Cinema admissions rose 30% in November, with average weekly admissions for the month standing at 2.26 million. Total admissions was 9.698 million, up from 7.443 million the previous year.Subscribers can access the Cinema database by selecting “Cinema” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
The BBC and ITV have agreed a schedule for coverage of matches in the 1998 World Cup and will not be going head-to-head over England’s games.Under the deal, BBC viewers will be able to see live coverage of four of the six first round matches featuring England and Scotland while ITV will cover the other… Continue reading BBC And ITV Announce World Cup Scheduling
The Council has adopted the Directive on price indications; this obliges the indication of the price and price per unit of measure for all products, excepting only works of art, antiques, goods sold at auction and products furnished in the framework of a service. Some other derogations are permitted.
Two of Europe’s biggest players in digital TV development – the German companies Kirch and Bertelsmann – have agreed to stop selling their TV set-top decoder boxes (which can be used for receiving multiple channels and interactive broadcasts) and their digital pay-TV services until the Commission has completed an investigation into the German digital TV… Continue reading DE: Digital Wars Ceasefire
IPC has said that it will be splitting its Specialist Group into two separate publishing arms following yesterday’s announcement that the company has been sold to a management buyout team (see yesterday’s IPC Magazines Gains Independence ).The IPC Music & Sport Group will be headed by Andy McDuff, who becomes its managing director, and the… Continue reading IPC Restructures Specialist Group
It was again a poor month among the national newspapers, with only three titles showing year on year increases in their June-November NRS figures.The Guardian performed particularly well with a rise in readership of almost 7% while the Sunday Telegraph showed an increase of 8%. The People saw the largest readership fall of the month… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – November
The European Parliament Culture Committee voted on 24 September to allocate ECU 20 million for the creation of an Audiovisual Guarantee Fund, with the aim of boosting the Fund’s encouragement of EU audiovisual production. The European Federation of Audiovisual Directors (EFAD) has recently observed that there exists a huge gap between European and North American… Continue reading EU: Culture Committee Backs Fund
ITV today announced the appointment of Howell Henry Chaldicott Lury and Partners to manage the ITV Network Centre account from the New Year onwards.HHCL were in the short list along with incumbent M&C Saatchi, Duckworth Finn Grubb Waters and TBWA Simons Palmer in the recently contested pitch.Commenting on the appointment, John Hardie, marketing and commercial… Continue reading ITV Announces Agency Choice
A new project combining two speech radio stations – LBC 1152 AM and News Direct 97.3FM – could be brought to the north-east of England under a new licence application by London News Radio.North East News Radio is being officially launched with a series of public meetings this month. Interested parties can hear about the… Continue reading London News Radio Looks North-East
Channel 5 is to launch The Pepsi Chart, a weekly music show, early this year. Drawing on the weekly music chart compiled by Pepsi, The Pepsi Chart will feature live acts, celebrities, gossip and ‘stunning graphics’. It will be broadcast “as live” every week from The Hanover Grand, and presented by Rhona Mitra, better known… Continue reading 5 Enters The World Of Music
