Granada Television’s sales director, Michael Desmond, has announced a number of plans for the company including a move into the field of qualitative research. Desmond suggests a need by both buyer and seller for greater qualitative research to be used alongside the quantitative data provided by BARB.Cross-marketing between the television company and other Granada Group… Continue reading Granada Sales – Plans For The Future
Zenith’s seventh edition of ‘Zenith on TV’ has just been issued, reviewing the 1993 winter schedules of Channel One , Channel 4, and BSkyB.Zenith believes the ITV schedule to be strong, mainly thanks to the new Network Centre at the ITVA. It is seen to have addressed the two old weaknesses of late peak on… Continue reading Zenith On TV
Reed Regional Newspapers (Thames South) is to launch a new weekly title listing job vacancies in the London and south-east regions.Jobs and Careers is due out on January 15th, with a cover price of 70 pence. The title will be tabloid in format, with an initial print run of 40,000. It will be sold through… Continue reading Reed Launches Weekly Jobs Title
Although unconfirmed, senior BBC staff believe the total overspend for the two year period 1991-1993 may exceed £90m, and there is growing concern that no one knows the precise state of the BBC’s finances, according to press reports today. As a result of the overspend the BBC is believed to be near to its £200m… Continue reading BBC Overspend May Rise To £90 Million
Although unconfirmed, senior BBC staff believe the total overspend for the two year period 1991-1993 may exceed £90m, and there is growing concern that no one knows the precise state of the BBC’s finances, according to press reports today. As a result of the overspend the BBC is believed to be near to its £200m… Continue reading BBC Overspend May Rise To £90 Million
The ITC have revealed that they would re-advertise the Channel 5 licence within months if a bidder with the necessary financial backing were to come forward. The reconsideration of a refinanced C5 Holdings bid has not been ruled out according to Sir George Russell, Chairman of the ITC.Time Warner, a partner in the Thames led… Continue reading C5: Re-Advertised Within Months?
According to estimates for the month of November, ITV net revenue has come in at £167.52 million. This amounts to a decrease on the revenue figure both for last month and for last November, of -5.0% and -6.4% respectively.Thames achieved the largest year-on- year increase this month, rising 0.61% points from 14.42% to 15.03%. TVS… Continue reading TV Round-Up – November
Thames got its second blow in just over a year this morning when the ITC announced that it was not awarding the licence for a new national terrestrial channel to Channel 5 Holdings, headed by the TV company.The news was given at a press conference attended by Peter Rogers, director of finance and George Russell,… Continue reading Thames Loses Out On Channel 5 Licence
Preference shareholders at TVS are still standing firm in their opposition to the proposed takeover by Inter- national Family Entertainment. At a meeting yesterday 69.1% of ordinary shareholders voted yes for the deal to go ahead, with only 12.7% of preference holders favouring its instigation. They are now holding out for a better offer from… Continue reading TVS Battle Continues
Zenith has issued the latest edition of its quarterly “UK Television Forecasts to 2003”.Among the key points made in the report are* TV revenues have collapsed in the final quarter of 1992, with a estimated nominal fall of 4.1% (-7.1% real) in ITV/C4 net advertising revenue for the period. For the whole of 1992 Zenith… Continue reading Zenith UK TV Forecasts To 2003
