A year on from its launch, the glossy BBC Family Life magazine has folded after apparently achieving less than half of its 200,000 target sales.BBC Family Life (see First Issue Review – BBC Family Life) was a monthly publication aimed at parents of four to fourteen year olds, but its pre-launch positive feedback did not… Continue reading Less Than A Year After Launch, BBC Family Life Magazine Folds
Agency estimates for June 1998 put total terrestrial TV ad revenue at £182.09 million, a fall year on year for ITV, Channel 4 and GMTV, and a continuing rise for Channel 5.ITV’s total revenue was down 6.5% to £131.04 million, C4’s fell 7.0% to £40.90 million, and C5’s reached £10.15 million, arise of 4.6%. GMTV… Continue reading TV Revenue – June 1998
Editor of The Guardian‘s Weekend magazine, Deborah Orr, has been appointed as Guardian literary editor. She will chair the judging of the annual Guardian Fiction Award, announced in December.Orr replaces Stephen Moss who will shortly become cricket correspondent for the Sporting Life.Guardian: 0171 239 9696
The Football Association has announced today that its F.A. Cup is to be sponsored by French insurance group AXA for four years. The Cup was previously sponsored by Littlewoods.The £20m association, which begins immediately, means the competition will now be called ‘The AXA Sponsored F.A. Cup’. The deal also gives AXA title sponsorship of this… Continue reading F.A. Gets Four Year AXA Sponsorship
Over the duration of the British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone, the ITV Formula One website (http://www.itvf1.com/) had over 500,000 visits. Sponsored by Ford, and produced in conjunction with Haymarket Publishing F1 magazine, the website proved itself to be an unprecedented success during the weekend according to ITV figures.Ian McCullough, operations director at ITV sales… Continue reading Silverstone Success For ITV Formula One Website
The media industry has offered mixed views regarding the new ITV Autumn schedule launch that was unveiled yesterday (see ‘Refreshment, Renewal And Reality,’ Says ITV).John Baylon, TV Buyer at Leo Burnett, summed up the general feeling when he told Newsline that the package of programmes “showed some encouraging signs, but the channel could do more.”… Continue reading Industry Reacts With Mixed Feelings To ITV Programme Schedule
Sky is to rename its movie channels for the second time in nine months (see Sky Channels To Be Rebranded) in an attempt to improve ‘audience satisfaction’.Sky’s general manager, Elizabeth Murdoch, said today: “After extensive customer research we have concluded that we can further improve our service by creating differentiated channels that have a clear… Continue reading Second Sky Rebranding In Nine Months
Rita Lewis, who launched Flextech’s Playboy TV, has been appointed as publishing director of IPC Magazines’ women’s titles Marie Claire, Woman’s Journal, Options, 19 and Mizz. She is currently head of brand development at Flextech TV.Previously, Lewis was managing director of EMAP Women’s Group (now EMAP Elan) responsible for titles including Elle and New Woman.Chris… Continue reading IPC Magazines Appoints Publishing Director For Women’s Titles
Tomorrow sees the publishing of Continental Research’s pre-launch report on the UK market for digital television, which shows that terrestrial TV operators will lead the way in the race to secure digital television customers.Continental’s research shows that digital terrestrial television (DTT) will command more subscribers in 2003 than either digital cable or digital satellite individually.… Continue reading Terrestrial To Lead Digital TV Uptake, Says Survey
Pearson TV has acquired a 12.3% stake in the Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC), a consortium which plans to launch a ‘distinctive’ digital TV film service early next year (see Digital Broadcasting Company Plans ‘Distinctive’ Movie Service).DBC was established in January this year by St James’ Investment Partnership and is lead by Richard Dunn, previously chief… Continue reading Pearson Television Joins Digital Broadcasting Company
