RevenueCombined ITV/C4 revenue for March, based on agency estimates, came in at £174.54 million, an increase of 4.8% on last March. ITV only, at £132.962 million was up by 2.1% year on year, whilst the C4 figure, £41.575 million was up by 14.3%. This puts the ITV:C4 ratio at 76:24. Last March saw C4’s share… Continue reading TV Round-Up – March
Some topline data from the new POSTAR survey, launched on Tuesday, is now avilable:Average Gross 000s OTS/VAIs by size per week – Q1 Size OTS (Opportunities To See) VAI (Visibly Adjusted Impacts) % (of possible OTS) 6 Sheet 343 40 12 48 Sheet 332 68 20 96 Sheet 423 119 28 Coverage & Frequency National… Continue reading POSTAR Data Released
The Radio Authority has fined Piccadilly Gold (Manchester) £1,000 for breaching sections 90 (1)(a) and (2) (ii) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 and the Authority’s Programme Code. Both the Act and Code prevent licensees broadcasting any material which offends “… against good taste and decency…” and they also prevent “any abusive treatment of the religious… Continue reading Piccadilly Gold Fined By Radio Authority
The Government has announced that it will introduce amendments to the Broadcasting Bill which will relax the rules regarding cross-media ownership.The proposals, put forward by National Heritage minister Lord Inglewood, mean that there will be greater scope for cross-media ownership among local newspaper and radio stations. The development means that one company will be able… Continue reading Government Makes Amendments To Broadcasting Bill
The Radio Authority has offered the new Independent Local Radio licence on the AM (medium wave) bands for The Heads of the South Wales Valleys to Valley Radio Ltd, after studying proposals from three applicants.The licence is for a service which will roughly cover an area from Aberdare to Abergavenny, including Merthyr Tydfil, Tredegar, Ebbw… Continue reading New Local Radio Licence For South Wales Awarded To Valley
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Louis Sherwood, HTV’s group Chairman, has spoken out at the company’s AGM against the high licence payments of some ITV companies. He also called upon the ITC and the Government to announce soon what formula the they will use for calculating new licence payments.Mr Sherwood said: “In this fiercely competitive, multi-channel environment there is no… Continue reading HTV Chairman Attacks ITV Licence Payments
A group of media owners which is believed to include The Telegraph Group, United News & Media, Pearson and Loot are in discussions to launch an Internet service which would provide access to an advertising database site.Hugo Drayton, Marketing Director of the Telegraph, told MediaTel that the service would be run on similar lines to… Continue reading New Plan To Control Internet Ads
Viewers involved in the Cambridge interactive Television Trial are now able to access enhanced Teletext services. Pages from Teletext are delivered without the delay, and viewers have more navigational controls over the service. The Teletext services will be further enhanced to test a hyper-Teletext news service, with links to other services such as the Internet.… Continue reading Teletext Tests Interactive Services In Trial
Hollywood Pets, the latest in the series about the Hollywood lifestyle (the others being Hollywood Women, Kids and Men) has only managed to attract 8.83 million viewers. The other series averaged an audience of 11 million viewers.Carlton’s documentary series Police, Camera, Action has entered the top thirty programmes at number eight with an audience of… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 21/04/96
Figures released by the Cinema Advertising Association this week showed that there were more than 36.5 million cinema admissions in the first quarter of 1996, the highest figure since 1975. First Quarter Average Cinema Admissions Highest Since 1975.. Box office totals have now been released for the period.The single biggest film of the quarter was… Continue reading Seven Is Biggest Film Of First Quarter
