Cinema Media has announced that it has been appointed as exclusive sales contractor for ABC Cinemas. With 238 screens spread over 90 predominantly high street cinemas, the chain was recently purchased from Virgin Cinemas.Barry Jenkins, Managing Director of ABC Cinemas, said: “We were pleased to award the contract to Cinema Media; their position as market… Continue reading Cinema Media Wins ABC Cinemas Contract
The keynote speech at the PPA Magazines’96 Conference this morning called publishers to re-double their efforts in using computers as a means of communication. Bob Findlay of Findlay Publications, Deputy Chairman of the PPA said that the emergence of the computer will complete a hat trick for the 20th Century after radio and television, and… Continue reading Magazines ’96 Calls Publishers On-Line
BSkyB has announced nine month financial figures which show profit before tax rising 71% to £178 million, turnover up 30% to £736 million and total subscribers now at a record level of 5,349,000. These results coincide with news that BSkyB and Virgin are in talks regarding a new cable and satellite channel and the announcement… Continue reading BSkyB Announces £178m Profit And Plans For More Channels
The new CIA Sensor survey carried out by BMRB for CIA MediaLab reveals that 41% of people believe that the quality of BBC programmes has declined in the last few years, compared with 33% in 1995. Other results show that 22% of adults questioned said that they would read a national newspaper devoted entirely to… Continue reading Poll Reveals 41% Believe BBC Quality Is Declining
Laser Satellite And Cable has recruited James Gibson, Alison Reay, Greig Thirkell and Belinda Mailer to its satellite TV airtime sales venture.Gibson is appointed Sales Controller and Thirkell and Reay are appointed Account Managers. Mailer is appointed Marketing Manager and will report to Mark Brandon, General Manager of Laser Satellite And Cable. Gibson, Thirkell and… Continue reading Laser Satellite And Cable Appoint More Staff
http://www.ppa.co.uk/The PPA’s Internet site was launched at the weekend. Hosted by MediaTel, ‘Magazines.net’ is a large site full of information for both magazine and advertising industries.The site is clearly laid out and easy to navigate with one main index from which to find the relevant information. The main sections of the site are: News (weekly… Continue reading Website Of The Week: PPA
Mohamed Fayed has bought the struggling women’s radio station Viva! for £3 million. Fayed, the owner of Harrods, has been trying for some time to establish a media empire with the formation of a new media arm called Liberty Publishing. He recently tried to buy The Observer newspaper for £25 million but the bid was… Continue reading Fayed Buys Viva!
The second issue of new business paper Sunday Business sold 101,589 copies, a source at the paper told MediaTel. The first issue sold over 145,000 copies.It has also emerged that the paper’s ad director Dorothy Cumpsty has quit the title. No replacement has been found yet. Amid continuing speculation that the title will fold, it… Continue reading Sunday Business Circulation Drops
Irish independent radio stations are continuing to increase their listenership according to the latest J.N.L.R/M.R.B.I Interim Report published this week. The survey shows that nation-wide 53% of listeners tuned into the independent stations each weekday compared to 36% for Radio 1 and 29% for 2FM. For the same six month period last year, the independent… Continue reading Survey Shows Rise In Listenership For Independent Radio Stations
RevenueCombined ITV/C4 revenue for March, based on agency estimates, came in at £174.54 million, an increase of 4.8% on last March. ITV only, at £132.962 million was up by 2.1% year on year, whilst the C4 figure, £41.575 million was up by 14.3%. This puts the ITV:C4 ratio at 76:24. Last March saw C4’s share… Continue reading TV Round-Up – March
