Latest data from CAA/EDI shows cinema admissions in the first quarter of 1999 averaged 2.68 million a week – an 8% increase on the last quarter of 1998.The month of March actually fell year on year, dropping by 14.2% compared to March 1998, when the film Titanic contributed to the high admission figures. Total admissions… Continue reading March 1999 Cinema Admissions – First Quarter Up 8%
Interactive television services company, Open, has announced six new content providers ahead of its planned launched this autumn. WHSmith, Going Places, Abbey National, Manchester United, Yellow Pages and Press Association are all on board for the next stage in television services. The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) has published a paper on religious language and imagery… Continue reading Newsline Brief
It is understood that Leeds-based media buying agency Media Brokerage (Mark Nicholas Media) has closed its business with significant outstanding debts. The phone is not being answered at Media Brokerage’s offices.
Customers of supermarket chain Asda are to be given access to CurrantBun.com, the Sun‘s free ISP (see Newsline). The alliance between Asda and News International, owner of the Sun, is to be backed by a major press and television campaign. Asda’s 6 million weekly customers will be offered CurrantBun, which launched at the end of… Continue reading Asda Teams Up With Sun’s CurrantBun
During last week’s IBC UK Digital TV conference (see Newsline), Dermot Nolan, a director from the media consultancy TBS, was determined to highlight the pitfalls of digital television (DTV), and to eliminate any industry illusions surrounding the new television medium.According to projections produced by TBS, digital television has so far underperformed and the UK is… Continue reading ‘Don’t Believe The Hype Of Digital TV’ Says Media Consultancy
United News & Media’s boost from the £575 million acquisition of US technology publisher, CMP Media (see United News & Media Acquires US Technology Group In £575m Deal), continued on Friday. UNM shares finished up 39˝p at 759˝p by the end of trading last week. Positive recommendations from brokers lifted UNM further.A positive trading statement… Continue reading Sharewatch
Leeds-based media and advertising agency, Charles Walls Group (CWG), has announced that 10 Group has backed a management buy-out of the business. 10 Group also owns Brunning in Manchester and SWK in London.The CWG management team involved in the buy-out includes MD Dave McIntosh, sales director Dave Sewards and planning director Owen Williams. 10 Group… Continue reading Charles Walls MBO Funded By 10 Group
The latest national newspaper readership figures, released by the NRS yesterday, show that most of the national market is experiencing a decline in readership. The popular Sundays are suffering substantially with the News Of The World dropping 466,000 readers (4.0%) year on year. The Sunday People fell by 454,000 (9.5%) between the period October 1998-March… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – March 1999
Two thirds of people will be less likely to invest in digital television should the BBC introduce an additional digital licence fee, said TBS director Dermot Nolan at this week’s IBC UK Digital TV Conference.According to a survey carried out by NOP last weekend, 35% of people said they would be much less likely to… Continue reading BBC Digital Licence Fee Will Slow DTV Uptake
A clutch of new programmes enter this week’s top thirty list, which is dominated by ITV product. The most successful of the new programmes was ITV’s Where The Heart Is, which pulled in an audience of 11.7 million and a consolidated viewing share of 44%. Also doing well are the return of BBC1’s They Think… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 18/04/99
