Border TV and Chrysalis Radio have set up a joint venture to bid for regional digital radio licences, it has been announced. Together, the groups will apply for the London and key regional digital licences due to be advertised by the Radio Authority over the next few months. Late last week, the two groups announced… Continue reading Chrysalis And Border Create Digital Radio Venture
Agency estimates for October 1998 put total terrestrial TV ad revenue (including GMTV’s) at £277.28 million. Year on year ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 all show increases in their ad revenue and GMTV continues to lose advertising income.ITV’s Adults impacts dropped year on year for October, by 5.4% to 26,387; all categories bar Housewives/Children… Continue reading TV Round-Up – October 1998
Med TV, the satellite channel for Kurdish viewers in Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, has been warned by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) that it may have its licence revoked for failure to comply with the Commission Programme Code.The TV watchdog says that the channel has broadcast programmes which are an incitement to crime… Continue reading Satellite Channel Licence May Be Revoked
Revenue Agency estimates for October 1998 put total terrestrial TV ad revenue (including GMTV’s) at ďż˝277.28 million. Year on year ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 all show increases in their ad revenue and GMTV continues to lose advertising income.ITV’s total revenue was up by 6.3% to an estimated ďż˝192.7 million, C4’s rose by 14.2%… Continue reading TV Round-Up – October 1998
The regional newspaper group Newsquest has announced plans to launch an internet auction service.The group intends to begin its internet auction trials within a fortnight, and eventually to roll the venture out across the UK within the next few months. Initially, small items will be auctioned on-line, and if the service is successful it will… Continue reading Newsquest Develops On-Line Auctioning
Channel 4 has created the post of programme evaluation controller in order to assess the commercial value of each of its programme strands.Jules Oldroyd will take up the post and will be responsible for highlighting new opportunities in the channel’s schedule from a commercial perspective. Oldroyd will also act as a link between C4’s Advertising… Continue reading Channel 4 To Look At Programmes’ Commercial Value
Continuing its realignment as a youth radio station, Atlantic 252 has appointed specialist youth PR and marketing agency FFI as part of the station’s revamp.Atlantic is to introduce a number of shows and presenters to strengthen the station’s credibility and awareness amongst younger listeners. FFI won the business on the strength of its work for… Continue reading Atlantic Appoints Youth Marketing Agency For Revamp
‘Tis the season to be jolly and so ITV reveals its Christmas presents and turkeys (and there are quite a few of the latter and not so many of the former). ITV unveiled its Christmas and Winter 99 programme schedules at a packed Fashion Café in the heart of London’s West End. A nice surprise… Continue reading ITV Christmas/Winter Schedule 1998-99
A new web audit by ABC //electronic has confirmed that BBC Online (http://www.bbc.co.uk/) is still the UK’s most-visited site. During October the website recorded 46,779,865 page impressions, the majority of which were accessing the Corporation’s news pages.Head of BBC Online, Mark Frost, said: “These figures demonstrate the enormous demand for a public service BBC Online… Continue reading BBC Online Still Busiest UK Website
Monday Regional newspaper publisher, Southnews, releases interim financial results today.A TV Round-Up for October will be available on Newsline shortly.Wednesday Leisure and television group, Granada, releases its finals. Granada still holds a 4.28% stake in BSkyB which it is expected to dispose of sometime soon as the two groups are strong rivals in the digital… Continue reading The Week Ahead
