Yesterday Emap’s plans to takeover Trans World Communications were approved by the High Court. The judge ruled that the scheme whereby Emap sets up a separate company with its merchant bankers, Schoders, to own two of its radio licences would not be a nominee of Emap nor under its control.He also ruled that the Radio… Continue reading Emap’s Transworld Bid Cleared By Court
Kelvin MacKenzie resigned last night as Managing Director of BSkyB after joining the television station in January. MacKenzie, formerly editor of the Sun for 12 years, said he had resigned after “a personality clash”. This is believed to have been with Sam Chisholm, chief executive.Rupert Murdoch, in a statement, praised MacKenzie’s editorship of the Sun,… Continue reading Mackenzie Leaves BSkyB
… Russell Athletic has signed a sponsorship deal with MTV to sponsor the Formula 1 Weekend which will be broadcast on MTV Europe from 6 to 7 August. This is the first time that Russell Athletic has advertised on MTV Europe.… Honda has signed a three year sponsorship deal with the Football League to become… Continue reading Sponsorship Deals
CLT, the European media group, has conceded defeat in its attempt to break into the UK radio market by giving up its takeover offer for Chiltern Radio. The group has said that it intends to allow the £16.9m offer, which closes on Friday, to lapse unless it has won 50% support. This is all but… Continue reading CLT’s Chiltern Bid Fails
Of the London stations, Capital FM fared best, with total share of listening within the London TSA increasing by 3.7% points to 20.3% compared to the same period last year. The station’s weekly reach also improved, to 32% up from 31% in the same period last year. Capital Gold did not fare so well, with… Continue reading Q2 1994 London Update
Radio now takes a 4% share of all display advertising revenue, according to figures for the year to June’94 released by the Radio Advertising Bureau today. In the second quarter of 1994 commercial radio revenue rose to £52.6m, an increase of 23.1% on the same quarter in 1993.The RAB claims that the growth in revenue… Continue reading Radio Takes 4% Share Of Ad Revenue
A new independent body has been launched, the Joint Industry Committee for Population Standards (JICPOPS), to agree and implement common standards for population statistics and media boundaries.The idea was first discussed at a meeting of advertising and media organisations in May. JICPOPS, a non-profit making body has been set up in a bid to resolve… Continue reading Industry Support For JICPOPS Launch
Societe Europeene des Satellites, the company which operates the Astra television satellite system is facing a potential user revolt, according to Raymond Snoddy writing in the FT today. The problem is due to managerial instability, following last month’s attempt by the board to oust the director general, Pierre Meyrat.A number of users wrote to SES… Continue reading Astra Faces Revolt By Users
The latest Rajar data for Quarter 2 1994 shows commercial radio further increasing its share to 47.4%; this is an increase of 8.5% points on the same period in 1993 and an increase of 2.3% points on Quarter 1 1994. Commercial radio has a reach of 59% (27.8m) compared with 53% a year ago.Although commercial… Continue reading Q2 1994 Network Data
The Rajar results for Quarter 2 1994 show the majority of ILR stations increasing their weekly reach and share of listening against the same quarter last year. Only a hand full of stations experienced a drop in weekly reach of more than 2 percentage points.Stations recording the highest weekly reaches in this period include several… Continue reading Rajar Q2 – ILR Stations
