The impending changes in the ITV line- up, as announced yesterday, will have a widespread effect on the sale of TV airtime.The trend of the past few years towards joint airtime sales houses is likely to accelerate, even within the coming months, and those winners who put in high cash bids may look to sales… Continue reading Implications For Airtime Sales
Thames Television, TVam, TVS and TSW have all lost their franchises.TVS lost their franchise because their bid was too high, it has been announced by the ITC.Winners are Carlton, Sunrise, Meridian and West Country TV. BIDS *SUNRISE £34.61m TV-am £14.13m Daybreak £N/A *CARLTON £43.17m Thames £32.69m CPV-TV £45.32m *LWT £7.59m LIB £35.41m *CENTRAL £2,000 *GRANADA… Continue reading TV Franchise Winners
1 GRANADA WINS ON QUALITY2 TSW BIDS HIGH – BUT LOSES3 TV-AM STATEMENT4 THAMES’ RESPONSE
The ITC has awarded eight of the 16 licences to bidders who did not pledge the highest cash amount, and was not moved to invoke the exceptional circumstances clause.Of those incumbents that failed in their bids, TVS and TSW did so because it was felt that they could not sustain their programming proposals. “It did… Continue reading Commentary
The Policy Studies Institute has today released Cultural Trends 10, which includes reports on cinema, film and home video.The survey recognises the major trends in the UK cinema industry, over the past ten years, as being the rise in cinema admissions and the growth of multiplex cinemas.The opening of new multiplexes, venues with 5 or… Continue reading Cultural Trends 10 – Cinema And Video
Centaur Communications has closed its weekly tabloid newspaper, Corporate Money, following a drop in circulation and ad revenue. The paper, aimed at finance directors and corporate treasurers, showed a fall in circulation from 12,000 earlier this year to 4,000. Centaur’s managing director Anthony Nares said that the market for a corporate finance paper no longer… Continue reading Corporate Money Closed
The ITV companies will today be asked to put up an emergency sum of £6.5m in an effort to avert a financial crisis at ITN (Newsline 10/10). ITN has also warned staff of “painful” cost-cutting measures.
Michael Mander, a director of Thomson Directories and Southnews, and former vice chairman of the AA, has been appointed the new JICNARS chairman. Mander will take over on a part-time basis from 7 November.JICNARS: 071 235 7020.
The Independent is to cut staff by 10% over the next year because of declining ad revenue Andreas Whittam Smith announced yesterday.
London sports paper Full Time (071 937 3535), which launched on 27 July, has folded due to lack of sales and a poor response from advertisers. A spokesperson from Full Time’s printers, Probrook, confirmed to MediaTel today that no paper was printed on Saturday and that the title has closed.
