Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch, has been appointed as head of programming at BSkyB.She was previously general manager at the satellite broadcaster and her new position gives credence to the belief that she is being groomed to take over her father’s media empire. The appointment follows a restructure made necessary by the departure of… Continue reading Ms Murdoch Becomes BSkyB Head
The latest CIA MediaLab Sensor survey has revealed that, two weeks after Cadbury started to sponsor Coronation Street, over half (56%) of all adults were aware of the link-up.Asked whether the Street is sponsored by Rowntrees, Nestle, Mars or Cadburys, 3% of all adults chose Nestle, 2% said Rowntrees and 1% believed Mars sponsors the… Continue reading Good Recognition For Street Sponsor
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
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
