News Corp, Rupert Murdoch’s global media company, has posted six month financial results which show that after tax profits have risen 17% to US$576 while revenues grew by 11% to US$5.6 billion.News International, the group’s UK newspaper division, performed well, with operating profits increasing 18% due to strong revenue and advertising growth. BSkyB, 40% owned… Continue reading News Corp Profits Grow
The results of an outdoor advertising survey show that clothing advertisers like Nike and Burton doubled their annual poster spend last year to £8.4 million. It is reported, in MediaWeek, that the research, carried out by Poster Publicity and Media Monitoring Services, reveals that the clothing sector is now one of the top-ten outdoor advertising… Continue reading Star Bill-Board Spenders
With the exception of Casualty the top ten this week is dominated by soaps. Emmerdale in particular, following extra publicity and a spicing up of storylines has improved its ratings and is now attracting an extra million or so viewers for each of its episodes. Sundays episode of Coronation Street has at last begun to… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 26/01/97
The ITC announced this morning that Channel 4 will pay £87.1m to the Independent Television Commission which will then distribute it to the ITV companies.The ITC has determined that for 1996 total terrestrial qualifying revenue was £2,256.7m with C4’s coming in at £490.3m. Because this exceeds 14% of the total revenue figure, 50% of the… Continue reading C4 Pays £87.1m To ITV Companies
Qualities August 1996-January 1997 ABC figures showed that the Independent lost 28,658 copies year on year, a drop of 9.82%, to 263,075. This is its lowest ever six-month ABC figure. Its Sunday title fared the worst among the whole sector with a drop in sales of 12.36% to 284,434 – again, this is the worst… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – January
Haymarket Business Publications are launching a media magazine aimed at client marketers. The new monthly,Revolution will guide marketers through the electronic media world. It aims to show its readers how to exploit the benefits of the new-media.The first issue will be available at the end of May with a launch circulation of 15,000 copies.Haymarket: 0181… Continue reading Revolution At Haymarket
According to a report by Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, UK ad spend on the Internet is set to grow from £4m in 1996 to £266.8m by 2001.This forecast is based on two predictors: that there will be a six-fold increase in UK Internet users along with an 11-fold increase in the level of adspend per UK… Continue reading Internet Ad Spend Set To Reach £266m
The ITC has received three bids to run digital TV *TV Giants Submit Joint Bid For Digital Power.British Digital Broadcasting is an equal partnership between Carlton Communications, Granada Group and BSkyB. BDB has applied for multiplex licences B, C and D. The service will offer 12 basic and 3 premium channels. The BBC has agreed… Continue reading Digital Terrestrial TV – The Bids
The Express is considering extending its current cut-price Saturday edition to the rest of the week for a short period, according to sources. The 20p edition has apparently given the title its best sales for ten years. On January 25 it added around 400,000 to take its circulation to 1.77 million and last Saturday the… Continue reading Express Looking At 20p Daily
McCann Erickson are talking with Barker and Ralston about a potential link up between the two companies.A spokes-person for McCann told Newsline that the reports of a full-scale take-over of Ralston by the international agency are wildly over exaggerated; discussions are still in the preliminary stages.It is known that Barker and Ralston need some extra… Continue reading McCanns In Talks With Ralston
