UPN’S daily title, The Sheffield Star will relaunch as a tabloid on September 14th. The paper has seen sales drop by about 30,000 in the last five years to 105,446 (July-December 1993). A change in “editorial culture” will see news and features being combined. UPN is said to be planning other relaunches, but not as… Continue reading Sheffield Star To Go Tabloid
Saatchi & Saatchi has today released pre-tax profits of £15.3m for the 6 months to June 30, an increase of 68% on last year’s profit of £9.1m. Operating profit rose from £18.9m to £21.7m.
Latest ITC statistics show a 22% increase between July 1994 and April 1994 for the total number of telephone lines installed by cable operators. The ITC can provide a full list of cable franchises now offering a telephone service. (071 306 7743). Franchises Residential Business Total Lines Providing Lines Lines Installed Telephony Jul-93 32 167,457… Continue reading Cable Telephone Figures Show Steady Increase
The future of the Media Partnership, the European advertising space buyer set up by WPP and Omnicom, looks uncertain according to a report in last weekend’s Independent on Sunday. The report suggests that Omnicom may pull out of the Partnership following a review of the venture.WPP is due to release its results on Wednesday with… Continue reading Omnicom May Pull Out Of Media Partnership
Comedy, a new monthly title from IPL Magazines, hits the newsstands today with a print run of 50,000 and a cover price of £2.20. The first issue includes features on Alexei Sayle, Tony Hancock and Leslie Nielsen.Ad Manager: Steve Meir (071 287 1271)Mono Pg: £3050Colour Pg: £4500
The ITC has received two applications for a licence to provide a Commercial Additional Service for a ten year period on spare capacity within the broadcast signal for C4 and S4C Wales.The applicants and the amounts of their cash bids are: SimpleActive Limited £78,000 Skytext Limited £355,000The licence will normally be awarded to the highest… Continue reading Applications For Additional Services Licence
Yorkshire Television’s soap Emmerdale has received further criticism for the degree of violence used in some episodes. The Broadcasting Standards Council said yesterday that an episode showing a post office raid “exceeded limits appropriate for such a serial.” Last month the ITC upheld complaints against the same episode.The Broadcasting Standards Council has ordered Yorkshire Television… Continue reading Emmerdale Criticised Again
The IPA has issued its Trends in Television Viewing Report for Quarter 2 1994 which shows that the recent decline in overall television viewing is slowing; year on year patronage levels for ITV, BBC1 and satellite are growing, whilst those for Channel 4 and BBC have shown a slight decline. The decline overall continues, but… Continue reading IPA Trends In Viewing Report – Q2 1994
