Minster FM, which broadcasts across North Yorkshire and Humberside, has appointed Media Sales & Marketing to handle sales, with effect from today. Minster FM was previously sold by First Choice.Jon Darch, managing director of Minster FM said, “As one of the fastest growing radio stations in the country, we felt it was time for us… Continue reading Minster FM Reappoints MS&M
The latest Cinema Advertising Association admission figures for August show the average weekly admissions increasing by 6.6% year on year to 3.4m for August. This is a monthly total of 15,062,074 million admissions, the highest for years.Big films released this August include The Flintstones, True Lies, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack Nicholson’s Wolf.
Subscribers to BSkyB’s multi-channel package will get more for their increased subscriptions this weekend with the launch of 4 extra stations. Tonight at ten VH-1 (Video Hits One) launches, a new 24-hour satellite music station billed as a “grown-up version of MTV”.VH-1 will play a mix of contemporary and nostalgic music; 60% will come from… Continue reading Sky Channels Launch This Weekend
Marcus Plantin has today outlined ITV’s programming and scheduling philosophy for the coming year; he was speaking at “The Television Revolution in Perspective”, a presentation to advertisers and agencies.He derided the “so-called demise of terrestrial television”, by pointing out that ITV had maintained their peaktime audience share for the past three years and has been… Continue reading Itv Announce 1995 Schedule
The World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association have signed a three year contract worth £1.5m with Sky Sports to broadcast three world ranking snooker tournaments.The deal, which covers the 1994/5, 1995/6, 1996/7 seasons, involves the Regal Welsh, the International Open and the British Open. The British Open and the International Open will be shown exclusively… Continue reading Snooker Signs Three Year Deal With Sky Sports
The Independent is scrapping its daily third section London, and is replacing it with a weekly section called Metro. Metro, which will be thicker than the London section, will cover commuter districts over the south-east of England. This means an increase in the print run of 50%.Editorially the section will have a wider focus, and… Continue reading Independent London Section To Go Weekly
Flextech, the fast expanding broadcasting group with a 20% stake in HTV, as well as various cable interests, has released interim results for the six months ending June 30. Pre-tax losses were £9.02m compared to a loss of £3.2m last year.However, the board said that despite the losses, with secure distribution contracts in place, the… Continue reading Flextech Optimistic Despite Losses
According to Raymond Snoddy writing in today’s FT, Eutelsat, the European satellite organisation is planning to target the UK in a campaign designed to take satellite television more up-market.Eutelsat hopes to use new English language channels on its Hot Bird satellite, due to be launched at the end of November, to reach UK viewers. NBC… Continue reading Satellite TV Aimed More Up-Market
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has announced that OK!’s Jul-Dec 1993 ABC figure, its first audited figure, was overstated by some 30% (28,233) copies, with initial estimations putting the true figure at around 93,446.The inaccuracy was uncovered during routine checks on the Jan-Jun 1994 audit report. The ABC discovered the inaccuracy in the unsolds… Continue reading OK!’S ABC Adjusted By 23%
New 1994 Youth TGI data has been released, revealing that over 77% of 7-19 year olds read magazines, rising to 90% of 15-19 year olds. The top television programme among 7-10 year olds is Gladiators; among 11-14 year olds it is Birds of A Feather and among 15-19 year olds it is Absolutely Fabulous.The survey… Continue reading Youth TGI 1994
