The recent March edition of Madame Figaro, the bi-monthly fashion magazine of the Observer was the last issue. The troubled Observer has abandoned the joint venture due to the high cost involved after just four issues.France based Madame Figaro has been successful in its worldwide expansion plan, but has found breaking into the competitive UK… Continue reading Observer Closes Madame Figaro
Radio 3 is to start broadcasting for 24 hours a day from May 4 as part of its response to competition from the 24-hour Classic FM. The new service, between 1am and 6am, Radio 3 Through the Night, will include European concerts and music supplied by the European Broadcasting Union.Schools programmes will be removed from… Continue reading Radio 3 Responds To Classic FM
Press rumours that Independent Radio Sales, part of Katz International, would be disbanded after losing major clients including EMAP and GWR (Newsline 29/02) have been scotched after revelations that the company is being restructured and renamed.IRS will now be called Katz Radio Sales and is part of the shake-up which has resulted from the imminent… Continue reading IRS Renamed As Katz Radio Sales
Advertising group Cordiant has announced pre-tax losses of £22.6 million for 1995, compared to profits of £32.4 million in 1994. Loss of clients totalled £40m in annual revenue, with Saatchi & Saatchi particularly hit by client defections in the first half of last year.Charlie Scott, Cordiant’s chairman, pointed out that although revenue had increased by… Continue reading Cordiant Losses Slide To £22m
The Radio Authority has made a formal complaint to the government regarding proposals in the Broadcasting Bill now before parliament which would allow a BBC-owned commercial radio station to exist.Although the BBC itself would not be able to run a commercial station the proposed clause would allow a BBC-owned station to broadcast. The Bill does… Continue reading Radio Authority In Broadcasting Bill Complaint
Reed Elsevier has today announced results for 1995; pre-tax profits were up 19% year on year to £732m. Operating profit of £828m was 25% ahead of 1994.Reed’s chairman, Ian Irvine, said that Reed’s divestment programme of their consumer publishing is now complete. (This included the sale of all Reed Regional titles). This sale has provided… Continue reading Reed Profits Up 19% To £732m
A repeat showing of the BBC1 comedy series Birds of a Feather has gone into the top thirty programmes list at number nine with an audience of 13.56 million viewers. This, followed by the final episode of Pauline Quirke’s The Sculptress helped to dent the audience of the opening episode of ITV’s new series of… Continue reading BBC’s Birds Win Sunday Night Ratings Battle
The latest batch of ABCs to be released include Northern & Shell’s monthly for the older woman, Chic, which has recorded a 30% increase year on year in its figures. The Spectator has also recorded an increase year on year, up 7% to over 55,000 copies, continuing in its upward circulation trend. Jl-Dec 94 Jl-Dec… Continue reading Latest Jul-Dec ABCs
The ITC has announced that it has received two applications to run the cable delivery franchise for the Mid Sussex district of East Grinstead, comprising 42,000 homes.The applicants are Convergence Ltd, a subsidiary of European Broadband Systems, and Eurobell Ltd, a subsidiary of Eurobell (Holdings) plc. Convergence proposes to offer service to 30,300 homes by… Continue reading Applications For New Cable Franchise
Westcountry Television has announced that it is looking for sponsors for its one-hour weekday news programme, Westcountry Live. This is the first time a regional news programme will have sponsorship credits.Following extensive consultation with the ITC Westcountry Live will offer sponsorship for feature sections in the programme, which has a primetime slot of 6-7pm.Caroline McDevitt,… Continue reading First Regional News Sponsorship
