THAMES: Thames is still trying to reduce its costs, cutting staff to 1230 by 1993. Recent sale of BET stake to Thorn EMI valued Thms at £124.1-£148.9m Thought to have bid around £52m. Turnover – £270.6m of which advg.is 72% Est.Share of ITV ads – 16.33% (Jan’91) Households in region – 5.3m Pre-tax profit –… Continue reading TV Franchise Auctions – Prospects
The ITC has received 3 applications for the national breakfast franchise and 37 applications for regional Channel 3: Regional: No/Applications Borders/Isle of Man 1 Central Scotland 1 Channel Islands 2 East/South/West Mids 1 East England 3 London Weekday 3 London Weekend 2 North/Scotland 3 NE England 2 NW England 2 N Ireland 3 South/SE England… Continue reading 40 Applications Received For Frans.
TV franchise incumbents may end up pay- ing two or three times their current Exchequer Levy in order to retain their franchises, according to a report from stockbrokers Gilbert George.Some incumbents will be forced to bid so highly to retain their franchises that after the franchise auction there will have to be a stringent round… Continue reading TV Franchise Costs
Independent Television Publications has announced that it is planning to give the TV Times a redesign, although it will not reveal any details.The announcement comes in the same week that its main rival, Radio Times, is revamped. Radio Times now carries a double spread of listings for each day. The listings section is now unbroken… Continue reading TV Times Redesign
After the April – June ’90 and October- December ’90 JICRAR surveys, we looked at the picture of radio listening in London, with the launch of Jazz FM, Kiss and Melody and the changes to LBC, BBC National Radio and GLR.The latest survey (April-June’91) ought to reflect a more settled market. Indeed it appears to… Continue reading Mediatel Report- Radio: London Market
ITV’s advertising revenue is continuing to fall, with July’s £120,673,349 show- ing a 2.5% decline on last year, in line with expectations. The increased activity in motor advertising in the run up to the new J registration helped to boost revenue. Prospects for August and the remainder of the year are modest.Amongst the individual contractors,… Continue reading TV Round-Up – July
RESULTS FROM THE PARALLEL RUNFor most of the parallel run period, up to w/e July 14,the new panel indexed on the old was 101%. Then there was a slight rise for two weeks, but a very large rise to 113% for the final week, w/e August 4 . Some important new weighting rims were introduced… Continue reading BARB Bulletin – The Parallel Run
The Radio Times is to introduce some editorial changes next week in an effort to consolidate its position at the top end of the TV listings market.Advertisement director , Ray Bridges, told MediaTel that the changes are backed up by the NRS Average Issue Readership figures , which show that the Radio Times has a… Continue reading Radio Times To Move More Upmarket
Interest in subscribing to the new cable and satellite TV services was expressed by nearly 50% of respondents in a new study by Continental Research.Of those questioned, 10% already subscribed to some of the services, and another 38% said that they were likely to subscribe at a price they could afford. This total of 48%… Continue reading TV Awareness Study
TV-am may become involved in a bid for the new Channel 5 licence should it lose its franchise in October.TV-am had originally announced that it would cease operations if it was un- successful in the franchise round; recent reports suggest that the company has been outbid by both of its rivals.
