The Radio Authority has awarded the new regional radio licence for the Yorkshire area to Kiss FM, sister to the radio station currently broadcasting in Manchester.The award by the Radio Authority is however, likely to cause controversy because sales for the regional station are to be handled by MSM, the sales house owned by Capital… Continue reading Kiss FM Wins Yorkshire Radio Licence
Last night’s Switzerland v Holland match broadcast at 19:30 on BBC1, attracted the second highest audience of the competition so far, 8.0 million individuals; this was a 59.4% share of men viewing.Bulgaria v Romania, on ITV at 16:30 attracted the lowest audience of the competition so far, just 4.5 million viewers. Match Channel Day Date… Continue reading Switzerland V Holland Attracts 8 Million Viewers
Classic FM, the national commercial radio station, has won two gold medals at The New York Festivals International Radio Competition. The station collected awards for Best Use of Comedy for Alan Mann’s Fantasy Footnotes and for Best News Anchor for John Brunning.The success follows Classic’s victories at this year’s Sony Awards when it won prizes… Continue reading Classic FM Wins Double Gold In New York
ITV had its best Wednesday peaktime ratings performance so far this year on June 12th, according to unofficial viewing figures.ITV claims it achieved a 47.8% share of the available audience, compared with 20.0% for BBC1 – BBC’s lowest share on any night in 1996. The success of Wednesday night was largely due to Coronation Street… Continue reading ITV Claims Top Wednesday Night Viewing
Warner Bros Cinemas has confirmed the completion of a deal to sponsor the ITV programme, Movies, Games and Videos.With the exception of Granada and Scottish TV, the series will be shown across the network on Saturdays, around midday. The deal runs for six months and is due to start in July. The programme previews new… Continue reading Warner Brothers Sponsors Movies Games and Videos
This Sunday sees the launch of the UK’s newest Sunday national newspaper The Planet On Sunday (see Newsline). The 48-page tabloid will have an environmental slant and cost 65p.A source at the paper told MediaTel that the paper will carry around 10% advertising, though ads would not provide the main revenue. This would come instead… Continue reading Planet Ready For Launch
The Daily Mail and General Trust has announced profits of £41 million for the half year ended 31 March. This is an increase of 7% over last year’s results. Trading profit increased by £1.2 million to £39.5 million, a 3% increase, despite an increase of 28% in newsprint prices.Advertising revenues among the national newspapers over… Continue reading Channel One Revenues Disappointing
Granada’s interim results for the 26 weeks ended 30 March showed that profit before tax had risen by 19% to £183m.The media arm of the group performed well: profits from Granada Television and London Weekend Television rose by 16% to £83.5m on turnover of £309.8m, up 5% on last year. Laser, Granada’s broadcast sales house,… Continue reading Granada Profits Rise 19%
Today’s Retail Price Index, released this morning, shows inflation in May was at 2.2%, the lowest figure since September 1994.The figures show the annual rate down by 0.2 % points on April’s figures. For RPI trends, see MediaTel’s Encyclomedia section.
The IPA has announced the results of its IPA Media Policy Group elections: Adrian Birchall The Media Centre Alan Brydon AMV.BBDO Mark Craze TMD Carat Graham Duff Zenith Media Phil Georgiadis Initiative Media London Trista Grant Universal McCann Marc Mendoza WCRS Derek Morris BMP DDB Needham Mike Wood JWT The newcomers to the group are… Continue reading IPA Media Policy Group Election Results
