Andy Jones, media director with Glasgow-based Bridge Alliance, left the agency unexpectedly this week. His departure on Wednesday has left deputy media director Anne MacLean in charge of the department until a replacement is decided.
Total ITV/C4 combined revenue for May came in at £143.83m, up 7.3% on last year but down £5.61m on April. In terms of ITV/C4 split both revenues fell on last month, although ITV by a higher percentage (4.2%) to £117.83 whilst C4’s revenue was 1.8% down on April at £26m. C4’s improved its share of… Continue reading TV Round Up – May
The Media Research Group is holding a summer drinks evening on Thursday 15th July at Slightly Olivers, 26 Red Lion Street, London WC1. Any queries please contact Belinda Beeftink at Telmar on 071 224 9992.
Yorkshire based publisher, Garnett Dickinson, is launching a rugby magazine on September 1, to coincide with the start of the new season.Aptly named, Rugby Monthly is geared specifically towards rugby union, targeting players and club enthusiasts in particular. With an initial print- run of 60,000 and cover price of £2 the title is emerging into… Continue reading Garnett Dickinson Launches Rugby Mag
Arts controller at LWT, Melvyn Bragg, has proposed that a percentage of the BBC licence fee should be used to produce public service programmes for ITV, Channel 4 and satellite stations. Faced with a ratings battle, ITV will find it increasingly difficult to fulfil public service duties, he stresses.
Arts controller at LWT, Melvyn Bragg, has proposed that a percentage of the BBC licence fee should be used to produce public service programmes for ITV, Channel 4 and satellite stations. Faced with a ratings battle, ITV will find it increasingly difficult to fulfil public service duties, he stresses.
Future Publishing is approaching its latest planned launch from a different angle, giving it an elusive quality before even reaching the newsstands.The Edge will be introduced with an exceptionally low print run of 40,000 to create a niche market for the title, making it initially available to hard core computer readers and hence slowly building… Continue reading Different Angle For Future Mag
ITV plans to move News at Ten to an earlier slot (Newsline – 22/6) have met with strong resistance at Westminster where more than 50 MPs signed a motion condemning the move.Chief executives of the sixteen ITV companies are expected to ratify the change on July 5th. The ITV broadcast board has already agreed to… Continue reading Save The News At Ten Campaign
Speaking to MediaTel this morning about recently leaked RAJAR data claiming that Virgin 1215 achieved a poor reach in May of 7%, Ellie Smith strongly denied that the station was worried about the final result to be released in August, claiming that internal figures have been very encouraging so far.If the figures are accurate then… Continue reading Virgin Denies Rajar Figures
Cinema admissions are continuing to increase with the average weekly admissions figure for May up by 5.7% year-on-year to 1.74m.Major films released in May included Indecent Proposal, Groundhog Day and Cop And A Half. This compares to Basic Instict, Howards End and Waynes World which were released in May 1992.The May figure is down on… Continue reading Cinema Admissions – May
