Everett True has been named as the new editor of Vox . He was previously assistant editor of Melody Maker and replaces Steve Sutherland who was also editor of NME. IPC want Sutherland to concentrate totally on NME as the title and its Website will be going through a phase of “major redevelopment”.True will take… Continue reading New Editor For Vox
This magazine claims to be for a cooler kind of couch potato, but cooler than what? Put it this way, when Cult TV arrived in the office this morning, the computer whizz-kids and web-designers were the only ones to get excited, so need I say more about this title.Okay, I am going to try to… Continue reading First Issue Review – Cult TV
Guinness Brewing Worldwide is the first company to sign-up for worldwide sponsorship of the 1999 Rugby World Cup Tournament.ITV has secured the live rights to the tournament, which kick-off in September 1999.Guinness: 0181 965 7700
The ITC is inviting comments on draft proposals for the procedure it intends to follow when considering applications from ITV licencees to renew their licences.Channel 3 licencees, including GMTV and Teletext, can, if they wish, apply to have their licences renewed with effect from 1 January 1999. This is despite the fact that existing licences… Continue reading Channel 3 Licence Renewal
It is estimated that The Lost World, the sequel to Jurassic Park, grossed £5.66m on its opening weekend. While this beats the opening figure achieved by Jurassic Park, which was £4.87m in 1993, it failed to match Independence Day which took £6.9m in its first three days last year.Subscribers can access the Cinema Database by… Continue reading Lost World Cashes In
Agency estimates put the combined ITV/C4 revenue for June at £184.2m, while Channel 5 brought in £9.7m which is an unwelcome fall from May’s figure of £11m. ITV’s revenue was put at £140.2m while C4’s was £44m, up 3.1%.It was the London broadcasters which experienced the greatest year on year changes among the ITV contractors,… Continue reading TV Revenue – June
Reuters, the international news and information group, has released its interim results. They show that revenue was down 2% to £1,409 million, for the six months to 30 June 1997.Operating profit was down 5% to £297 million.As a result, earnings per ordinary share fell 3% to 14.2p.The drop in revenue and operating profit has been… Continue reading Revenue Down At Reuters
For the first time, data on children’s spending habits has been collected as part of the Family Expenditure Survey. The survey, carried out by the Office For National Statistics, has found that children between the ages of 7 and 15 spend, on average, £8.40 a week.All spending by children was covered, including items bought with… Continue reading Kids Are Rolling In It
FutureNet , the web-site run by Pearson New Entertainment, has had its first ABC audit; 1,042,000 page impressions were made during June 1997.MusiciansNet and GamesNet are currently the most popular sites under the FutureNet umbrella. Next month, FoodNet is added to the mix of sites, this will cover everything from recipes to restaurant reviews.Pearson: 0171… Continue reading Future Nets Audit
United News & Media are in discussions with S4C to take a 30% stake its new digital TV company S4C Digital Networks (SDN).SDN was yesterday awarded the digital terrestrial Multiplex A licence, though the ITC stressed that this was conditional on the broadcaster finding another stakeholder in order to strengthen its financial position.United would have… Continue reading UNM Seeks New Route To Digital TV
