The ITC is inviting comments on draft proposals for the procedure it intends to follow when considering applications from ITV licencees to renew their licences.Channel 3 licencees, including GMTV and Teletext, can, if they wish, apply to have their licences renewed with effect from 1 January 1999. This is despite the fact that existing licences… Continue reading Channel 3 Licence Renewal
It is estimated that The Lost World, the sequel to Jurassic Park, grossed £5.66m on its opening weekend. While this beats the opening figure achieved by Jurassic Park, which was £4.87m in 1993, it failed to match Independence Day which took £6.9m in its first three days last year.Subscribers can access the Cinema Database by… Continue reading Lost World Cashes In
Agency estimates put the combined ITV/C4 revenue for June at £184.2m, while Channel 5 brought in £9.7m which is an unwelcome fall from May’s figure of £11m. ITV’s revenue was put at £140.2m while C4’s was £44m, up 3.1%.It was the London broadcasters which experienced the greatest year on year changes among the ITV contractors,… Continue reading TV Revenue – June
Reuters, the international news and information group, has released its interim results. They show that revenue was down 2% to £1,409 million, for the six months to 30 June 1997.Operating profit was down 5% to £297 million.As a result, earnings per ordinary share fell 3% to 14.2p.The drop in revenue and operating profit has been… Continue reading Revenue Down At Reuters
For the first time, data on children’s spending habits has been collected as part of the Family Expenditure Survey. The survey, carried out by the Office For National Statistics, has found that children between the ages of 7 and 15 spend, on average, £8.40 a week.All spending by children was covered, including items bought with… Continue reading Kids Are Rolling In It
United News & Media are in discussions with S4C to take a 30% stake its new digital TV company S4C Digital Networks (SDN).SDN was yesterday awarded the digital terrestrial Multiplex A licence, though the ITC stressed that this was conditional on the broadcaster finding another stakeholder in order to strengthen its financial position.United would have… Continue reading UNM Seeks New Route To Digital TV
After the two recent Marie Claire launches in Russia and South Africa, the Marie Claire Group is pursuing its conquest of the globe, tackling the Turkish life-style market and launching Marie Claire Maison in Turkey.Marie Claire International: 33 1 41 46 88 65
Emap On Air, Emap’s broadcast sales and marketing company, has launched a major sales initiative for consumer brands called “Pure Magic”.The new sales push will run across Emap’s Magic stations and is designed for national advertisers targeting an audience of 30-40 year olds, especially women, who have previously “fallen between” the FM and AM station… Continue reading Emap Launches New Sales Initiative
There is still no hope of a cure for Sunday Business , the newspaper which seems to be suffering a slow and painful death. The paper has now not published for two consecutive Sundays and it is unlikely to go to print this weekend. The paper was unavailable for comment, but its only hope of… Continue reading Still Not Open For Business On Sunday
Since its relaunch on 13 June this year, The Economist‘s web-site has been receiving between 500 and 1000 new registrations a day, according to figures from the magazine.The Economist: 0171 830 7000
