Southnews, publisher of 58 paid-for and free newspapers in London and the Home Counties, has announced record financial results for the year ended 28 March 1998.Pre-tax profits at Southnews rose 17% year on year to £7.4m while revenues rose 18% to £43.6m. It was also announced that the restructuring of the acquired United Southern titles… Continue reading Southnews Confident Of Successful Year
Chris Shaw, joint managing director of Universal McCann, praised the introduction of the Quality of Readership Survey and said that if its presence undermines the NRS then “so what?”Speaking at yesterday’s PPA Magazines ’98 conference Shaw went on to say that NRS was “hardly the most stable currency” and he had lost count of the… Continue reading QRS: If It Undermines NRS “So What?”
Capital Radio today dealt a blow to digital radio by saying that it will not be bidding to run the national commercial digital multiplex which is currently being advertised (see Radio Authority Advertises National Digital Licence).The company said that transmission costs are too high and, with limited consumer benefit and lack of receivers, it expects… Continue reading Capital Says No To National Digital Radio
Agency estimates put the total terrestrial TV ad revenue figure for April at £234.830m, up 14.1%, reflecting a buoyant month for almost all of the terrestrial channels.ITV’s total revenue went up 13.8% to £165.570m, C4’s increased 14.1% to £50.790m and C5’s rose an impressive 29.3% to £12.5m. GMTV slipped 2.5% to £5.970m.April ITV Franchise Revenue… Continue reading TV Revenue – April
World Cup Online (Channel One)http://www.worldcup98.co.uk/The first thing that hits you about this website is the confusing homepage. Looking like it belongs to the opening credits of a tacky TV gameshow it gives you four choices – do you want ‘News’, ‘Chatshow’, ‘Entertainment’ or ‘Cartoons’?! Not being sure what on earth the other three options would… Continue reading World Cup Website Round-Up
Agency estimates put the total terrestrial TV ad revenue figure for April at £234.830m, up 14.1%, reflecting a buoyant month for almost all of the terrestrial channels. ITV’s total revenue went up 13.8%, C4’s increased 14.1% and C5’s rose an impressive 29.3%. GMTV’s slipped 2.5%.
Head of advertising at Channel 5, Polly Chochrane, has been poached by Channel 4 to fill its newly-created controller of marketing post. She will coordinate Channel 4’s digital services marketing, as well as on and off-air advertising and promotions.Cochrane has been with Channel 5 since its launch and previously worked at the Guardian Media Group.Channel… Continue reading C5’s Head Of Advertising Moves To C4
The total quality market saw an overall fall in circulation for November-April 1998 of 1.3% year on year to 5.742 million. The Independent again suffered badly, with a fall of 12% though the Observer was close behind in terms of losses with a drop of 9%. Only the FT put in a strong performance, seeing… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – April
GWR group director of sales and marketing Simon Ward is predicting a bumper month for commercial radio during the World Cup tournament. He says that advertisers will increase radio spend in “the face of disrupted TV schedules, unpredictable TV pricing and audience confusion.”Ward adds: “All the indications are there for a very good month, particularly… Continue reading GWR Chief Predicts Bumper Month For Radio
Carlton Communications today announced financial results for the six months to 31 March which show a rise in pre-tax profits (excluding digital TV) of 8% to £171.9 million. Including digital TV’s losses of £6.2m, pre-tax profits were up 4% year on year. Turnover increased 3% to £920.6m.Turnover in Carlton’s television business rose by £7m to… Continue reading Carlton Sees Profits Rise
