The Government announced yesterday that it will ensure key sporting events remain freely available to all viewers and listeners. An amendment to stop ‘listed events’ being shown live on an exclusive basis by subscription or pay-per-view services will be included in the Broadcasting Bill which is being considered by Parliament.The move comes after the House… Continue reading Sports Coverage To Be Protected
IPC continues to dominate the women’s monthly magazine market with 6 titles accounting for 64% of the total circulation in this group. However, the July to December ABCs were disappointing for IPC with only one title, Chat, recording a year-on-year increase in circulation. Woman’s Realm is the weakest of the IPC titles with a circulation… Continue reading Women’s Weekly Round Up – July-December ABCs
It would appear that Frank Bruno’s world heavyweight title defence against Mike Tyson is not attracting the anticipated pay-per-view bookings for its coverage on Sky TV.Tabloid reports suggest that bookings for the £9.95 fight have been disappointing since telephone booking lines were opened last Friday. Sky were unwilling to give MediaTel a figure of how… Continue reading Bruno Tyson Fight Not In Demand
European Surface Treatment, the quarterly news/features information magazine for European-wide end-user industries, is about to be published annually.This comes as part of Turret’s new publishing strategy for 1996 which includes similar magazines being published in the Asia-Pacific and Pan-European markets.Turret: 01923 777000
Results published from the 13th annual CAVIAR survey reveal that three quarters of the population are cinemagoers. This is the highest proportion ever measured by CAVIAR and represents an increase of 3.7m people year on year: it is more than twice the number claiming to go in 1984.Other figures show that the number of regular… Continue reading Survey Shows Cinema Boom
General Cable’s 1995 results released yesterday show a drop in cable television penetration. Although the number of cable TV subscribers increased from 66,361 to 89,659 (up by 35%), the penetration rate fell from 25% to 23%.Other figures show that revenues were up by 58%, average revenue per home live was up by 8% to £153… Continue reading General Cable Shows Drop In Penetration
It is rumoured that Virgin Group is in negotiations with CinVen to sell some of its smaller cinemas.A spokesman confirmed that Virgin had been approached regarding selling some of its smaller cinemas inherited from its takeover of MGM, but would not give any further details.Speculation indicates that around 80 of the 120 cinemas would be… Continue reading Virgin May Sell Cinemas
There is press speculation that Nynex and TeleWest, Britain’s two largest cable operators, are set to merge in a deal worth £2 billion. This was provoked by the apparent flurry of meetings between share-holders of both companies in the US. A spokesman for Nynex would not comment on the rumours.…Another press speculation is that Carlton… Continue reading Nynex And Telewest In Merger Rumours
The Department of Trade and Industry has given its consent to Northcliffe Newspapers to acquire Aberdeen Journals, following an enquiry by the Monopolies and Merges Commission.The MMC concluded that the transfer of the papers is not against the public interest. The MMC believe “that it is in Northcliffe’s commercial interests to preserve the independent approach… Continue reading Northcliffe Newspapers Cleared To Acquire Aberdeen Journals
Grampian Television’s regional coverage is the best in Britain according to local viewers in a recent NOP poll.The North Scotland station was a clear winner for programming in local news and interest, religious, political and wildlife programmes. It also took overall top spot, averaged across twelve regional programme categories in eleven mainland ITV regions where… Continue reading Grampian Tops Viewer Poll
