Two of the BBC’s popular dramas have been put under the spotlight in the latest report from the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC). Eastenders provoked 12 complaints when viewers were disturbed about the portrayal of violence in the the killing of Saskia and the subsequent disposal of her body.In its defence, the BBC argued that Eastenders… Continue reading Violence On BBC Provokes Complaints
EMAP’s UK consumer magazines division, which publishes the men’s market-leader FHM, has reported a 16% increase in operating profit, up from £56.1 million in 1998 to £64.9 million this year. This compares to an increase in ‘normalised’ pre-tax profit for the EMAP Group of 14% to £161.6 million for the year ended 31 March 1999.… Continue reading EMAP’s Consumer Mags Group Reports 16% Rise In Profit
In a new study of the impact of new technologies on media companies and traditional media, the European research company, MIB Group, has found that national newspaper publishers are likely to be the biggest winners from the emerging electronic technologies.MIB’s study reports that national papers have the ability to create an unrivalled number of new… Continue reading Daily Newspapers Will Benefit Most From New Media, Finds Survey
The readership figures for the national newspapers in April 1999 show that the majority of titles have continued their decline in readership, when compared to the same period last year. Nearly all of the Sundays suffered losses, with the exception of the Mail On Sunday , which increased its readership by 351,000 (6%).The Daily Mail… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – April 1999
The Dialog Corporation, a provider of internet-based information, has announced first quarter results today for 1999, with a 7.8% increase in revenue from Q4 1998 to £42.7 million. Pre-tax profit was £425,000, and earnings per share for the quarter were 0.3p.Dialog is still attempting to turn around revenues and profits from the merger of MAID… Continue reading Dialog Announces 8% Increase In Q4 Revenue
BARB (Broadcaster’s Audience Research Board) is issuing a formal invitation to tender for the new Audience Measurement Contract. Submissions to tender should be made to the chief executive at BARB, and formal negotiations for the contract will begin with those groups that convince BARB they have a serious interest in submitting a tender.The research contract… Continue reading BARB Puts Audience Measurement Contract Out To Tender
Carlton Communications continued to fall yesterday, suffering a 21p drop in its share price to 510˝p. ONdigital, the joint digital TV venture owned by Carlton Communications and Granada, begins its set-top box giveaway today (see Newsline). Granada rose by 19p to 1267p.BSkyB, which is also gearing up to begin giving away its DTV set-top boxes,… Continue reading Sharewatch
At the beginning of last year, ITV chief executive Richard Eyre set the Network the target of taking 39% of peak-time viewing (1900-2230 hours) in 1999 and increasing this to 40% during 2000. The industry was taken aback by Eyre’s confidence, until it later emerged that he planned to meet these targets by completely changing… Continue reading ITV Viewing Share Flags As New Schedule Novelty Wears Off
The Evening Standard is to sell its Hot Tickets listing supplement on the newsstands each Friday, beginning today.The weekly listings guide is included free with Associated Newspapers’ Evening Standard each Thursday. The Friday edition, which costs 85p, is aimed at people who may not normally buy the paper or who have missed the Thursday edition.… Continue reading Standard To Sell Hot Tickets On Newsstands
Coverage from MediaTel’s inaugural Media Question Time has now been gathered together on one page. This includes audio, video, photographs and news stories from the event.The Media Question Time page can be accessed by clicking here, or by clicking on the icon at the top of today’s news stories.
