Programmes The hype surrounding the six part documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs helped BBC to recover from its recent poor viewing figures. The first episode drew in a viewing audience of 15 million, which rose to 18.91 million with the inclusion of the Sunday repeat. Subsequent weeks saw a drop in viewing figures for the… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – October 1999
Shares in Reuters climbed 37˝p to 677˝p after the information groups 60% stake in software group Tibco paid off as it soared to the second-best place on the FTSE 100.Highbury House Communications rose 2p. The publisher bought RVC Ltd, a software developer that allows newspapers and magazine groups to transfer their publications on to the… Continue reading Sharewatch
The launch of the UK’s first digital radio stations this week (see Digital Radio Launches In The UK) has pushed up shares in a number of radio groups. Capital Radio surged 55p (5.0%) to 1,152˝p; Chrysalis Radio closed up 40p at 955p and GWR, joint-owner of the Digital One national multiplex, finished up 37˝p (7.4%)… Continue reading Sharewatch
The UK cinema industry recently celebrated its most successful weekend ever, 29-31 October, when £13 million was taken in admissions over the three days. The unexpected success of The Blair Witch Project has greatly contributed to this figure, as has Star Wars: The Phantom Menace to cinema’s 1999 annual admissions, which look set to beat… Continue reading Feature: UK Cinema Industry
Investment bank Warburg Pincus is likely to be about to put a price tag on the 18% stake in Channel 5 which was put up for sale at the beginning of the month (see Warburg Pincus To Sell Stake In Channel 5). Channel 5’s existing shareholders – Pearson (24%), United News & Media (29%) and… Continue reading Warburg To Finalise Price For C5 Stake Sale
The first wave of audience data for viewing in Sky Digital television homes shows a substantial fall in viewing share for the main terrestrial channels. The figures, which are currently only available to BARB subscribers, show that share of viewing for both BBC1 and ITV is over 8% points lower in Sky Digital homes than… Continue reading Terrestrial Channels’ Share Falls Back In Digital Homes
ITV achieved top ratings for its live coverage of last night’s England V Scotland Euro 2000 qualifier. Estimated overnight figures show that the game attracted an average audience of 15.6 million which represents a 57% share of total viewing at that time. Viewing figures peaked at almost 18 million, according to the ITV Network.The ITV… Continue reading ITV Scores Top Ratings For England-Scotland Match
MediaTel’s second Media Question Time will take place on Monday 28 February 2000 at the Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House W1 from 6.00pm. The event was hugely well-received when first staged last year and MediaTel is currently assembling another high-calibre panel to take your questions from the floor.Chairing the event again will be the BBC media… Continue reading MediaTel To Hold Second Media Question Time Event
Hello! magazine has reached an out-of-court settlement with OK!, which has finally capitulated in the long-running circulation figures row between the two rivals. Dating back to October last year (see Battle Of The Gossips), the dispute began when Hello! claimed that OK! had distributed inaccurate estimates of its sales figures to advertisers and journalists. The… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Julian Hardy has quit as commerical director of IPC Electric after just three months in the role. It has been reported that he was expecting more from the position and was becoming frustrated by the increasing involvement of the division’s head René Carayol.IPC Electric was unveiled as the internet division of IPC Magazines in September… Continue reading Commercial Director Of IPC Electric Quits
