
In a meeting with BBC director general, John Birt, Richard Branson has proposed a radio frequency swap between Virgin and Radio 4 under which the BBC would get Virgin’s medium wave and Virgin would get the FM frequency.Both stations are suffering from problems with regard to frequencies – Virgin due to the poor quality sound… Continue reading Virgin Radio 4 Frequency Swap?
Advertising expenditure in 1992 totalled £8.76bn, according to the latest AA statistics. At constant 1985 prices this represents a slight fall in real terms from £6bn in 1991 to £5.98bn. Display advertising expenditure faired best, with an increase in real terms of 0.4%, while classified expenditure fell by 3.4%. Television advertising’s market share increased from… Continue reading Adspend Falls Slightly In 1992
The European Commission has ruled that national broadcasters can continue to use their collective power when bidding for the rights to televise big sporting events. The EC has exempted the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), a grouping of 67 national broadcasters, from EC competition rules until 1998.The EC had been under pressure to open up the… Continue reading TV Sporting Bids Ruling
The first of the BBC’s annual performance reviews, which takes place over the next 3 days, will examine every aspect of the corporation. Director general John Birt will present a formal assessment of the BBC’s programme output, efficiency, effectiveness and accountability. An annual report will be published at the end of July.FINANCE CHIEF REJOINS BBCThe… Continue reading BBC Governors Assess Performance
Thomas Cook Foreign Exchange is to sponsor the ITV Network programme Fantastic Facts, in a deal valued at £500,000. The new half-hour programme begins a 12 week run this Wednesday. It will be presented by Johnathan Ross and will cover strange but true facts.
Sainsburys Magazine is claiming sales of 334,896 for its launch issue, way above its sales target of 250,000. The monthly store magazine launched in May with a print run of 400,000.Sainsburys Magazine: 071 633 0266
According to BARB viewing figures the ITV coverage of the British Lions first match of their tour of New Zealand (22/5) achieved an audience profile amongst AB males of just over 25% which, when compared to the UK profile of AB males (19.9%) equates to the programme delivering 28% more AB men, proportionally, than the… Continue reading Rugby Coverage Delivers AB Males
