Dennis Publishing will launch two new men’s magazines called Stuff and Escape by the end of the year.As reported on Dennis Publishing Attracted By Men’s Market, Dennis has been planning the launches for some time and it has now been confirmed that Escape will launch on 10th October as the “electronic magazine for men”. The… Continue reading Dennis Magazine Details Emerge
There is speculation that the BBC and BSkyB are about to announce details of a jointly commissioned programme. The two broadcasters are believed to have given the go ahead for a newly formed independent company to produce a 90-minute pilot for a new adventure drama series. Said to be an 18th century costume drama and… Continue reading BBC And BSkyB Work Together For New Drama Series
Punch magazine has been relaunched with its first issue since April 1992. Looking a lot like a cross between a women’s glossy magazine and the American magazine New Yorker on the outside and resembling something less interesting on the inside. There are a hundred pages of which 29 1/4 pages are given over to advertising.… Continue reading Punch Relaunch Issue Review
Channel 4’s decision to repeat Riverdance has proven to be a hit. The one and a half hour long programme featuring the popular Irish dance steps attracted an audience of 4.67 million, making it the most watched Channel 4 programme of the week.This week’s top thirty programmes list features roughly the same programmes as last… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 25/08/96 – Riverdances To The Top Of
The Ratings
Channel 4 believes that its new autumn schedule promises to serve tastes and interests not provided for by ITV.The Big Breakfast undergoes a revamp and new look which begins this week, while film premieres include the Oscar-winning The Madness Of King George and Backbeat. In peaktime, Nothing But The Truth is a courtroom format which… Continue reading C4 Promises Distinctive Schedule
Konica, the camera manufacturer, is to focus its entire pan European above-the-line spend on MTV Europe for the rest of 1996.For the second year running, Konica will sponsor MTV’s Top 100 Countdown Weekend and MTV’s transmission of the 1996 Video Music Awards. The two companies have also developed a marketing package which will include other… Continue reading Konica Renews MTV Sponsorship
Nigel Walmsley, Chairman of Carlton TV, opened The Commercial Radio Convention with a seminar on ‘The Changing Media Business’. He was giving his views on how the shape of the TV, newspaper and radio industries will change after the new broadcasting legislation, what the likely advantages and disadvantages of the process would be and how… Continue reading Radio Convention – Loyalty Schemes For Radio
Contrary to press reports earlier this week, a spokesperson for the English Professional Rugby Union Clubs has told MediaTel that the top 24 English rugby union clubs have no intention of abandoning their coverage deal with BSkyB.EPRUC said that the arrangement was beneficial to all those involved and its quarrel was not with BSkyB but… Continue reading Rugby Clubs To Stay With BSkyB
MTV Europe has this week introduced a new production and scheduling system which will mean splitting its single, pan-European programming into three separate schedules for each of the channel’s new European services – in northern, central and southern areas.MTV will now be able to schedule the same programme at different times in different regions to… Continue reading MTV Introduces Regional Scheduling
In a bid to revive its flagging Express titles, United News & Media has announced a major reorganisation at the Daily and Sunday Express. The plans mean the merging of the two titles into one seven-day operation, the loss of the Sunday Express editor and a revamp of both titles including the launch of new… Continue reading Express Titles Face Upheaval
