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Scallywag magazine, one of the titles to be sued by John Major, is reported to be going national from Febuary 7th, with a print run of 110,000.

According to an ITC survey of broadband cable homes, cable and satellite channels have re-gained audience share previously lost to ITV, with share of viewing increasing from 35.3% in October 1991 to 38.6% in October 1992. During the same period ITV’s share fell 3.4% points to 30.5%.The most popular cable and satellite channel in 1992… Continue reading ITC Cable Audience Research

The first RAJAR results released on Friday have received mixed reactions from the industry. There is no doubt that the results vary markedly from those produced by JICRAR with many ILR stations recording much lower figures.Brian West, director of the AIRC has released a statement acknowledging the discrepancies; “With all new systems …. there is… Continue reading Rajar Results – Industry Reactions

Scallywag magazine, one of the titles to be sued by John Major, is reported to be going national from Febuary 7th, with a print run of 110,000.

Two of Scottish Television’s programmes are to renew their sponsorship deals until the end of this year; Take The High Road will continue its association with Brooke Bond Scottish Blend Tea and the Regional Weather Forecast will again be sponsored by Kwik Fit.Both deals were managed through sales house TVMM and are worth around £400,000… Continue reading STV Gets Renewed Programme Deals

The first RAJAR results released on Friday have received mixed reactions from the industry. There is no doubt that the results vary markedly from those produced by JICRAR with many ILR stations recording much lower figures.Brian West, director of the AIRC has released a statement acknowledging the discrepancies; “With all new systems …. there is… Continue reading Rajar Results – Industry Reactions

Sacked Daily Mirror editor Richard Stott is to become editor of News International’s Today. The post became vacant last week when Today’s current editor Martin Dunn accepted a job at the Boston Herald (Newsline 27/1).Stott was ousted from the Daily Mirror last November following the appointment of David Montgomery as chief executive. Ironically Montgomery once… Continue reading Stott To Become Editor Of Today

Reports in the weekend papers that the Labour peer Lord Hollick is planning to buy a large shareholding in Mirror Group Newspapers have been denied.The reports were fuelled by the recent upturn in the MGN share price. On Friday shares closed at 112p just 13p short of the group flotation price in May 1991. When… Continue reading Hollick’s Mirror Bid Denied

It has now been confirmed that Chelverton Investments has taken over LBC, following the announcement yesterday that owner, Crown Communications has gone into liquidation (Newsline 28/1).Chelverton is headed by Sir Leslie Porter, former chief of Tescos and his son John Porter, as well as partner Matthew Cartisser. The deal has been valued at £14m with… Continue reading Chelverton To Take Over LBC

As predicted earlier this week, RAJAR’s independently researched audience figures, released today, have revealed that Classic FM has attracted 4.3m listeners per week since its launch in September, with over 50% of that audience being in the ABC1 range. This accounts for almost 8% of all commercial radio listening and over 9% of the total… Continue reading Classic FM Gets Predicted Results