The Guardian’s second broadsheet section was relaunched today as a tabloid, with features being given pride of place, having been extracted from the main paper.Further changes are to be carried out on the paper’s business pages, with plans for a new masthead and reorganisation of the general layout.Staff have been moved around to deal with… Continue reading Launch Of Guardian 2
Superchannel, amid rumours that NBC are to take a stake in the channel, have introduced a £4 million revamped programme schedule and on air identity.The new format is aimed at 25-40 year olds, rather than the current 17-40 target audience. Newly commissioned programmes include ‘Eco Record’, an environment magazine show; whilst the channel will also… Continue reading Superchannel Revamp
A revamped version of the Observer magazine was introduced yesterday, manifesting all the promised cosmetic elements – bigger and brighter, with perfect binding to give it an upmarket appearance.Editorial has a more international feel, with items spanning Italy, Poland, the US and Northern Ireland. Consumer, style and leisure features, previously to be found in the… Continue reading New Look Observer Mag
Total media revenue will increase by 4%, at constant prices, according to the latest forecasts from the Advertising Association.The AA predicts that radio will be the fastest growing medium with spend increasing by 6%. Press revenue will rise by 5% and television and poster revenue will increase by 4% in 1993.Figures for the second quarter… Continue reading AA Media Forecasts
BSkyB refused to comment further to Mediatel this morning over reported plans to add extra channels to Astra, and to market them as a single subscription package.The package incorporates five units, including Sky One and Sky News, along with the Discovery Channel, Bravo and the Childrens Channel. If the deal goes head Sky One and… Continue reading UAP Channels To Be Included On Astra
If the take-over deal between TVS and US company International Family Entertainment gets the go ahead TVS directors will gain over £1.5m in compensation.The directors in question would include managing director Anthony Brook and chairman Rudolf Agnew who between them will clock up an estimated £850,000 if a settlement is reached. The compensation will cover… Continue reading TVS Directors To Receive Pay-Off
UK Gold, the new archive satellite channel which initially planned to go on air this autumn, has named the backer who is willing to provide £35m to get the service on its feet. Cox Enterprises, a US based media company, will receive a 65% stake in the channel in return for the financial investment, leaving… Continue reading UK Gold Sponsor Named
ITV net revenue for August came in at £105,735,000, the lowest figure since August of last year, according to agency estimates. This represents a drop of 20.1% on last month’s figure of £132,370,000 and an increase of 5.8% on the same period last year.Thames, Yorkshire and Ulster all increased their share of revenue, rising by… Continue reading TV Round-Up – August
US cable television company, International Family Entertainment, has offered a sum of £38.2m to take over TVS Entertainment, the ITV company which lost its licence last year to Meridian TV.IFE is one of the largest television companies of its kind in the US, claiming to have over 56m subscribers. Its chief asset is The Family… Continue reading TVS Takeover By Family Entertainment
At last night’s MRG meeting IPC’s Liz Watkinson released the results of the second stage of the Media Values research, which was conducted earlier in the year by RSL.Following the initial research, which examined consumers’ relationships with different media and different types of magazines, a diary was filled in by 250 readers recruited randomly from… Continue reading MRG – Media Values Diary Research
