A pretty straight forward top ten this week, with Coronation Street taking all of the top four places, and scoring an average audience figure of 16.87 million. Eastenders lines up with the next three slots in the top ten, watched by an average audience of 14.53 million.Well, yet again I can’t really find anything particularly… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 08/02/98
Carlton Select has signed a sponsorship deal with ATI Security for its Crime Time programme. The association will begin in March and involve sponsorship credits as well as an advertising and promotion package for the security company.Subscribers can access the Sponsorship database by selecting “Sponsorship” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.Carlton… Continue reading Carlton Select Signs Sponsorship Deal
The FT outperformed every other title in this sector in terms of year on year growth, with an increase of 11% to 329,871, and its success helped boost the market’s total circulation by 2.3% to 5.861 million copies. The Independent On Sunday will be pleased to show an increase of 1.1% year on year to… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – January
Cable & Wireless Communications has announced a £400 million upgrade and expansion of its entire national network to provide high speed voice and data services. The company’s telephone and internet businesses are expected to benefit the most from the investment.The project, ‘Network 2000’, has been created through a three year deal with Nortel. Both companies… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Announces £400m Network Upgrade
BMRB International has reacted to what it sees as the increasing importance of branding in the field of media by launching a new division. Media@BMRB will bring together researchers with both media and consumer brand research experience.The department will use the editorial performance system, Editorial Monitor, for the first time in the UK. The research… Continue reading BMRB Launches New Division
Capital Radio is proposing to launch a children’s radio station to cover the North East of England, it has been announced.The company is planning to launch Fun Radio in response to the Radio Authority advertising an FM licence for the area covering Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesborough.Fun’s target audience will be aged from 4-14, with daytime… Continue reading Capital Radio To Apply For North East Licence
United News & Media has sold its United Southern Publications business to Southnews for £47.5 million.Southnews is buying 28 free weekly titles made up of regional newspapers and advertising periodicals covering the South East of England. The portfolio includes the Informer , Advertiser North London and Yellow Advertiser series of newspapers.Southnews: 0181 579 3131
Culture Secretary Chris Smith has appointed Elan Closs Stephens as the new chairman of S4C.Her appointment will run for four years from 1 April 1998, when she takes over from Ifan Prys Edwards, the present chairman. Stephens is a senior lecturer at the University of Wales and is director of the Thomson Foundation Monitoring and… Continue reading S4C Appoints New Chairman
The ITC has today issued a consultation document to the ITV franchise holders which asks them how they propose to submit their licence renewal plans.The Commission proposes that the submission will consist of two parts: Part A will contain details of any proposed variation to existing licence obligations in terms of programme-related matters and Part… Continue reading ITC Asks ITV Companies For Licence Renewal Plans
Southnews has said that, following its takeover of United Southern Publications (see today’s UNM Sells Regional Titles To Southnews), it now intends to focus its attentions on the London and Home Counties markets.A statement from Southnews said: “The Southnews Board’s strategy is to focus on the geographic markets of London and the Home Counties and… Continue reading Southnews To Concentrate On London And Home Counties
