September’s cinema admissions show a 22.4% decrease year-on-year, averaging 1.85 million per week. This brings the third quarter average to 2.62 million per week, a 1% increase on last year. The monthly total for September was 7.925 million.Top grossing film of the month was once again Independence Day, taking £7.7m, followed by a relatively strong… Continue reading September Cinema Admissions Fall
Southern Newspapers has this afternoon announced a major review of its operating regions, structures and costs which effectively means its Bournemouth-based Central and Southampton-based Eastern publishing regions will merge.Titles in the new Southern region include the Southern Daily Echo, the Evening Echo Bournemouth, the Southampton Advertiser Series and the Dorset Advertiser Series. The review also… Continue reading Southern Newspapers Merges Regions
Media group EMAP has announced that it will be buying The Box, the cable TV music channel, for £8.3m.The Box is an interactive music channel playing videos selected by cable audiences from a specified playlist. It is available to over 90% of the UK’s 1.5 million cable homes where it has a weekly reach of… Continue reading EMAP Buys Into Youth Market
HTV has announced that it is to start showing live football again on terrestrial television from next month. Five Nationwide Football League matches will be shown on the West of England ITV franchise before Christmas, with more following in the New Year.Live matches to be shown include Bolton Wanderers visit to Swindon Town on December… Continue reading Live League Football Returns To Terrestrial Television
United News & Media is believed to be the front-runner in the bidding battle for control of Westcountry, the Plymouth-based ITV company.United is reported to have bid around the £75m mark, a greater sum than that offered by other contenders. The acquisition would give United a great deal of control in the southern UK TV… Continue reading United Heads Race For Westcountry
… Mike Baker, currently Divisional Advertising Marketing Director at IPC with responsibility for all IPC titles, is to join TDI Advertising as Marketing Director, directly replacing Adam Poulter who left in July to join Cinema Media. Baker will join TDI in mid December and will have responsibility across their whole portfolio. It is not clear… Continue reading TDI And Cinema Media Appointments
The BBC and Flextech have outlined the range of channel concepts which will form the basis of their joint venture which was announced at the end of September *BBC Signs Deal With Flextech.The channel concepts are as follows: Showcase: from Pride and Prejudice to Fawlty Towers, spotlighting “the crown jewels of BBC comedy and drama.”… Continue reading BBC Release New Channel Details
Thanks to the continuing Ian/Cindy/David storyline Eastenders is still the most watched programme of the week. Over 17 million people tuned into the episode broadcast on Thursday October 17th. When second showing figures are added the total number of viewers exceeds 22 million, four million higher than Monday’s Coronation Street consolidated figure.Granada’s light entertainment programme… Continue reading Eastenders Still Tops
Young people are turning their back on computer games and returning to music, according to results of a new survey, Youth TGI 1996.Findings reveal that youth are now much more likely to buy pre-recorded music and read music magazines than they were a year ago and have greatly reduced the time they spend playing with… Continue reading Youth Shun Computer Games For Music
Kenneth Clark, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, this morning announced that interest rates would rise 0.25% to 6%. This is the first time there has been a rise for nearly two years. Mr Clarke said the move was designed to “maintain a firm grip on inflation.”
