Channel 4 chairman, Sir Michael Bishop, and chief executive, Michael Grade, yesterday met with Peter Brooke, the National Heritage secretary, to persuade him to remove present funding arrangements, which they say could result in Channel 4 paying £500m to ITV over 10 years. They claim this would go straight into ITV profits rather than funding… Continue reading ITV Hits Back Over Channel 4 Funding
Regional advertising monthly, Adline, completes the second stage of its relaunch in July, moving to a larger format, dedicating news pages to each region every month and becoming available through the bookstands for the first time.Adline – 021 446 4466
Guardian Media Group has confirmed that it is to seek a judicial review of the Radio Authority decision which has cleared the way for EMAP to mount a takeover bid for Trans World Communications (which owns radio stations in the north of England and in Wales). The bid has been cleared despite the fact that… Continue reading EMAP Takeover Of TWC To Be Legally Challenged
REVENUEThe combined TV revenue figure for May, based on agency estimates, came in at £175,434,200, the highest since October 1992 and an increase on May’93 of 22%. C4 and ITV revenue came in at £141.77m and £33.67m respectively. The ITV:C4 revenue share ratio is therefore 81:19 and shows ITV gaining a little ground from C4… Continue reading Television Round-Up – May
Channel 4 today launched their New Season which their say confirms their remit to produce more distictive programming. Main features of the summer season include The Long War, which marks the 25th anniversary of the dispatch of British Troops to Northern Ireland in which Irish commentators such as Brian Keenan and Mary Holland explore the… Continue reading Channel 4 Summer Season
Pensions specialist NPI is taking part in a British Heritage-themed sponsorship initiative with The Times and Classic FM. The promotion gives concessions to 50 historic houses, and there will be the opportunity to win a £15,000 NPI investment plan. Sponsorship consultants are Spero Communications.
The ITC has received just one application for the local delivery franchise for Blackpool and Fylde – from Cable Communications Fylde and Wire, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SBC CableComms (UK).The service will be offered to 101,000 homesThe application now goes for technical scrutiny – a decision to be announced in the autumn.Cable Communications – 0722… Continue reading Blackpool Cable Franchise
Unofficial overnight viewing figures for Saturday’s World Cup game between Ireland and Italy show the game achieved an average audience of 11.2m. The audience peaked at 13.3m towards the end of the match.The match was screened by ITV at 8.50pm on Saturday. Ireland’s next match, against Mexico, will be screened at 17.15pm on Friday.
London cable operator, Videotron, has joined forces with Carlton and LWT to produce an interactive news service. An experiment began yesterday enabling Videotron’s 200,000 subscribers to choose between four versions of the regional news programmes After 5 and London Tonight. Using a colour coded handset viewers can choose between the latest local news, travel and… Continue reading Interactive TV News
The BBC has decided not to renew the contract to broadcast horseracing at Cheltenham, after the racecourse asked for a five-fold increase in its fee. It appears likely that Channel 4 will take up the contract, which includes the National Hunt Festival.BIG BREAKFAST COMPLAINTS UPHELDThe Broadcasting Complaints Commission has upheld two complaints against Channel 4’s… Continue reading BBC Drops Cheltenham Coverage
