Rajar director, Roger Gane, reviewed some of the issues concerned in the methodology of the new survey at yesterday’s Radio Fights Back conference. He began by emphasising that for the first time there is now an ‘agreed currency’ for the industry.While Rajar does have a number of characteristics in common with the old survey, Jicrar,… Continue reading Radio Fights Back – Rajar
C4 Chairman, Sir Michael Bishop, has accused ITV of blatantly underselling C4 airtime between 1989 and 1992, as it became clear that C4 would be selling its own space from 1993. He questions the difficulty ITV appeared to have selling C4 airtime, considering the fact the channel was achieving nearly 20% share of viewing on… Continue reading ITV’s C4 Sales Effort Criticised
Rajar director, Roger Gane, reviewed some of the issues concerned in the methodology of the new survey at yesterday’s Radio Fights Back conference. He began by emphasising that for the first time there is now an ‘agreed currency’ for the industry.While Rajar does have a number of characteristics in common with the old survey, Jicrar,… Continue reading Radio Fights Back – Rajar
Ian Hay Davison has been appointed non- executive chairman of Newspaper Publishing having been a non-executive director of the company since 1986.
Michael Heseltine, the Trade and Industry secretary, has given the go- ahead to the sale of The Observer to the Guardian and Manchester Evening News, hence avoiding a Monopolies & Mergers enquiry. Jonathan Fenby will take over as editor of the paper next week.
National Heritage secretary, Peter Brooke, is looking into the possibility of changing broadcasting rules which prevent individual ITV companies from taking over each other. Within the 1990 Broadcasting Act it deems the 14 regional companies as “large”, and therefore unable to iniatiate take- overs.Brooke realises this could result in future problems for certain ITV companies… Continue reading ITV Companies In Policy Change
April estimates of TV revenue came in at £149,440,000 an increase of 6.7% on the same period last year, aswell as a 6.8% improvement of last month’s total. ITV’s revenue showed a month on month increase of 7.6% compared to Channel 4’s 3.3% rise; revenue for each stands at £122,970,000 and £26,480,000 respectively. Channel 4’s… Continue reading TV Round Up – April
From Tuesday June 1 the ITV Network Centre will be based at:200 Gray’s Inn RoadLONDONWC1X 8HFTel: 071 843 8000Fax: 071 843 8158
If the Milk Marketing Board is disband- ed in 1994 the future of the Milk Race could be in danger, losing its main sponsor of almost thirty five years. Organisers of the race are hoping to organise a replacement before the end of June.
Kenneth Clarke has been named as the new Chancellor in a Cabinet shake-up.Environment secretary Michael Howard will succeed Mr Clarke at the Home Office.John Gummer replaces Howard, and Gillian Shephard takes over as new Agriculture secretary.
