Qualities Amongst the daily broadsheets the Times and FT again performed well, while the Daily Telegraph and Independent recorded losses in circulation. Six month figures to August show that the Times increased its circulation by 7.85% to 709,374 and the FT‘s grew by 1.84% to 298,740. The Independent‘s circulation dropped 7.65% to 273,049 and the… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – August
… The BBC is planning a commercial Internet venture centered around popular radio and television programmes, news, travel, weather and sport. BBC Worldwide has linked up with ICL to develop the new service. It is expected to launch early next year and users will be able to customise the service to their own tastes.… NTL,… Continue reading Web Round-Up
ITV has today announced that Murray Walker will join ITV for next season’s coverage of Formula One Motor Racing. Walker has signed a two-year deal as principal commentator for the Grand Prix.BBC’s coverage of the 1996 season is currently attracting over five million viewers.Live Viewing Date Country Individuals 4+ 08/09 Italy 5,043,000 25/08 Belgium 5,270,000… Continue reading Murray Walker Joins ITV
HTV is thought to be considering a share swap with CanWest as protection against any takeover attempt by Carlton Communications. The swap would involve the Canadian media giant taking a 49% share in HTV and in return HTV would receive around £200m of shares in CanWest.CanWest has been seeking an entry into the British television… Continue reading HTV Share Swap
Mirror Group’s shares increased by 9.5p to 222p on Friday. According to the weekend’s newspapers, stockbroker Salomon Brothers recommended the stocks as a potential buy.Granada’s share prices had a significant increase on Friday from 884.5p to 892p. Last week Granada exercised £2 million of its shares in YTT TV to Allquiet Investments *(Granada Move Raises… Continue reading Sharewatch
ITV reveals its new schedule today. Further details for the coverage of Formula One Grand Prix 1997 will be announced after the contract was awarded to MACh 1 on Thursday *(MACh 1 Gets F1 Contract).Capital Radio launches its Internet site on Tuesday. Expect a full review in Website of the Week.Southern Newspapers publishes its full-year… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Gaby Fireman, former Sunday Business ad director, has taken on the role of sales group head at CLT UK Radio’s Atlantic 252. Mr Fireman left the Sunday Business two weeks ago and previously worked as financial advertisement manager for the Times from 1993 to 1995. He then moved to Express Newspapers as display sales group… Continue reading Appointments Round-Up
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 the… Continue reading TV Revenue – August
A spokesperson from Media Audits said the company is “surprised and disappointed” that ITV sales houses and the Network Centre are unwilling to co-operate with its initiative to bring together clients and broadcasters.Following the Media Audit’s annual survey, the initiative was devised to allow clients to meet with ITV’s bosses following widespread dissatisfaction with the… Continue reading ITV Refuse Media Audit Initiative
Channel 5 confirmed that its weekend sports contract has been awarded to Meridian. According to speculation the deal is worth approximately £10,000 for shows on Saturday mornings and Sunday evenings. A spokesman from Meridian said the contract will be handled by MACh 1, the consortium comprising of Meridian, Anglia and Chrysalis Sports. Although details are… Continue reading Meridian Win C5 Sports Contract
