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
David Foreman has joined Katz Radio Sales as managing director. He was previously sales director at Scottish Independent Radio Sales.…Carolyn McCall, ad director at the Guardian and Observer , has been appointed to the newly created role of commercial director at the newspaper group.…Laura James has been appointed to the newly created role of head… Continue reading Appointment News
Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, has said that cricket Test matches should be removed from the list of “protected” sports events and the board allowed to negotiate its own broadcast deals unless more funding is received from the Government.His comments come after it was announced that £100m of… Continue reading Cricket Fights For TV Money
BSkyB’s shares fell 11p to 470p on Thursday ahead of the company’s financial results which were announced on Friday. Despite a 22% increase in profits, there appeared to be a general consensus in the market that the figures were disappointing: the broadcaster’s shares slipped 33 to 437p. There is also the fear that future competition,… Continue reading Sharewatch – W/E 15/8/97
Mirror Group is rumoured to be in discussions with Cable & Wireless Communications regarding the setting up of a cable TV advertising sales house. This has been sparked off by last week’s news that Mirror Group would be taking control of Telewest’s Adnet sales house (subscribers see Telewest Ad Division Goes To Mirror Group) and… Continue reading Mirror Group In Talks With CWC
Future Publishing is celebrating the release of the latest January to June ABC figures, with the news that circulation across the whole of the company’s magazine output rose by 62.1%. The best performing title from the company is The Official Playstation Magazine which had a year-on-year increase of 185.7%, going from 51,444 in 1996 to… Continue reading Future Celebrates Year On Year Increases
The latest ABC figures for January to June 1997 have been released today and can be found in Features under Press. Bauer has also released its own audited figures for its publications and can be found in the same section.
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.
