BSkyB is considering charging its subscribers extra to view four England matches scheduled for June. BSkyB has bought the rights to the four match warm-up tournament for next year’s World Cup and is looking at charging viewers between £5 and £10 to see the games.A final decision on this matter is expected next month.
An extra 2 million homes will be able to receive Channel when it starts broadcasting on the Astra satellite from the middle of next week.The move, the first by a British terrestrial broadcaster means, that homes outside of 5’s current terrestrial and cable transmission footprint will now have the option of receiving the fifth channel… Continue reading Channel 5 Makes Its Mark On Satellite Footprint
IPC Magazines has announced that it has bought Here! magazine from G&J UK for an undisclosed amount.G&J will publish its last issue of Here! on May 6. The issue will be bagged together with a sample copy of IPC’s Now magazine. Thereafter, Here! will be incorporated into its former rival weekly Now.The two publishers say… Continue reading Here! Becomes Now
WPP, the world’s biggest advertising group, has published its first quarter results for 1997. The strength of the pound was blamed for the fall in revenues from £390.4 million to £387 million year-on-year. Although, on a like for like basis, revenues were shown to rise by 6% and the gross margin to 7%.Revenue growth was… Continue reading Revenues Rise 6% At WPP
Global advertising group Cordiant has this morning announced a three-way demerger of its businesses to create independently managed companies for Saatchi & Saatchi, Bates and Zenith.Saatchi & Saatchi and Bates will each have listings in London and New York and will jointly own Zenith. Bob Seelert will become chief executive of the Saatchi & Saatchi… Continue reading Cordiant Announces Demerger
The Sunday Business will be undergoing a revamp over the next couple of weeks as it celebrates its first birthday this weekend. A TV listings section will be launched along with special editorial for small and medium-sized businesses. There will also be an expanded IT and economics section.A spokesman for the title told Newsline that… Continue reading Sunday Business To Undergo Revamp
The Conservative Party gained more editorial coverage in the national press for its election ad campaign than any other advertiser in the first quarter of 1997, according to the latest Ads That Make News survey by Propeller Marketing Communications.From January to March 57 stories were written about the Tories’ ads, whilst Labour’s got 24, and… Continue reading Ads That Make News Survey Published
Ready Steady Cook is hoping to mirror the success of its TV show with its new magazine. GE Magazines is currently trailing the magazine spin-off of the TV series in Newcastle. If the experiment is successful the 32 page title will become a nationwide monthly.GE Magazines: 0171 836 0519
After putting back its launch 4 times * Rapture To Launch “Very Soon”, the cable channel Rapture has finally secured cable carriage and aims to begin broadcasting in June. The youth-orientated channel, backed by United News & Media, has now negotiated carriage deals with Cable & Wireless, Comcast, Cabletel and Telewest.Rapture will be based at… Continue reading Rapture Launches
The annual survey carried out by the ITC, Television: The Public’s View 1996, identified television as the main source of news for 68% of homes.The majority of viewers, 73%, considered news programming to be free of bias. Although, 16% felt that ITV favoured a political party, this fell to 12% for Channel 4 and below… Continue reading Its Official, TV Is The Main Source Of News
