ITV network director, Marcus Plantin has promised that fewer programme repeats will feature in the network’s autumn and winter schedules in an effort to stave off competition from cable and satellite stations. Speaking at the Golden Rose television festival in Montreux, Plantin criticised BBC’s recent return to repeats on Tuesday nights claiming that it is… Continue reading Plantin Promises Fewer Repeats On ITV
Sky Sports has secured exclusive rights to screen live coverage of the heavy- weight title between Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno later this year. The contest has been named by Sky as “The Battle of Britain” and should take place in mid-September depending on how Lewis fares in his bout against Tony Tucker tomorrow.MTV LAUNCHES… Continue reading Sky To Screen Lewis/Bruno Fight
There has been a major reshuffle of News International advertising staff with the following appointments being confirmed yesterday; Clive Milner has been appointed advertising director for News Group Newspapers, covering The Sun, News of The World and Today Camilla Rhodes is advertising director for Times Newspapers consisting of The Times and The Sunday Times.
Virgin will launch a promotion campaign this weekend which is due to appear in the national press over the next six months. The campaign will take genres of advertising and superimpose the Virgin 1215 message.Commenting on the £1.5m promotion,chief executive David Campbell says, “The objective is not only to support the station over the launch… Continue reading Virgin Spends £1.5m On Promotion
MTV, in conjunction with television research company, RSMB, has conducted a study released today which measures out of home television viewing.A summary of the study’s results is as follows; The measurement of out of home viewing adds 2% to the levels of terrestrial channel viewing but 15% to satellite channels 8.2 million adults watch television… Continue reading Ooh Factor Examined By Mtv
.. Jonathan Shier, former deputy chief executive of Thames Television, is tipped for the position of senior manager at News International…. Publicis media arm, Optimedia, has broken ties with Outdoor Focus, following speculation that it was to take a 20% stake in the company…. Collett Dickenson Pearce is putting its office at 110 Euston Road… Continue reading Industry Snippets
PM OPPOSES STATUTORY CONTROLSpeaking at the Newspaper Society’s AGM lunch yesterday the Prime Minister John Major told regional newspaper publishers that he favoured the concept of press self-regulation as opposed to statutory controls. “We were very encouraged by the Prime Minister’s remarks regarding self-regulation” says the Society’s director Dugal Nisbet-Smith; “He has confirmed the Government’s… Continue reading Your Garden – Brand New Gardening Monthly Magazine
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Bite, the glossy women’s monthly from Ann Summers, hits the newsstands this week with an ambitious print run of 180,000. The 100-page magazine is aimed at 25-34 ABC1 women and has a cover price of £1.95.While most of the editorial centres around the subject of sex it differs from the plethora of women’s erotic magazines… Continue reading Bite Magazine First Issue Report
According to the second research study compiled for the PPA and launched at Magazines ’93, the CTN sector has a very high share of the news business (83%) compared with its share of other core products such as tobacco (50%).The study, entitled ‘The profitability of magazine selling’ reveals that the PR case for magazines is… Continue reading The Profitability Of Magazine Selling
Andrew Pike of the Independent On Sunday has shot down speculation that the paper is planning a revamp in the near future, and denies that it is to ditch its tabloid business section, as suggested in this week’s trade press.Speaking to MediaTel this morning he stressed that the stigma which may previously have been attached… Continue reading IoS Revamp On The Back Burner
