Agency estimates for June 1998 put total terrestrial TV ad revenue at £182.09 million, a fall year on year for ITV, Channel 4 and GMTV, and a continuing rise for Channel 5.ITV’s total revenue was down 6.5%, C4’s fell 7.0% and C5’s was up 4.4%; GMTV lost 22.6% revenue year on year.Compared to May, June… Continue reading TV Revenue – June 1998
Capital Radio is taking Xfm airtime sales inhouse following its acquisition of the station last week (see Capital’s Xfm Takeover Cleared By DTI). Xfm sales will now be handled by Capital Advertising which is being restructured in order to incorporate the alternative London station.Chris Bennett will remain sales controller and Fiona Dixon will take on… Continue reading Capital Takes Control Of Xfm Sales
A year on from its launch, the glossy BBC Family Life magazine has folded after apparently achieving less than half of its 200,000 target sales.BBC Family Life (see First Issue Review – BBC Family Life) was a monthly publication aimed at parents of four to fourteen year olds, but its pre-launch positive feedback did not… Continue reading Less Than A Year After Launch, BBC Family Life Magazine Folds
Agency estimates for June 1998 put total terrestrial TV ad revenue at £182.09 million, a fall year on year for ITV, Channel 4 and GMTV, and a continuing rise for Channel 5.ITV’s total revenue was down 6.5% to £131.04 million, C4’s fell 7.0% to £40.90 million, and C5’s reached £10.15 million, arise of 4.6%. GMTV… Continue reading TV Revenue – June 1998
Editor of The Guardian‘s Weekend magazine, Deborah Orr, has been appointed as Guardian literary editor. She will chair the judging of the annual Guardian Fiction Award, announced in December.Orr replaces Stephen Moss who will shortly become cricket correspondent for the Sporting Life.Guardian: 0171 239 9696
The Football Association has announced today that its F.A. Cup is to be sponsored by French insurance group AXA for four years. The Cup was previously sponsored by Littlewoods.The £20m association, which begins immediately, means the competition will now be called ‘The AXA Sponsored F.A. Cup’. The deal also gives AXA title sponsorship of this… Continue reading F.A. Gets Four Year AXA Sponsorship
The Radio Authority (RA) is advertising new small-scale local FM radio licences for services in the Bristol/North Somerset areas. The licences will cover Bristol, North Somerset, Bath and South Gloucestershire.The Authority anticipates awarding two licences for these areas; each licence will run for a period of eight years from the date the station begins broadcasting.Applicants… Continue reading RA Advertises Bristol/North Somerset Small-Scale Licences
Tomorrow sees the publishing of Continental Research’s pre-launch report on the UK market for digital television, which shows that terrestrial TV operators will lead the way in the race to secure digital television customers.Continental’s research shows that digital terrestrial television (DTT) will command more subscribers in 2003 than either digital cable or digital satellite individually.… Continue reading Terrestrial To Lead Digital TV Uptake, Says Survey
Pearson TV has acquired a 12.3% stake in the Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC), a consortium which plans to launch a ‘distinctive’ digital TV film service early next year (see Digital Broadcasting Company Plans ‘Distinctive’ Movie Service).DBC was established in January this year by St James’ Investment Partnership and is lead by Richard Dunn, previously chief… Continue reading Pearson Television Joins Digital Broadcasting Company
John Madejski, the multi-millionaire chairman of Reading Football Club, and his partner Paul Gibbon have sold Hurst Publishing to BC Partners, an investment group specialising in company buy-outs, for £260 million.Madejski held a 67% stake in Hurst, publishers of Auto Trader, and was apparently hoping to get £300 million for the company. He shall remain… Continue reading Auto Trader Goes For £260m
