Non-terrestrial television households are set to grow by 1.1 million to 6.8 million by the end of 1997, according to a new survey from Mintel. By the end of 1996 dish sales/rentals had reached 3.8 million and looks set to exceed 4 million by the end of this year. However, cable connections last year exceeded… Continue reading Good Growth Predicted For Cable/Satellite
Agency estimates put the total terrestrial TV revenue for July at £160.320m. Of this, ITV brought in £116.25m (down 2.4% year on year), Channel 4 £36m (down 0.9%) and C5 £8.07m (down 16% on last month). GMTV’s June revenue fell 6.4% to £5.71m.LWT put in the strongest performance among the ITV areas, with a year… Continue reading TV Revenue – July
The Word’s advertisement revenue for the first six months of 1997 has reached almost £3 million, up 35% on last year. Campaigns for Rover, Kingfisher and Halifax helped the company achieve this figure.These campaigns have been running throughout the Word’s regional daily press membership which includes the Oxford Mail, Wolverhampton Express & Star and the… Continue reading Record Results For The Word
BBC1 is believed to be considering a new look to its Saturday evening schedule, with Match of the Day being moved to an earlier slot with a repeat showing later on.Sources suggest that the Corporation is looking at moving the show to a slot either just before or just after the National Lottery. A repeat… Continue reading New Slot For Match Of The Day
Liberty Publishing has said that its Punch title will turn from a weekly into a fortnightly publication from next month. This is apparently due to research which suggested readers could not buy Punch every week due to their heavy reading schedule.…Miller Freeman is reported to be planning a new pan-European weekly magazine aimed at the… Continue reading Punch Goes Fortnightly
Sky has released details of which Premiership football matches they will be showing in the first half of the 1997-98 season, Sky say that each Premier league team will be featured at least twice before Christmas 1997. Big matches coming up include; Liverpool versus Newcastle on 31 August, Arsenal versus Man United on 9 November… Continue reading Sky Premiership Match Details
Publicis Communications is rumoured to be close to signing a deal which would see it acquire SMI, the business-to-business ad agency. According to Campaign SMI has been talking to a number of interested parties though Publicis emerged as the front runner last week.
The Barclay brothers, owners of the European and Scotsman, are believed to be interested in buying Sunday Business . The paper is currently looking for a new owner after it went into receivership last month.
BSkyB’s financial results for the year to June 30 show that pre-tax profits have risen 22% to £314m. This was fuelled by a 26% gain in sales to £1.27 billion, while total paying subscribers grew 878,000 to 6.37 million.…Pearson is selling its Churchill Livingstone medical publishing company to Harcourt General for $92.5mBSkyB: 0171 705 3000
Marie Claire will have a new look London Section from the September issue. It is the latest section of the title to receive a makeover. Juliet Warkentin, editor of the title, said: “London is the place to be at the moment and we wanted to reflect this with a more upbeat and exciting section.”The section… Continue reading Marie Claire Launches New Section
