Circle Communications plc has today (28/6/96) published the prospectus for its flotation on AIM. The international television rights group operates in the rapidly expanding global market for TV programming.The company has four million shares valued at £6.8 million (£5.4 being raised for the company and £1.4 million for existing shareholders.) Dealings on AIM are expected… Continue reading Circle Communications To Float
Last night’s Euro’96 Semi Final match between England and Germany attracted a peak-time audience of over 26 million viewers; of these, 19.8 million favoured BBC1’s coverage, leaving ITV with just 6.7 million viewers. The average for the match was 17.4 million viewers for BBC1, and 6.2 million for ITV.At the height of viewing, 93.3% of… Continue reading 26.5 Million Tune In For English Defeat
Vauxhall, one of the UK’s largest advertisers is to boycott the Daily Mirror and Daily Star in protest against their coverage of the Euro’ 96 encounter with England and Germany. Coverage by the two tabloids has included references to the Second World War together with pictures of England players superimposed in British Army uniforms.Wolfgand Schubert,… Continue reading Vauxhall Boycotts Tabloids
Johnston Press, following its acquisition of Emap’s regional titles, has moved into the top 5 regional groups in the country, according to Newspaper Society data. Trinity remains in the top position, (based on circulation per week) with over a total group circulation of 8.5 million. Johnston Press, which before the Emap acquisition had 81 weekly… Continue reading Top 5 Regional Press Publishers
National Heritage Secretary Virginia Bottomley yesterday announced new powers to ensure that the character of a local radio service is to be protected, regardless of changes in ownership of that service.Speaking to the annual Commercial Radio Companies Association Congress, Mrs Bottomley announced an amendment to the current Broadcasting Bill which would allow the Radio Authority… Continue reading Local Radio Stations’ Character Protected
In the monthly complaints bulletin from the Broadcasting Standards Council, a complaint made by a viewer concerning the Vanessa show was upheld on the grounds of taste & decency. The viewer complained that it was offensive to show a 16 month old baby with premature sexual maturation on this programme. The complaint was upheld because… Continue reading Vanessa Rapped Over Taste And Decency Complaint
The MRG Evening Meeting, held last night, heard two papers concerning television research which focused on ELVs (Elusive Light Viewers) and the measuring of audience appreciation of programmes.Sue Read from Laser presented a paper on the value of ITV peaktime for advertisers, entitled “ITV is Not a Commodity Product”, and Richard Windle from RSL spoke… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting Hears About ELVs
United Artists Entertainment (Programming) Limited is to change its name to Flextech Television Ltd from Monday 1st July. The programme management side of Flextech plc, the UK cable and satellite group, believe the change allows the Flextech name to be strengthened.Managing Director of Flextech Television, Brent Harman, said: “By adopting the name of its parent… Continue reading United Artists Entertainment To Become Flextech
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Irish media group Independent Newspapers hopes to raise around I£106m (£108m) through a one-for-three rights issue. This involves shareholders being offered one new share for every three previously held.Whilst the precise reason for the cash-call is not known Tony O’Reilly, who controls the Dublin-based company, hinted that he might be looking for acquisitions in other… Continue reading Irish Independent Hopes To Raise I£106m
http://mediavillage.mediatel.co.uk/MediaTel’s new website, Media Village, has received a Chartshow badge of honour and is featured in Emap’s weekly Internet Chart Show (w/c 13/6/96). The chart, originally designed for Channel Cyberia, can be found on two sites on the Net (http://www.emap.com/chartshow/top8.htm and http://channel.cyberiacafe.net) and features the top ten websites of the corresponding week.Placed at number 8,… Continue reading Media Village: Chart-topper !
