Interest for the World Athletics Championship shown between 5th August and 13th August has been very low, with only Linford Christie’s unsuccessful defence of his 100 metres title watched by more than 6m viewers. Even the BBC1 highlights of the day’s main events failed to attract more than 5.8 million.Saturday 5th AugustEvents shown on BBC1… Continue reading World Athletic Championships Round Up
The Disney Channel UK is to launch on 1st October, broadcasting daily from 6am to 10pm on the Sky Movies Gold channel 26 (Astra 1B).The Disney Channel UK is a subscription only channel and will not carry advertising. It will be available to Sky satellite and cable dual movie subscribers throughout the UK and Ireland.The… Continue reading Disney Channel Launch
96.4 The Eagle, the new service replacing Radio Mercury in the Guildford area in April 1996, has reached an agreement with Radio Mercury to take over the operation much earlier than was originally planned; 96.4 The Eagle, owned by Surrey & North East Hampshire Radio Ltd, will launch on 4 September.The station, due to its… Continue reading Guildford’s Eagle Flies Earlier Than Planned
Electronic Telegraph, the Telegraph’s on line newspaper, has secured United Airlines and Vauxhall as new advertisers. Vauxhall began advertising on Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) on Tuesday August 22nd and will continue until February 1996. United Airlines advertisement was launched on Monday August 21st and will run for eight weeks in total.The advertisements will rotate around six… Continue reading New Advertisers For Electronic Telegraph
VH-1, the adult music channel is one year old next month and according to new audience research, the channel is out performing other stations in the 25-44 year old bracket.According to BARB, VH1 delivers the highest proportion of ABC1 adults aged under 44 (34%) and 25-44 year olds (62%) of comparable UK TV channels. VH1… Continue reading VH-1 Best For 25-44 Year Olds
Express Newspapers has confirmed that it is to sponsor the new peak time interactive game show, Raise the Roof, with its Daily Express and Sunday Express titles. The programme hosted by Bob Holness, airs on Saturday 2nd September and runs for 17 weeks. Each week contestants will have the opportunity to win a house worth… Continue reading Daily & Sunday Express In TV Sponsorship/London’s Burning
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Express Newspapers and Mirror Group are set to become partners in UK News, the news service for evening newspapers launched two years ago by Northcliffe Newspapers and Westminster Press, after they discontinued subscriptions to PA. Both groups will use UK News instead of the Press Association.Over the next few months UK News plans to expand… Continue reading Express & Mirror Leave PA
July’s combined ITV/C4 revenue figure, based on agency estimates, came in at £148.17 million, up 4.2% year on year. The ITV/C4 split was £114.98m and £33.19m respectively; this is a 78:22 split, as was the case last month.Among the contractors LWT suffered the worst, down 1.52% points on last July to a 10.84% share. Carlton… Continue reading TV Revenue – July
Live viewing figures for Sky Sports’ coverage of the first Premiership match of the season between Arsenal and Middlesbrough last Sunday, have shown that it was watched by 1,061,360 viewers for the average duration of the match and achieved a TVR rating of 8.2. For the peak quarter hour this figure rose to 1,205,838 and… Continue reading Sky Sports Overnights
Talk Radio has announced further changes to programming. Following the acquisition of Simon Bates last week, Talk Radio is to revamp the Drivetime slot bringing in Scott Chisolm, who currently presents UK Today between 1000 and 1300 and co host Lowri Turner, ITV and BBC television presenter.According to Talk Radio, Drivetime will be an “upbeat,… Continue reading Talk Radio Programme Changes
