BAD PERFORMANCE IN SECOND HALF OF 1996The second half of 1996 proved a poor one for the football magazines. In particular ’90 Minutes’ and ‘Soccerstars’ returned significant minuses, both down over 30%. Title Jul 95 – Dec 95 Jul 96 – Dec 96 Actual Change % Change 90 Minutes 68,961 43,005 -25,956 -37.64 Four Four… Continue reading July – December 1996 ABC Figures – Football Sector
Corporate Money has announced the 25 City PR firms of 1996. The league table is compiled on the basis of the value of deals made last year in the area of bids, mergers, demergers and disposals advice.Brunswick took first place in the deals’ league, having advised on a total of 40 deals last year with… Continue reading Top 25 PR Firms
According to the latest July – December figures by far the best performance came from Internet magazine with a year on year increase of 22.7%. Amongst other titles in the sector reporting only Computer Buyer, Computer Shopper, PC Gamer and PC Pro show increases.The worst performances came from Amiga Format and CD Rom Today, both… Continue reading Computer Magazines July – December 1996 ABC Figures
David Jason makes a welcome return to ITV this week with the new series of A Touch Of Frost soaring straight into the top ten with an audience of 16.75 million. ITV drama is continuing to grow in standing, with Frost merely following up the progress which London’s Burning made in its last series. The… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 09/02/97
Television subscriptions will become a more important source of income to the UK’s television industry than advertising by the year 2000. This is the conclusion of a report from Datamonitor.The report, IT in UK Media 1996-2001: Moving Towards Holistic Systems, estimates that subscription revenue, including pay-TV and video-on-demand, will increase in the television industry by… Continue reading Pay TV Set For Rapid Growth
Media Vantage, the Leeds-based agency that launched last year, has restructured in order to strengthen its trading base.Mark Midmore has been promoted to deputy media director; he will combine this new role with his previous position as head of broadcast. Michele Ellaby will oversee all non-broadcast business and share responsibility for business development with Mandy… Continue reading Media Vantage Restructures
Features on Newsline this week will include, a round-up of the national press January ABCs and a television round-up for 1996. The July to December consumer magazine ABCs are released on Friday and will be accompanied by Newsline items.The Daily Mail and General Trust’s AGM is being held on Wednesday at the Kensington Close Hotel… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Overall in 1996 ITV revenue was up 4.9% year on year from £1.578bn to £1.656bn while C4 did better with a growth of 10% to nearly £489m. This puts the revenue ratio for 1996 between ITV and C4 at 77:23.Total combined revenue for the year came in at £2.145bn, which is a year on year… Continue reading TV Round-Up – 1996
Two new bi-monthly IT magazines, Compuship and Move-IT will launch in the Spring.London-based TLA Publishing is the team behind the titles.Compuship will launch in March and is to cover mobile satellite communications, information technology and electronics for shipping. Move-IT will be on the news-stands in April and will do the same for land-mobile and remote… Continue reading New IT Titles
The Telegraph group has submitted a complaint to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, ABC, over the 10p Monday edition of the Times .The Telegraph claim that ABC should not classify the cut-price edition of The Times as a sale as there is no financial gain for the paper from the Monday editions. The news-vendors who… Continue reading Telegraph In Dispute With Times
