Channel 5 has lined up Beefeater as a sponsor for its relaunch of It’s A Knockout. The 11-week series, which starts on Friday 3 September, will be backed by the restaurant and pub chain as part of its new campaign based around ‘the best of British’.Included in the campaign, which is being developed by Motive… Continue reading Channel 5 Gets ‘Meaty’ New Sponsor
A recent addition to the publishing world, Crimson Publishing has begun to make its mark on the business and computing sector with the launch of What Laptop & Handheld PC. A guide for the mobile computing consumer, the monthly magazine will analyse and review models in this fast-growing market.Costing £2.99 the first issue is already… Continue reading Crimson Publishing Makes Its Mark
The latest set of readership figures, released by the National Readership Survey (NRS) this week, show an overall decline in readers for the national newspaper market. Of the titles listed here, readership dropped by 3.5% year on year for the February-July 1999 period.The Daily Mail continues to go from strength to strength, outperforming the market… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – July 1999
The latest set of readership figures, released by the National Readership Survey (NRS) this week, show an overall decline in readers for the national newspaper market. Of the titles listed here, readership dropped by 3.5% year on year for the February-July 1999 period.The Daily Mail continues to go from strength to strength, outperforming the market… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – July 1999
The Scottish Media Group confirmed today that it is about to make a bid for GMTV. The group, which owns Scottish Television and The Herald, already has a 20% stake in the commercial breakfast television company but released a statement today stating that it has tabled proposals with other GMTV shareholders.These include the Guardian Media… Continue reading Scottish Media Poised To Bid For GMTV
Shares in Johnston Press fell slightly after the newspaper publisher announced its interim results yesterday. The group, which having recently taken over Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers (see Johnston Wins Takeover Approval For Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers) is now the nation’s fourth-largest local newspaper company, saw a continued growth in advertising revenues, up 4% for the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Channel Four is considering plans to expand its pay-TV output with the launch of a general entertainment channel, to be available across digital terrestrial, cable and satellite television. Although in the early stages of research, and with no firm decision expected before Christmas, the news was broken this weekend at the Edinburgh Television Festival by… Continue reading New Pay-TV Channel Plans For C4
Shares in Flextech gained in price yesterday closing up 4˝p to 919˝p. The cable and satellite company is believed to be planning to sell a stake in its holiday bookings channel, TV Travel Shop. Travel companies are in line for the 25% stake, said to be worth £25 million.Meanwhile shares in BSkyB rose slightly after… Continue reading Sharewatch
BSkyB has responded to a study of its subscriber base by launching a number of new services for children. Its research has highlighted the importance of children in multichannel programming and revealed that 62% of Sky Digital households contain children, a figure which is above the national average of 54%.Included in the launch is Nick… Continue reading BSkyB Research Shows Importance Of Children In Multi-Channel Homes
Carlton Communications is to become the first ITV company to rename its franchises under the one brand name when, as from 6 September, Central Television and West Country Television become Carlton Central and Carlton West Country.The move is part of a wider strengthening of the Carlton brand, announced in the company’s ten-point plan earlier in… Continue reading Carlton To Rebrand Central And West Country Franchises
