The Stars In Their Eyes Grand Final, shown on Saturday 25th May, was watched by over 11.5 million people. The variety show, which was won by a Marti Pellow lookalike, attracted an audience of 11.58 million and a consolidated share of the audience of 54%; this made it the most watched programme on the Saturday… Continue reading Goodnight Of Viewing For ITV’s Stars In Their Eyes
Sky Television is to launch a range of consumer sports magazines from this autumn. Produced by FourFourTwo publishers Haymarket magazines, the first title will be “a high quality title covering all aspects of sport including those shown on Sky”; it will include in-depth interviews, detailed statistics and pictures.The launch follows research carried out by Haymarket… Continue reading Sky Television To Launch Sports Magazines
The Premier League has told MediaTel today that contrary to press reports no decision has yet been reached as to who gains the rights to live premiership football. Bids are being presented today at the Premier League’s headquarters with no decision expected until the weekend at the earliest.BSkyB is the favourite to carry on with… Continue reading Press Speculation On Premiership TV Rights Just Rumours
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has unveiled details of seven new cable and satellite channels it will begin broadcasting on October 1st.The new channels, the result of a collaboration between BSkyB and Granada/LWT, are Granada Plus, Granada Talk TV, TV High Street, Food and Wine, Health and Beauty, Home and Garden and Granada Men and Motors.… Continue reading Granada Unveils New Channel Details
According to estimates from CIA Medianetwork, Euro’96 could increase ITV’s advertising revenues in June by as much as an extra £7 million. This would form part of an estimated 9% year on year revenue growth and would bring ITV’s June revenue to around £148 million.Although all the England matches are likely to attract over eight… Continue reading ITV To Earn Extra £7 Million From Euro’96
Channel 5, Britain’s newest terrestrial channel due to launch in January 1997, will begin a pilot retuning programme in Wallington, Surrey today.This area is one of nine across the UK which will experience interference in its Channel 5 reception. It is hoped that the pilot scheme will enable Channel 5 to evaluate retuning plans before… Continue reading Channel 5 Launches Pilot Retuning Programme
Eight out of ten (81%) of British companies see the development of the Internet as a business opportunity and only 1% feel it to be a threat, according to a survey commissioned by Barclays Bank of the top 1,000 companies.The survey also found that: Over a third (38%) of companies already have an Internet site.… Continue reading 81% Of British Companies See Internet As Business Opportunity
The latest cinema admissions figures, for April, show weekly admissions for the month averaged 2.65m a week, up 22% on the same month last year and the highest April weekly average since 1974. The highest grossing weeks were at the beginning of April, with big films like Toy Story and Sense & Sensibility still attracting… Continue reading April Cinema Admissions Up 22%
The cinema industry is claiming success after Sunday’s National Cinema Day saw over one million people attending cinemas. Organised by the film industry to celebrate a century of cinema, every cinema charged only £1 all day.With a few returns still to be filed, Sunday’s total admittance stands at 1.1 million; the highest Sunday attendance on… Continue reading Britain Turns Out In Force For National Cinema Day
European Broadcasting Corporation is to launch the first ever pan-european commercial radio station later this year, it has announced.With the support of the European Commission, the 24-hour youth oriented station will be broadcast on terrestrial FM networks, satellite and cable, in English. The programming format will include a european mixture of chart music and speech… Continue reading First Ever Pan-European Commercial Radio Station To Launch
