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This week the TV Times has reverted to its 50p cover price, following a three- week promotion at 25p.

Tv CostsRevenue for May came in 12.3% down on 1990 at £129,065,392, reflecting the current depression in the TV market and a lack of confidence in the economy. Year-on-year falls have been recorded for the last seven months.The fall in revenue was greater than anticipated, and the overall picture remains gloomy, with bigger drops expected… Continue reading Tv Round-Up – May

Quality Dailies and Sundays: The downward slide in circulation continues for the quality dailies, with the latest May ABC figures showing decreases against the previous month and against May 1990. Year on year the Guardian has lost 1.4%, the Times 7.9% and the Independent 8.1%. Figures for the FT and Daily Telegraph have been delayed… Continue reading National Press Round-Up For May

Display advertising in Western Europe has increased at a rate of 11.4% between 1980 and 1990, but Carat International forecasts that this rate of increase will decline to 7.5% this year and 9.5% next year (2.7% and 5.4% respectively in real terms).The predictions come in Carat’s new Media Forecast, covering Western Europe, which will be… Continue reading Carat’s Media Forecast

A White Paper setting out the requirements for “harmonisation of audience measurement in Europe” has been drawn up by the European Association of Advertising Agencies.The document – “One Europe – One Media Currency”, presents the conclusions of a television and press working party under the respective chairmanships of Grey’s Alexander Schmidt-Vogel and Leo Burnett’s Brian… Continue reading White Paper On Audience Measurement

A White Paper setting out the requirements for “harmonisation of audience measurement in Europe” has been drawn up by the European Association of Advertising Agencies.The document – “One Europe – One Media Currency”, presents the conclusions of a television and press working party under the respective chairmanships of Grey’s Alexander Schmidt-Vogel and Leo Burnett’s Brian… Continue reading White Paper On Audience Measurement

Yesterday’s Media Week conference was designed to thrash out the issues raised by the new BARB contract, which comes into effect from 5 August.The conference was chaired by AMV/ BBDO’s Tim Cox, who began the first session with a dampener for all those hopeful of getting the low down on the parallel run: all speakers… Continue reading BARB Development Conference

TV Times has reduced its cover price to 25 pence for “the forseeable future” in all areas. This follows the reduction last week in the Granada, Tyne Tees, Yorkshire and Border regions.

The new BARB contract runs from August 1991 to 1998 and has been split between RSMB and AGB.RSMB will take responsibility for the Establishment Survey, the panel balance and the panel maintenance. AGB will be responsible for meter operation, data retrieval, data processing and data dissemination.The new specification includes: * Larger disproportionate sample – 4435… Continue reading The New BARB Contract

TV Quick’s cover price is to rise from 10p to 40p from June 3.