The NRS Board has asked Ray Morgan to extend his Chairmanship of the NRS from the current three year period ending 1996 for a further three years, 1997-1999. Nick Phillips, Director General of the IPA and Vice Chairman of the NRS said, “All the parties around the table, NPA, PPA, ISBA and IPA – feel… Continue reading NRS Chairman Reappointed
Tessa Hilton, the editor of the Sunday Mirror since July 1994, has resigned, it emerged this afternoon.It is believed a major factor in her decision was a clash with Bridget Rowe who runs sister paper The People. Miss Rowe was recently brought in as managing director of the Sunday Mirror.
The FT has redeveloped its Website to combine articles from the Financial Times with material specially prepared by journalists throughout the day.Users can browse the site through the main headlines or via structured content areas such as Technology, White Collar Industries, World Focus, the top Lex stories and Arts & Leisure. Clearer page format, improved… Continue reading FT Revamps Website
Advertising Association figures published this week have confirmed Commercial Radio as the fastest growing advertising medium for the third year in a row. The Quarterly Survey of Advertising Expenditure showed that Commercial Radio revenue grew by 23% in 1995 taking it to a record 4.3% of display advertising.This is particularly impressive considering the total display… Continue reading Commercial Radio Is Fastest Growing Medium
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
