BBC1’s new soap opera about a middle-clase family which started on Wed 31 May, attracted just 7.67m viewers. This is half a million less than the last new BBC soap, Eldorado which attracted 8.3 millions for its first episode, before it was doomed to failure.ITV’s policy of ignoring bank holiday seems to be backfiring on… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – Castles Only Attracts 7.67m
June 12th was the deadline for the application for the local delivery franchise for Wythall.The applicant is Birmingham Cable Ltd, the operator of the adjacent Birmingham Cable franchise. The application proposes to offer service by the end of 1996 to 4000 homes. The cash bid made by the applicant is £1.For more information contact: Mr… Continue reading Wythall Franchise Applied For
According to research conducted by the ISBA’s Press Action Group, advertisers would spend more money on press advertising if there was more readership data available.Respondents to the survey together account for £200m worth of press ad spend and nearly a third (31%) said the lack of readership data made them spend less in press advertising.The… Continue reading More Readership Details Say Advertisers
Today Channel 4 unveiled its summer programme schedule. It includes a wide and varied reach of programmes which include a bank holiday weekend devoted to science fiction called The Final Frontier; a 50th anniversary rememberance of Hiroshima; a strand of programmes examining the death penalty, called Lethal Justice, and a season of programmes for gay… Continue reading Channel 4 Summer Programme Launch
Portsmouth and Sunderland (P&SN) newspaper publishers and printing and convenience store retailing has announced pre tax profits of £8.3m. A year on year comparison shows an increase of 29%, from £7.3m.P&SN’s publishing revenue rose by 6% to £52.7m. Advertising revenue increased by 5% to £37.4m. The increase was greater in the first half year (+7%)… Continue reading Portsmouth & Sunderland Paper Results
A top level conference of ITV chiefs has been held to thrash out a new strategy to halt the slide in the TV ratings against the BBC and Channel 4, according to the Independent today.The meeting was held in Belfast last month to dicuss how to bring forward a range of new popular programming. Some… Continue reading ITV Chiefs Talk On Ratings
The Sun yesterday added 2p to its cover price, bringing it back to 25p, which is what it was before it started the price war in July 1993. This rise in cover price has been attributed to increases in newsprint prices, of around 30% and due to take effect from next month. News International made… Continue reading Sun Back To Full Cover Price
Live TV, the new cable channel, has launched today. The new 24 hour entertainment and lifestyle channel is headed by Janet Street Porter and owned by the Mirror Group.Donna Bernard and Rhodri Williams presented the new morning show at 9am this morning; other presenters include Esther McVey from BBC1’s Good Morning and Shelley Webb, wife… Continue reading Live TV Launch
Today sees the launch of The Independent’s newly revamped Section Two; it is now in tabloid form, and covers “latest cultural trends.” The main section will cover news, home, foreign, business, sports and comment.Each day will also cover a specific topic, Mondays is Network and architecture Tuesdays, media and science, Wednesdays health, finance and law,… Continue reading Independent Section 2 Review
On the 27th July, Future Publishing are to launch yet another Internet magazine from their stable of computer titles. However, The.net Directory is a dedicated bi-monthly listings magazine, providing review-based site listings and will be split up into 8 different sections.Its first issue has 196 pages in a slender A4 format, and has a cover… Continue reading New Internet Titles
