United News & Media is believed to be about to pre-empt Carlton Communications and make a £300m takeover bid for HTV.United is worried by the possibility of a Carlton takeover of HTV because its TV sales house, TSMS, currently handles HTV’s airtime sales. If Carlton owned HTV then this source of revenue for United would… Continue reading Carlton And United Race For HTV
Scot FM has today announced that Ian Smith has been appointed as sales director. Smith, 37, was previously station director of Invicta Radio.The appointment is part of the major reorganisation Scot FM has faced since it was taken over by the Independent Radio Group in July for £5.25m. It recently appointed Norman Quirk as managing… Continue reading New Sales Director For Scot FM
Classic Cars, the monthly motoring magazine from EMAP Nationals has been redesigned. The move comes in a bid to make the magazine more popular amongst men aged 30 and to revive a static circulation. A new section, Magneto, will feature news, sport reports, an events calendar and various regular column features.Classic Cars was bought from… Continue reading Classic Cars In New Look
Maiden Group today announced financial results for the six months to 30 June which show that pre-tax profits have risen from £1.96m to £3.2m. Revenue was also up, with an increase of 85% to £26.8m.An increase in advertising sales along with the introduction of illuminated sites assisted the outdoor group which floated its shares on… Continue reading Maiden Profits Jump To £3.2m
Revenue Agency estimates for August show that combined revenue for ITV and Channel 4 dropped for the first time this year, decreasing by 4.34% year-on-year to £132.6 million. While Channel 4’s revenue increased by 1.18% to £31.3m ITV’s performance was poor with revenue falling 5.9% to £101.3m. The ratio between ITV and C4 was 76:24.Amongst… Continue reading TV Round-Up – August
Granada Sky Broadcasting launches today though cable operators appear far from impressed with the seven new channels being offered.As reported on *Granada Unveils New Channel Details the new channels are: Granada Plus, featuring shows from the Granada and LWT libraries; Men and Motors, focusing on topics such as motoring and men’s fashion; Talk TV, interactive… Continue reading GSB Struggles With Operators
More details have emerged regarding the fierce battle for readers among the Express and Mail titles *Newspaper War Rages On.Next weekend the Daily Express will launch a 100-page glossy magazine, while the Sunday title will axe its Expresso supplement which launched in February *Sunday Express Expresso Replaces Classic and replace it with Boulevard. There will… Continue reading Mid-Market Competition Hots Up
The Guardian Media Group today announced that pre-tax profits have fallen in the year ended 31 March, from £27m in 1995 to £20m this year. Turnover however rose, from £228m to £301m.The company blamed redundancy costs of £4.7m and a rise in newsprint costs of £10.3m for the profit loss. It also said that while… Continue reading Guardian Profits Fall
Channel 4 has apologised to the ITC for transmitting an advertisement for alcohol products during teen soap Hollyoaks. According to the ITC Code on Advertising Breaks alcoholic drinks must not be advertised when there is likely to be an audience under the age of 18. Channel 4 had planned the break to be scheduled before… Continue reading Channel 4 Rebuked For Advertisement
The ITC has published further information relating to the introduction of digital terrestrial television (DTT). According to the Broadcast Act 1996, the ITC is responsible for licensing and regulating digital television in the UK.DTT carriers must be licensed separately from programme providers, therefore the ITC is issuing licences to provide multiplex services in October. The… Continue reading ITC Issues Further Information On Multiplex Licences
