Granada To Launch Soap Channel Granada, in association with BSkyB, are to launch ‘Granada Platinum’ early in the New Year. With access to both Granada and LWT libraries the channel will be offering programmes such as The Professionals, Dempsey and Makepeace and The Gentle Touch, along with Coronation Street reruns. It is expected to trasmit… Continue reading Granada To Launch Soap Channel
The Independent Television Commission has announced today that it is to reduce the licence fees payable by its licensees in 1995, and has published tariffs for 1996. The fee payable by all of the ITC’s licensees in 1995 (terrestrial, satellite and cable services) has been reduced by 5%, amounting to £0.8m in total. This rebate… Continue reading ITC Reduces Licence Fees
BBC1’s exclusive interview with Princess Diana has predictably topped the programmes ratings list. The Panorama special was watched by 22.77 million exactly 5 million more than the second programme on the list, Monday’s edition of Coronation Street. The first part of the Beatles Anthology, which traced the rise of the Fab Four, only appears at… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – Di Beats Street
The Newspaper Society is calling for “radical reform” of Britain’s libel laws; in its response to the draft defamation bill, it says the government still needs to address such fundamental issues as burden of proof, the role of the jury and the award and calculation of damages.The Society has welcomed the removal of damages awards… Continue reading Newspaper Society Calls For Change To Libel Laws
Zenith Media has published its latest Advertising Expenditure Forecasts. Globally, adspend in print, TV, radio, cinema and outdoor is forecast to be $261 billion in 1995, up by 7.3% on 1994. 1995 is expected to be the high point of growth between now and 1998.In terms of the UK, the economic mood is nervous; exports… Continue reading Gloomy Predictions For Newspapers – Zenith
According to CIA MediaLab’s latest sensor, 43% of adults agree that Blind Date and The Generation Game have become too lewd, 27% disagree and 30% are indifferent or do not know.Perhaps unsurprisingly, older viewers are particularly likely to agree that these shows have become far too smutty; among over-45 year olds, just under half (48%)… Continue reading Blind Date And Generation Game “Too Smutty”
The weather on Sky News is to be sponsored by Tulip; Sky News will include the Tulip Computers sponsorship credits on all opening and closing weather credits as well as on the Sky News menus.The deal, which covers the hourly weather forecasts, will include four different sequences of credits, one for each season. Mark Wood,… Continue reading Sky News Weather Sponsored By Tulip Computers
The first running of the MediaTel Handicap Steeplechase at Plumpton racecourse was postponed yesterday – probably for about 4 months!The snow storms descended as the runners were gathering at the start. Top jockey Richard Dunwoody comments in today’s Sporting Life, “my horse was crossing his legs on the way to the start and you couldn… Continue reading MediaTel Sponsors Plumpton Race
Carlton Profit Up 30% Carlton Communications has today released results for the year ended 30 September 1995; pre-tax profits were up by 30% to £246.7m. The Broadcast Television Division accounts for 49% of their total operating profits, up from 7% two years ago.The new combined Carlton/Central has been a success for the company, with sales… Continue reading Carlton Profit Up 30%
It is reported today that Tony Blair’s private meeting with cable companies yesterday to try and reassure them following the Labour/BT deal went well. It is believed that Blair assured the cable companies that BT would only be allowed access to the market after 1998 if it presented a detailed programme for the construction of… Continue reading Blair Reassures Cable Industry
