Figures for the first full week of viewing to the newly launched satellite channels and Sky’s Multichannel paid-for package have been released by BARB.Comparing the last full week of August, before the changes on 1st September, with the week ending 12th September it appears that Sky 1 encryption has lost it 1.4% of its total… Continue reading Latest Satellite Viewing Figures
Yesterday at a presentation for advertisers ITV Sport revealed its plans for the new season, supported by new qualitative research.ITV is to focus on four key sports; Football, Rugby, Boxing and Athletics. Matthew Lorenzo, ITV’s new network football presenter, said that sport will be their major weapon in fighting for viewers.Despite the loss of the… Continue reading ITV Sports Presentation
Yesterday Channel 4 and the Independent newspaper launched a new project called Power and the People, designed to bridge the gap between politicians and the electorate.The project aims to improve the current system of opinion polling, by introducing “deliberative polling”. This is whereby a national representative sample of voters study a particular issue before answering… Continue reading C4 / Independent Polling Inititative
Last month the average weekly cinema admissions figure topped the 3 million mark for the first time in 20 years. The August’93 figure of 3.19m was an increase of 28.7% on August’92 and an increase of 9.6% on July’92.August is generally a good month for admissions due to the school holiday period, which was boosted… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Rise Above 3m
MAI, the financial services, information and media group headed by Lord hollick, and owner of Meridian broadcasting company yesterday announced its profits for the year to June 30.Pre-tax profits were up 13% to £80.2m. Although separate figures for Meridian were not available, it was revealed that Meridian was ahead of budget.Southern Newspapers recorded pre-tax profits… Continue reading MAI/Southern Newspapers Profits
The results of the first TGI Youth survey are released this week,revealing that children between the ages of 7 and 19 have a disposable income of £8bn, and even among 7-10 year-olds 50% made their own brand purchasing decision on trainers, for example.Children watch an average of 5 hours a day in front of a… Continue reading Youth TGI Survey Results
At the annual Emmy awards held in California on Sunday night, Prime Suspect 2, the Granada TV series, won the most outstanding mini-series category.Cable television equalled the broadcast networks in number of awards, gaining 16 prizes to equal NBC as top award winner.
GMTV plans to concentrate on the middle ground in future, in the gap between C4’s Big Breakfast and BBC Breakfast News.Greg Dyke, chairman of GMTV, acknowledged yesterday that children no longer watch GMTV, preferring the Big Breakfast, except at weekends, when GMTV runs more cartoons. “We’ve lost the kids”. This follows reports that GMTV was… Continue reading GMTV Opts For Middle Ground
QVC Network Inc yesterday bid $9.5bn (£6.16bn) for Paramount Communications Inc, competing with the $8.2bn bid announced by Viacom International.QVC, although much smaller than both Paramount and Viacom, has the support of its two major shareholders Liberty Media and Comcast.The new bid is likely to be bitterly fought by Paramount and Viacom, which issued a… Continue reading QVC Bids $9.5bn For Paramount
QVC Network Inc yesterday bid $9.5bn (£6.16bn) for Paramount Communications Inc, competing with the $8.2bn bid announced by Viacom International.QVC, although much smaller than both Paramount and Viacom, has the support of its two major shareholders Liberty Media and Comcast.The new bid is likely to be bitterly fought by Paramount and Viacom, which issued a… Continue reading QVC Bids $9.5bn For Paramount
