Following last week’s moves by White Rose Television to persuade Yorkshire TV to give up its franchise, Tyne Tees is now in similar talks with Granada Television.Granada originally made a bid for the north east franchise, joining forces with Border to back the North East Television bid for the licence.Granada is now urging Tyne Tees… Continue reading Tyne Tees And Granada Talks
Topline NRS trends Apr’91-Sep’91 vs Apr’90-Sep’90CommentaryNational NewspapersThe NRS Average Issue Readership figures, for April-September’91, show that, among the national daily newspapers, only the quality titles are resisting the general downward trend.The Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Financial Times all recorded year-on- year increases for this period. The largest rise was for the Daily Telegraph, up by… Continue reading NRS Advance Figures Apr’91-Sep’91
The ITC has issued a statement criticising TSW’s press release announcing its intention to seek a judicial review of the ITC decision to award the franchise to WestCountry (Newsline 1/11).The TSW press release (issued by Citi- gate Communications) stated that the company had lost its licence “despite the fact that TSW passed the quality threshold… Continue reading ITC Statement On TSW
Shareholders in Yorkshire Television are being urged to reject their TV franchise in return for a free stake in runner-up White Rose Television.White Rose is confident that it would be awarded the licence by default if Yorkshire decided not to accept the franchise, having passed the quality test but failed by bidding £20m less than… Continue reading White Rose Urges YTV To Reject Licence
TSW has issued a statement this morning asserting that it has resolved to seek a judicial review of the ITC’s decision to award the south and south west TV franchise to WestCountry.TSW’s decision is based on the fact that it passed the quality threshold and submitted the highest bid, but was still not awarded the… Continue reading TSW Decides To Go For Judicial Review
During September, The National Press Followed The Same Depressed pattern as in the preceeding months, with only one or two titles showing signs of a possible upturn in the market.Quality Newspapers Once again, The Independent on Sunday and The Observer were the only quality newspapers with encouraging circulation figures. The IoS increased its sales by… Continue reading National Press Round Up – September
The Radio Authority yesterday invited applications for the second Independent National Radio Licence (INR2), which will be broadcast on the AM frequency.Applicants are allowed to specify the content of the INR2 service themselves, with the only limitation being that it must be different from the INR1 service. It cannot, therefore, be a predominantly classical music… Continue reading INR2 Licence Advertised
ITV revenue in September followed the trend set in August, again showing an increase on the previous year. At 136,852,237, September’s revenue was up 0.8% on 1990, and up 36.9% on August 1991. Amongst the individual contractors, Thames’ share of revenue lept by 0.44% points on one day extra, whilst LWT fell by 0.33% points… Continue reading TV Round-Up – September
The ITC has made two further trans- mitter sites available for Channel 5, which will increase its potential population coverage by over half a million viewers.The two sites, in Cheltenham and Gloucester , will increase the UK coverage of Channel 5 by 1% to approximately 74%. These sites will be the last additions to the… Continue reading Channel 5 Update
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
