“He believes the good things in life are often worth bribing for. He dines out on food that suits his mood – hungry or hungover – and drinks to change it. He pays by credit, because he’s got no cash, and drives fast because he’s late. And when he arrives at a table, he always… Continue reading First Issue Review – Eat Soup
The national newspaper ABCs, released today, show that among the broadsheets The Times has once again performed the best. The News International title showed a 7.85% increase in circulation year-on-year to 709,374 copies. The FT and Guardian both showed slight increases, while The Daily Telegraph‘s circulation dropped 1.22% to just over 1 million and the… Continue reading August ABCs Released
Sky Television today announced details of its £130 million programming package for the Autumn, boasting several new channels and a range of new shows.The choice of entertainment will supposedly be broadened on Sky 1 and its new sister channel Sky 2 with the inclusion of Xena: Warrior Princess, Nash Bridges, High Incident, The Lazarus Man… Continue reading BSkyB Unveils Autumn Schedule
Bauer Publishing have confirmed details of their new launch, Enjoy!, which goes on sale Monday. It will be a weekly title aimed at women aged 18-34 and aims to bridge the gap between teen titles and the traditional women’s weeklies.The first two issues will have a cover-price of 20p and the regular price will be… Continue reading New Title From Bauer
BSkyB will launch a new channel on Friday 1 November. The Computer Channel will broadcast in prime-time from 6pm-8pm, seven days per week as part of BSkyB’s Multi-Channel package *BSkyB Announces £178m Profit And Plans For More Channels.Sky say that the channel will have a broad appeal, attracting everyone from children to grandparents and novices… Continue reading BSkyB Unveils New Channel
Bob Mullings, the TV buying director who left Optimedia in August as a result of a restructure *Optimedia Managers Go, has joined Channel 4 in the role of regional sales controller for Manchester. His role will be to increase regional sales and target the agencies based in Manchester.…John Beadell’s departure from ABC as chief executive… Continue reading Optimedia Man Joins C4
Scottish Television today announced interim results for the six months ending 30 June 1996. A record profit before tax is confirmed, up 39% to £10.3 million with turnover up 15% to £52.2 million. Operating profit from continuing operations is up 22% to £8.8 million.Scottish Television says these figures result from a 7% improvement in advertising… Continue reading STV Announces Record Profit
John Beadell, chief executive of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, has left the organisation to become an independent consultant. No replacement has yet been found.He had worked at ABC for five years, during which time various developments were implemented including electronic auditing, Internet auditing, exhibition auditing and the simultaneous release of consumer magazine audits.…Mark Soden,… Continue reading ABC Chief Exec Leaves
The first weekend of the new autumn schedule has seen a lot of new shows appearing on the top thirty programmes list. The highest entry of the new batch of programmes is LWT’s London’s Burning, which was watched by 12.21 million people. The next best new programme was Heartbeat which achieved an audience of 12.14… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – New Autumn Schedule A Loss With Viewers
