Pearson Television, owners of Thames Television and Grundy Worldwide, have bought SelecTV PLC. This is a separate deal to Carlton’s acquisition of SelecTV’s cable channel as reported on Newsline earlier.SelecTV is valued at approximately £46 million and each share is worth 29p. It is intended that SelecTV’s assets will be re-organised so that Pearson will… Continue reading Pearson Buys SelecTV
United Cinemas International (UCI) has confirmed a £100m expansion plan as part of its campaign to remain the largest multiplex cinema chain in the UK. UCI will open six new sites across the country by the end of 1997 and is set to announce plans for at least another four cinemas before the year’s end.… Continue reading UCI To Launch £100m Expansion Plan
At a press conference this morning the AIRC announced measures to improve accountability to advertisers. It said that by May 1996 its members would provide standardised transmission certificates which will give all details regarding a particular advert on the airwaves; by the middle of the year all national sales points would provide agencies with a… Continue reading AIRC Declares Accountability To Advertisers
SelecTV has announced the sale of its cable television channel to Carlton, for £5.2 million. The Chairman, in a statement issued today, said that although convinced the channel has a viable future, it needs more investment in programming; “The much greater programming resources available to Carlton will give the Channel a stronger basis for its… Continue reading Carlton Buys SelecTV Cable Channel For £5.2m
The number of households in Great Britain with satellite dishes grew by 52,000 in November 1995 to 3.292 million, according to new figures released by GfK Marketing Services Ltd. This is the largest monthly increase since December 1994.“Dish ownership has been growing steadily since August, and historically there is always a surge in the run… Continue reading Satellite Dish Ownership Increases
Herald and Observer Newspapers Limited has appointed Amra as the national sales representative for its five titles. The appointment, worth £500,000 in national billings, starts today.The five titles are; the Stratford Standard, the North Worcestershire County Standard, the South Worcestershire County Standard, the Rugby Observer and the Leamington Spa Observer.“Our free, quality newspapers are breaking… Continue reading Herald Observer Appoints Amra
During 1995 the ITC dealt with 3,432 complaints about 1,204 different advertisements and upheld complaints in relation to 57 ads. This compares with 3,317 complaints in 1994 about 1,084 advertisements with 52 ads where complaints were upheld. However, a larger number of complaints than usual were received towards the end of the year and carried… Continue reading Increase In Advertising Complaints
More than 71 million regional and local newspapers circulate in Britain each week; of these, 61 million are produced by just 20 regional press publishers. The remaining 15% are split between the 150 other regional press publishers, according to analysis carried out by the Newspaper Society.Following the acquisition of Thomson’s regional titles, Trinity International Holdings… Continue reading Top 20 Regional Publishers
ITV and the BBC have announced their joint coverage of Euro ’96. England and Scotland’s final group games, which will decide their quarter-fate in Euro ’96, will be screened live by ITV as will the opening ceremony and England’s first game against Switzerland. Scotland’s first game, against Holland, will also be shown on ITV.Other games… Continue reading ITV And BBC Announce Fixtures For Euro ’96
The Radio Authority has today published its Complaints Bulletin for the fourth quarter of 1995. It gives details of the 135 programming and advertising issues which gave rise to written complaints during this period. The Authority upheld 15 programming complaints and 13 advertising complaints.A penalty of £1,000 was imposed on Scot FM (Central Scotland) because… Continue reading Radio Authority Publishes Complaints Bulletin
