Sky television has secured a five-fight deal with Mike Tyson ensuring that any future fight with new WBC champion Frank Bruno, will be shown on the station. The first fight under the new deal will be Tyson’s second comeback fight against Buster Mathis Jr in Las Vegas, shown live on Saturday 4 November.The Tyson deal… Continue reading Sky Sports Signs Five Fight Tyson Deal
MAI, the cash-rich financial services and media group, is considering a number of media developments, and would be well-placed to launch cable and satellite channels, but, contrary to reports by Raymond Snoddy in today’s FT, “there is not timetable in place”, according to Richard Saunders, Director of Development and Communications at MAI.Mr Saunders told MediaTel… Continue reading MAI Planning Cable & Satellite Channels
Home Counties Newspapers has today announced that it has bought Herald Newspapers for £7 million in cash, £2 million of which not be payable until the first anniversary of completion. Herald Newspapers publishes 11 free newspapers split into 23 local editions covering a wide area of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Essex. After the acquisition the… Continue reading Home Counties Buys Herald Newspapers
Future Publishing are to launch another craft magazine in the hope of attracting a more mass market appeal.Quick & Easy Cross Stitch which is a monthly, goes on sale on September 21 with an introductory cover price of 99p, normal price £2.50. It is aimed to appeal to cross-stitchers at all levels and has adopted… Continue reading New Craft Title For Future
Overnight figures for Saturday night’s episode of Casualty, have put its audience at twice as many as ITV’s new quiz show Raise The Roof. Casualty managed to attract a TVR of 27 for a peak quarter hour, an average TVR of 25 and 56% share of audience. This is compared to a TVR of 12… Continue reading Casualty Vs Raise The Roof Overnight
The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) will be discussing monitoring sponsorship activities and how to make those activities work at the 16th Annual Sponsorship Conference which is to be held on 21st September 1995 in London at the Marriott Hotel W1.Publicity Manager for Cornhill Insurance, Geoff Mayhew, will be raising the question “Monitoring your… Continue reading ISBA Annual Sponsorship Conference
The Sunday Telegraph launched its magazine yesterday, becoming the title’s sixth section alongside News, Business, Sport, Review and Appointments, and backed by a £1m promotional push.The magazine opens with “Capital Letter” which muses that for all Sunday Telegraph readers this must be “a moment of bitter disappointment” – many had thought the paper already had… Continue reading Sunday Telegraph – New Magazine Reviewed
At the biennial Royal Television Society convention, the government’s plans for digital TV have come in for criticism from several quarters, including John Birt, director general of the BBC.Mr. Birt said the system could bring marvellous creative opportunities for all broadcasters, but these were being overshadowed by uncertainties, which the government could dispel by announcing… Continue reading Broadcasters Criticise Uncertainty Over Digital TV Plans
The Independent Television has awarded the local delivery for Totton and Hythe to the sole bidder, Videotron Southampton and Eastleigh Ltd. The cash bid from Videotron for the Totton and Hythe franchise was £1, supplementing the percentages of qualifying revenue set by the ITC. Videotron proposes to serve 25,199 homes by the end of 1998.The… Continue reading Franchise Awards
Quorn House Publishing is set to launch a new health and fitness magazine for women aged between 20-65 early next year.Rosemary Conley’s Diet and Fitness Magazine, launching on the 18th January will be a glossy bi-monthly with an initial print run of 400,000 and a cover price of £1.70. The editorial will feature diets, exercises… Continue reading New Women’s Health Magazine
