IPC Magazines has announced that Heather Love, the publishing director of a number of titles including Options and Marie Claire, has resigned from the company.Love says that the decision to leave IPC was not easy and that she will continue to work in the publishing business in a consultative capacity.IPC Magazines is currently looking for… Continue reading IPC Publishing Director Leaves The Company
There was very little year on year change among most paid-for regional titles for this period. Overall for July-December 1997 there were 8.883 million copies sold, up 0.21% on the previous year. Among the top ten paid-for titles in the UK by circulation, the daily Manchester Evening News showed the biggest increase with a rise… Continue reading Regional ABCs and VFDs July – December 1997
http://www.itvf1.com/It seems that the good people at F1 Racing magazine and ITV have teamed up to provide a pretty comprehensive guide to the Grand Prix F1 championship without any assistance from advertisers’ money. They must have produced the site out of the goodness of their hearts as there is not a single ad on the… Continue reading Website Of The Week – ITV Formula 1 Site
Total cinema admissions soared by 49.4% year on year to 15.13 million during February. This is the biggest margin of increase since March 1994. The average weekly admission figure stood at 3.78 million.It has also emerged that Titanic has become the biggest grossing film ever – so far in the UK it has taken around… Continue reading February Cinema Admissions Show Big Increase
Telewest Communications, the UK’s second largest cable operator, has announced a rise in pre-tax losses from £249.9 million to £309.9 million for 1997. Turnover, however, rose 33% to £386m.Telewest also said that it was in talks with a number of companies regarding the launch of digital cable services. It expects to be able to reveal… Continue reading Losses Deepen At Telewest
The Radio Authority (RA) has granted Emap Radio permission to split its GNR Radio licence into two new stations under the company’s Magic brand. Emap last week replaced AM-GNR with Magic 1170 which will transmit to Teesside, South Durham and North Yorkshire, and Magic 1152 which will serve Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and County Durham.These… Continue reading RA Allows Emap Radio To Split GNR Licence Into Two Magic Stations
http://www.rajar.co.ukA source of radio audience data for media planners, advertisers and agencies is now available on the internet, with the launch of the Electronic RAJAR site. The site contains both current and archived data and has been designed and developed by MediaTel Limited on behalf of the Radio Advertising Bureau.There are four main elements to… Continue reading Electronic RAJAR Is Launched On The Internet
Microsoft has announced that BT will be the internet service provider for the UK trials of WebTV, the service which will allow people to access the internet via their TV sets.The trial, to begin later this month, will involve a cross section of UK households and will aim to gain technical, marketing and operational knowledge… Continue reading Microsoft To Trial WebTV With BT
According to agency estimates, total terrestrial television revenue for February (including GMTV) came in at £176.35 million. Of this, ITV brought in £120.83 million (down 0.8% year on year), Channel 4 £41.12m (up 9.3%), Channel 5 £9.53m and GMTV £4.87m (down 9.8%).February ITV Franchise Revenue Share Comparisons Feb-97 Feb-98 % Change Carlton 17.8 17.8… Continue reading TV Revenue – February
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said that it is writing to a number of trade bodies to discover whether ITV’s new sales policy (subscribers see ISBA Consults IPA On ITV Sales Policy) is perceived to be anti-competitive.The ITV sales houses agreed in October last year to trade airtime sales on the basis of… Continue reading OFT Seeks Industry Response To ITV Sales Practice
