Carlton Food Network is to extend its transmission hours by beginning broadcasts at 9.00am from 5 January. This represents an extra three hours a day, with the channel broadcasting from 9 to 5. The Network will open the day with Food Network Daily.Carlton Food Network: 0171 432 9000
The Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) has announced ‘wide ranging’ changes to its annual CAVIAR (Cinema and Video Industry Audience Research) survey. Representatives from the film and advertising industries contributed to the redesign process run by BMRB International. The changes to CAVIAR include: talking to children as young as four to understand their impressions of cinema… Continue reading CAA Redesigns Cinema Audience Research
Sky Television has today announced that its new pay-per view movie service will begin broadcasting on Sky Box Office on 1 December.The channel will show a choice of around ten recent movie releases each month from a number of film studios, including Buena Vista International Television, Paramountm Polygram, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. Negotiations… Continue reading Sky Announces PPV Movie Details
The proposed takeover of Virgin Radio by Capital Radio has been put on hold after Margaret Beckett, president of the Board of Trade, decided to extend the deadline for the Monopolies and Mergers Commission to make its report. The MMC had been due to make its report on 14 November but this has now been… Continue reading Capital/Virgin Decision Delayed
ITV’s plans to change its sales policy (subscribers see Sales Houses Propose Change) are being considered by the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) which, in turn, is seeking the view of the IPA. ITV plans to negotiate advertising deals on the basis of the share of clients’ total expenditure on TV advertising rather than… Continue reading ISBA Consults IPA On ITV Sales Policy
BSkyB has announced a drop of £4.7m in pre-tax profits for the three months to September, from £66.3 million to £61.6 million. Revenue however grew 24% to £330.2m. It is also expected that Sam Chisholm will hand over the chief executive title to Mark Booth, JSkyB’s chief operating officer, at today’s company meeting.The reason for… Continue reading Drop In Profits At BSkyB As Chisholm Steps Down
The October Retail Prices Index was announced this morning as 159.5, an increase of 0.1% on the previous month and a rise of 3.7% on October 1996.Subscribers can access RPI trends by selecting “Encyclomedia” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
Over one third (38%) of 15-34 year olds claim they are more likely to tune-in to the Virgin Radio breakfast show since Chris Evans joined, according to CIA MediaLab’s latest Sensor survey. However, 15% of the same age group felt that Evans would put them off listening.Zoe Ball does not seem to have the same… Continue reading Evans Is Beating Ball For Breakfast
A second meeting between Minister of Public Health Tessa Jowell and top magazine publishers (subscribers see Government Affirms Tobacco Advertising Ban) has led to further discussion of the possibility of exempting business titles from the Government’s proposed tobacco advertising ban.As part of its anti-drugs and awareness campaign, the Government has already run ads in women’s… Continue reading Business Titles May Be Exempted From Tobacco Ad Ban
Capital Radio received both the Gold Award for Best Radio Promotion On Screen and the Gold Award for Best Website at this year’s Promax Awards dinner for marketing and promotion. Capital’s ‘Wavelength’ TV ad beat off competition from the BBC and Magic Radio to take the ‘On Screen’ award, and Capital Interactive’s Website clinched the… Continue reading Capital Radio Clinches Gold Awards
