The Radio Authority has announced that six radio stations will be competing for the new radio licence covering south-west London. The applicants to run the licence, which covers the London Boroughs of Kingston-upon-Thames, Sutton and Merton, are: Crown FM (Radio Riverside, David Dimbleby, 0181 940 6668) community information and adult contemporary music Eclipse FM (Eclipse… Continue reading Six Stations Bid For New London Licence
RevenueCombined ITV/C4 revenue figures for February, based on agency estimates, came in at £153.61 million, an increase of 2.4% year on year. The ITV only figure, at £117.74 million was up just 0.2% year on year whilst Channel 4’s figure, at £35.8 million was up by 10.5%. Channel 4’s share, at 24% was an improvement… Continue reading TV Round-Up – February
The National Magazine Company’s House Beautiful will be reducing the price of its June issue by 50p to £1. The publishing company say that this is to coincide with a peak in the market during this period. In the same month IPC Magazines will be relaunching Ideal Home magazine. It is believed that it will… Continue reading Competition Among Home Interest Mags
The Radio Authority has promoted two of its original team to become Directors and manage the RAB activity.Andrew Ingram is promoted to Director of Account Planning with a focus on the customer services of the RAB, while Justin Sampson will manage RAB’s research, administration and information teams as Director of Operations.Douglas McArthur, managing director of… Continue reading RAB Appoints Directors
The total television audience available to advertisers is increasing again, according to analysis of BARB by CIA Medianetwork. Satellite and cable TV, led by BSkyB, drove this growth in the first three months of 1996 with a 30% increase year-on-year in all adult viewing and a 35% increase in both the key ABC1 adult and… Continue reading Satellite And Cable Driving TV Growth
The second episode of Channel 4’s adaptation of Jonathon Swift’s classic novel Gulliver’s Travels, shown on Monday 8th April, has attracted an audience of 5.14 million. The first episode shown the day before was watched by 5.84 million. This gives Channel 4 its biggest audience of the year so far and it highest since 4… Continue reading Gullivers Travels Gives Channel 4 A Giantsized Audience
The Daily Express is to launch its new sports supplement on Monday 29 April. The 24-page pull out will feature a full-page full colour photograph of the weekend’s main sports events each week.The supplement will feature a guide to sports results and league tables, a “Monday Interview” with leading sporting names, a weekly sports diary… Continue reading Express Launches Weekly Sports Supplement
Conrad Black’s Hollinger International and The Telegraph plc have announced a recommended offer to acquire all of the remaining issued ordinary shares of The Telegraph plc not at present owned by Hollinger. The offer, at 560p per share values the group at £763 million. Holllinger International already indirectly owns 64% of and therefore controls, the… Continue reading Hollinger To Acquire All Of Telegraph Plc
An on-line business information service called News EyeQ today launches a trial beta version to test reaction before a general release next month.News EyeQ is a joint venture between DataTimes Corporation and News International and will provide access to a database of some 6000 information sources from around the world. This includes a large collection… Continue reading On-Line Business Service To Launch
The ITC has today published its 1995 Performance Reviews of the ITV companies, Channel 4, GMTV and Teletext.The reviews indicate general satisfaction with the performance of ITV and Channel 4, but there are a number of problems concerning the broadcasters which the ITC are not satisfied with. The major concern of the ITC regards the… Continue reading ITC Publishes 1995 Performance Reviews
