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
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
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.
National Network Radio is to launch a Business Package next week, targeting ABC1 men. The 60 Independent Radio stations involved in the package will carry one bulletin a day covering business news and stocks and shares. Advertisers will be able to buy spots around the bulletins which will also be available for sponsorship.National Network Radio’s… Continue reading National Network Radio Business Package
The latest survey from the IPA on Trends in Television Viewing for the second quarter 1993 shows that viewing levels are 2% lower than in the first half of 1992.The share of this viewing taken by ITV has fallen to below 40% for the first time. The ITV share of viewing to commercial channels has… Continue reading IPA TV Viewing Trends
