TVMM (071 486 4311) has issued a new rate card for Grampian Television, with effect from 1 January 1991. The spot rate structure for both ITV and Channel 4 has been simplified, with rate levels being reduced and time segments for ITV being cut from 6 to 3. Peak time for ITV is no longer… Continue reading New Grampian Rate Card
Allied-Lyons has centralised all of its TV, press and radio buying, worth £45m, through Zenith Media. The move creates one of the UK’s largest centralised media buying accounts and comes in the same week that Saatchis is expected to announce a net loss in profits when preliminary results are released tomorrow. Allied-Lyons is also centralising… Continue reading Allied-Lyons Centralises Media
The Irish Times has announced a profit of £IR3.6m for its trading year 1989. The increase is mainly attributed to a large increase in property and appointment advertising.Hot Press, Ireland’s long established music publication with a circulation of 19,000, has appointed Newspaper Representations (071-831 8864) to handle UK advertising sales.Nni Advertising PrizeThe National Newspapers of… Continue reading Irish Times Profits
Speaking yesterday on C4’s Answering Back, Michael Checkland, director general of the BBC, dismissed suggestions that the licence fee should be replaced by subscription. However, he said he is worried that it may reach the £100 level.Checkland suggested that the licence fee for mono sets might be raised to that of the colour licence. He… Continue reading BBC Licence Fee And Audience Share
This week the Times and Sunday Times are to become the first newspapers to be available on CD, a single disc will hold the contents of more than 400 newspapers.
The Guardian and Manchester Evening News have been in talks with Liverpool producer Phil Redmond which are believed to have involved joining a consortium to bid against Granada for its ITV franchise. David Plowright, the Granada TV chairman, has admitted he knows that the Guardian are seeking partners to bid against them. The Guardian group… Continue reading Guardian Consortium
The Sunday Times (071-782 7000) yesterday delivered free copies of the newspaper to 50,000 Correspondent readers, in a one off promotion.
This week the terrestrial channels record their highest ever hours of viewing, up 1.7% on last week to 20:30 (hours : minutes). Hours of viewing for ITV also continue to rise, with this week’s figure up 3.6% to 9:58. Total hours of viewing for Sky One and Sky Movies fell slightly, by 3.2% and 1.7%… Continue reading Astra Panel Viewing Summary W/E 18/11
Saatchi & Saatchi will be announcing its annual results this Wednesday. They will come at a time when optimism is rising over the possibility of refinancing £212m of Euroconvertible bonds due to be redeemed in July 1993.
Of the ‘outside’ interested parties in bidding for ITV franchises, MAI (News 23/11), Virgin (19/11), Associated Newspapers, Carlton and The Really Useful Company, only Virgin has discounted a bid for the breakfast franchise.
