Revenue Agency estimates for September 1998 put total terrestrial TV ad revenue (including GMTV) at £225.62 million. Year on year all the channels have shown an increase in revenue.ITV’s total revenue was up by 4.4% to £163.6 million, C4’s rose by 5.3% to £49.3 million and C5’s revenue was £12.7 million – a rise of… Continue reading TV Round-Up – September 1998
Almost three quarters of the population would like ITV to leave the News At Ten in its current slot, according to a new Gallup survey conducted on behalf of Pace Microtechnology.The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is currently considering ITV’s contentious proposals to shake up its evening schedule (see ITC Reacts To ITV’s Proposal). The planned… Continue reading News At Ten Is ‘Sacred’, Finds Survey
Gerald Kaufman, the chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, yesterday attacked ITV executives by claiming that plans to move the News At Ten are based on a ‘hope or hunch’ that it may yield more viewers.This criticism furthers Kaufman’s public opposition to ITV’s planned schedule re-shake (see ITV’s News At Ten Move… Continue reading News At Ten Move ‘Based On Hunch’, Says MP
In an attempt to make news ‘more attractive in the age of digital television and the internet’, news agency Reuters has developed an on-demand news service called NewsBreaker. The multi-media product has been designed specifically to work in a digital TV (DTV) and internet environment, making use of their interactive capabilities.Users will be able to… Continue reading Reuters Offers News-On-Demand To Digital TV
Politicians and other well-known public figures are to present Powerhouse, Channel 4’s new weekday political programme. The list of presenters includes Virginia Bottomley MP, Liz Forgan and (Lord) Roy Hattersley when the show returns next week.Powerhouse is broadcast every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 11:30am, and is made for Channel 4 by ITN. The presenter will… Continue reading Politicians To Run Powerhouse
Cabal Communications has defended its just-launched lads’ mag, front, following reports that Nationwide Building Society had decided to drop out of the advertising schedule. It is understood that Nationwide thought that there was too high a sexual element running through the title.Cabal says that discussions with the building society were only at a preliminary stage… Continue reading Cabal Defends Front As Nationwide Pulls Advertising
BBC1’s decision to screen the film Seven as a spoiler against ITV’s Reckless, has ended with both programmes failing to attract more than 9 million viewers. Seven, which starred Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman and a headless Gwyneth Paltrow, was watched by 8.7 million viewers. Over on ITV the conclusion of Reckless attracted 9 million people.Channel… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 11/10/98
Manchester United has hit back at the group of shareholders calling on City institutions to reject BSkyB’s offer for the football club. The media giant made the bid back in August, offering £625 million for the club (see Newsline)Campaigning group Shareholders United Against Murdoch (SUAM) urged investors to hold on to their shares as they… Continue reading BSkyB And Manchester United Create Controversy
Dennis Publishing’s Maxim has poached Chris Maillard, managing editor at Top Gear, to become the magazine’s new editor. Maillard will join next month, and fills the space left by previous editor, Nigel Ambrose, who left recently for ‘personal reasons’.In the latest set of consumer magazine ABCs, Maxim reported the strongest relative growth in the men’s… Continue reading Top Gear Editor Moves To Maxim
The ITC has decided that Channel One Liverpool and the Performance Channel should be exempted from the prohibition on minimum carriage requirements (MCRs) for the duration of their current contracts.In June the ITC removed MCRs for existing analogue cable and satellite channels by 1 January 2000, with the exception of those channels already restricting themselves… Continue reading Channel One And Performance Exempt From MCR Removal
