The Daily Mail Group is launching Family Fun, a new consumer magazine that primarily aimed at families with children aged 4 to 12 years. The magazine launches in March and will have an initial print run of 190,000, with the aim of settling down at around 100,000. The magazine will cost £2.50 and publish on… Continue reading New Family Magazine To Launch
Ian Sewell has been appointed a director of the Independent Radio Group operations, a move that take him from Radio Forth. He will be responsible for assisting in the sale operations for 96.3 QFM, the radio station that was acquired by IRG in December 1995.IRG: 0141 887 9630
The addition of Sunday’s fourth episode of Coronation Street has not helped ITV to dominate this week’s top thirty programmes list. The episode which featured the return of hairdresser Denise Osbourne attracted an audience of 15.67 million viewers.Only Wednesday’s episode of Coronation Street attracted less viewers and this was because of the move to 9.30pm… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 24/11/96
The oil company Texaco is close to signing a deal which will seem them sponsor ITV’s Formula One Coverage. The deal with Texaco is said to be worth £12m over three years and would see the company’s logo appearing before, after and in between races.Annabel Jones of Lowe Bell Good Relations, who are brokering the… Continue reading Texaco To Sponsor ITV’s Formula One Coverage
RSMB Television Research, on behalf of the cable industry, has published details of the survey it conducted into households that receive broadband cable television. The survey, conducted in September 1996, is a continuation of a previous survey carried out in January this year and examined cable customers viewing behaviour.The objectives of the survey were: To… Continue reading Survey Carried Out Into Cable Household Behaviour
The Guardian has signed a sponsorship deal which will see its Guide section sponsor Kiss TV’s programme The Edge on Live TV .The deal will run for a year with credits created by Leagas Delaney. The newspaper already sponsors Channel 4’s Film on Four *Guardian Sponsors Film On Four.* MediaTel subscribers onlyGuardian: 0171 239 9696
Flextech is relaunching Family Channel in February as Challenge TV . The change follows on from Family Channel’s themed ‘Challenge Weekends’ which were running earlier in the year. The new channel will continue the pattern of interactive programming strands, which was very successful in attracting new viewers to the Family Channel.Challenge TV will transmit from… Continue reading Family Channel Takes The Challenge
The Lowe Group has today announced that it will be creating a new media company across Europe called Western International Media Europe.The company is the result of a joint venture between the Lowe Group, Initiative Media and Western International Media of the USA. The network will launch in January from Lowe’s headquarters in London and… Continue reading Lowe Group Creates New Media Company
The Guardian newspaper is expanding its current media section and turning it into a stand alone supplement. The change will occur from Monday January 13th and will include special new features such as: an advertising column written by industry insiders; a weekly profile of a media consumer and a section on how to handle the… Continue reading Guardian Makes Media Section Grow
Emap Metro has bought XL, the men’s health and fitness title, from Affinity Publishing. Emap will begin publishing the title in February. It will be the third publisher for the magazine in twelve months: Affinity bought it from Stonehart Publishing in February this year *Magazine Changes: Superclassics, XL And New Statesman.…Haymarket Business Publications has bought… Continue reading Magazine Briefs
