The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) has named its chief executive Paul Brown, as its new chairman. Brown succeeds Emap Radio chief executive Tim Schoonmaker.Paul Brown commented on his appointment: “I am delighted and proud to be elected to chair the Association. Over the year ahead, CRCA will need to work even harder to communicate… Continue reading CRCA Appoints New Chairman
Ten years ago to the day, Rupert Murdoch’s Sky TV launched its service in the UK on the Astra satellite with a four channel network. Today, Sky has grown to become one of the biggest players in the global media playground, being the first to provide consumers with the opportunity of multichannel TV. Today, from… Continue reading 10 Years Of Sky
RevenueWhen pitched against a UK display advertising growth of 7.4% between January and September 1998 (according to Advertising Association (AA) figures*), ITV’s 4.8% growth in revenue to £1.76 billion does not look too healthy. The same AA Quarterly Survey shows that revenue for the TV industry was up by 7.4% in this nine month period.… Continue reading TV Annual Round-Up – 1998
The Guardian Media Group (GMG) and the Scottish Media Group (SMG) are to review their ownership stakes in breakfast television station GMTV. The two parties are understood to have approached Schroders, the investment bank, in the hope of soliciting offers for the stakes.SMG owns 20% of GMTV and Guardian Media holds a 15% stake. The… Continue reading GMTV Shareholders To Review Stakes
A TV Round-Up for 1998 is now available to subscribers in the Television features list. Data for revenue, costs per thousands, impacts and viewing share are analysed across the whole year.Subscribers can access the Television database by selecting “Television” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
Channel Four admitted yesterday that a documentary which it broadcast in September 1997, about male prostitutes, was, in parts, a fake. The broadcaster announced that it is imposing an indefinite ban on the producer of the programme, Maire Devine, after footage in the documentary was found to be fake. Allegations about the documentary were intially… Continue reading Channel Four Documentray Found To Be A Fraud
They seek them here, they seek them there. The BBC seek viewers everywhere. Which is probably why they thought they were onto a winner with the latest adaption of The Scarlet Pimpernel. The first episode pulled in a fairly impressive 8.34 million viewers, although ITV’s London’s Burning was watched by 10.81 million.Elsewhere the lynchpin of… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 24/01/99
Following Wednesday’s share surge (see Sharewatch), the Daily Mail & General Trust yesterday fell back by 200p to close at 3,253p. Chrysalis continued to rise after good RAJAR results for its Galaxy stations were announced yesterday (see Q4 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations): Chrysalis shares closed at 702˝p yesterday, up by 37˝p on the previous… Continue reading Sharewatch
The cable communications company Telewest has announced that it has awarded its £15 million advertising business to Jones Mason Barton Antenen. The shift marks the end of Telewest’s relationship with GGT Direct, with whom the group have been for over 2 years.On-going projects will be completed by the incumbent over the next three months, but… Continue reading Telewest Gives Ad Account To Jones Mason Barton Antenen
The UK commercial radio industry saw its total revenue increase to over £420 million in 1998 according to figures just released by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). This represents an annual growth of 18.6%, or £66 million, as well as being the largest revenue figure yet achieved by the industry. This growth is set against… Continue reading Commercial Radio Revenue Tops £420m In 1998
