Today the Financial Times launched a colour supplement about the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.It is the first time for more than 20 years that the FT has brought out a colour magazine. It is the first in a series planned by the paper.The supplement is sponsored by BT, Whitbread, and Intrum Justitia. The… Continue reading FT Colour Supplement – Review
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
Following Peter Brooke’s speech at the Royal Television Society’s conference in which he said that the BBC had made improvements in efficiency in the last few years, (Newsline 17/9) John Birt has called for the government to preserve the value of the licence fee and continue to link it to the retail prices index.Brooke also… Continue reading Broadcast Changes
Viacom International’s bid for Paramount Communications, agreed last Sunday, seems likely to be the beginning of a take-over war. There may be a counter-bid from QVC, the home shopping group, or from Turner Broadcasting, the owner of the CNN television channel. (Newsline 13/9)Either counter-bidder would then sell off Paramount Publishing, whose assets include Simon &… Continue reading Paramount Publishing Up For Sale
There will be a conference on “The Future of TV and Radio Sponsorship” on October 22 1993, to be chaired by Alan Chilton, Chairman of the ITV Sponsorship Committee.The conference, organised by Henry Stewart Conference Studies, aims to provide factual information and guidance useful for broadcasters, sponsors and their agencies.Sponsorship opportunities will be assessed, as… Continue reading Future Of Sponsorship Conference
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
NBC, the US television network, is close to buying Super Channel, the European satellite television channel.Super Channel is broadcast via the Eutelstat satellite, the rival to Astra which carries Sky’s channels. Super Channel resisted a takeover bid from United Artists Entertainment in 1990, but has recently decided that it should be part of a media… Continue reading NBC To Buy Super Channel
John Talbot, administrator of Robert Maxwell Holdings, confirmed that he intends to sell the 54.8% stake that he controls soon.NM Rothschilds will lead the offering and is expected to opt for a book-building exercise, under which large investors are asked to give an early indication of how many shares they would buy and at what… Continue reading MGN SHARE SALE SOON
The combined ITV/C4 revenue estimates for August have come in at £115.90m – a 9.6% increase on the same period last year. The individual revenues for ITV and C4 came in at £95.14m and £20.76m respectively – a 82:18 split – representing ITV’s best performance for a number of months.In terms of contractor shares the… Continue reading AUGUST TV REVENUE & SHARES
Sky News has joined forces with three broadcasters to create an international satellite news exchange.Sky News has linked with CBS News from the United States, VTM in Belgium, and TBS from Japan. Sky News hopes to recruit French and German partners to what it claims will be the first independent satellite news exchange in Europe.The… Continue reading Sky News Linked Globally
