Rank Organisation had a bad year at the box office according to pre-tax profit figures released yesterday. A fall of over £20m resulted in profits of £230.1m, substantially lower than expected by city analysts.Earnings per share for the year ending October 30 went down from 38.4p to 37.8p. Dividends remained stable at 31p. The city… Continue reading Rank Profits
Rank Organisation had a bad year at the box office according to pre-tax profit figures released yesterday. A fall of over £20m resulted in profits of £230.1m, substantially lower than expected by city analysts.Earnings per share for the year ending October 30 went down from 38.4p to 37.8p. Dividends remained stable at 31p. The city… Continue reading Rank Profits
Fines of £5,000 will be imposed on newspapers invading individual’s private lives in future, or so it seems according to Governmental response to the Calcutt report published yesterday. Ministers are also backing the QC’s recommendations that the Press Complaints Commission should be reviewed and pulled up for its ineffectiveness.National Heritage secretary, Peter Brooke says that… Continue reading PCC Ineffective Says Government
Fines of £5,000 will be imposed on newspapers invading individual’s private lives in future, or so it seems according to Governmental response to the Calcutt report published yesterday. Ministers are also backing the QC’s recommendations that the Press Complaints Commission should be reviewed and pulled up for its ineffectiveness.National Heritage secretary, Peter Brooke says that… Continue reading PCC Ineffective Says Government
Following the announcement that Screensport and Eurosport are to merge it has now been revealed that the Lifestyle channel will be the first casualty to emerge from the partnership.At a press conference yesterday Rick Spinner, chief executive officer of European Television Networks announced that Lifestyle will cease transmission at the end of this month. Transponders… Continue reading Lifestyle To Cease At End Of January
The Government is meeting this morning to discuss the publication of Sir David Calcutt’s report on press regulation, with plans to issue the report today – over two weeks earlier than planned. Revelations that have unfolded over the past couple of days have made it necessary for Prime Minister John Major to precipitate the publishing… Continue reading Calcutt Report To Be Issued Today
Free editions of TV Quick will be available in the next four issues of Yorkshire On Sunday in a promotion deal struck up between the listings title and Westminster Press.
The Eurosport Consortium and Screensport affiliate, TESN, have decided to pool their resources and provide one sports channel (Eurosport/The European Sports Network) under the Eurosport name. The partnership is due to take effect within the next few weeks and will be available throughout Europe on Astra and Eutelsat II. According to ETN figures the new… Continue reading Satellite Sports Channels To Merge
BBC Good Food is planning to publish several supplements to the magazine this year and is seeking sponsors to back them. It is expected that large supermarket chains will be the most likely candidates for a deal.
Glen Sullivan has been appointed advertising manager of IBM Computer Today , a Reed Business Publishing monthly title. Julie Hawes is now ad manager on Windows User , having previously been responsible for Electronics Weekly .
