Quarter 1 1997 RAJAR figures, released this afternoon, shows that commercial radio has once again moved ahead of the BBC after increasing its share of listening to 49.4%; 1% point ahead of the BBC.Capital FM is still London’s favourite commercial radio station. Capital Radio 95.8 FM had a weekly of reach of just under 3.5… Continue reading Rajar Q1 – Local Commercial Radio Stations Summary
Rumours have re-emerged this morning that Granada is about to mount a takeover of Yorkshire Tyne-Tees Television. If the move took place it would finally end the speculation which has been building for the past year that Granada would increase its stake of over 20% in the ITV broadcaster. In the past Granada appears to… Continue reading Granada Set To Make Move On YTTV
http://www.the-european.co.ukThe European launched its web site this week; it claims to be the world’s first complete on-line newspaper, although only paying subscribers can access the whole site. This is probably the best place to go for information on European news, politics, business and sport. But, non-subscribers will have to be satisfied with very short summaries.… Continue reading Web Site Of The Week – The European
Colin Davidson will become managing director of the Cheltenham Newspaper and Gloucestershire Newspaper groups, which are both owned by Northcliffe Newspapers, on 5 May.This position is currently held by Ron Hill who will become chairman. Davidson is currently the managing director and managing editor of Northcliffe’s North Devon Journal-Herald group and prior to this he… Continue reading New MD For Northcliffe Titles
Sky TV has appointed Universal McCann as its new media agency. McCann will take over the handling of all planning and buying of Sky’s media from Zenith Media. The takeover date has yet to be confirmed.Sky TV: 0171 705 3113
Carlton Communications has begun talking to BT about creating interactive TV services if the British Digital Broadcasting consortium, which includes Carlton, Granada and BSkyB, wins the digital terrestrial television licence which is being advertised by the ITC.According to a report in today’s Times BDB wants BT to develop interactive services such as home banking and… Continue reading BT And Carlton In Digital Terrestrial Talks
NYNEX CableComms is screening the Sky pay-per-view boxing match on 3 May using its interactive booking service. Customers will be able to ‘book a seat’ in their lounge via their remote control; this is known as impulse pay-per-view. Other customers can order the event using their telephone.The evening’s line-up includes Prince Naseem Hamed v Billy… Continue reading Pay-Per-View Boxing On Cable
Both of the Telegraph titles performed very well in the October-March NRS figures released this week, with the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph recording the largest increases in readership among all the national titles. The Sunday paper increased by 24% year-on-year to 2.299 million, while the daily grew by 16% to 2.84 million. Both of… Continue reading National Newspapers NRS – March
Advertisements in cinemas have an audience recall 12 times greater than commercials on television, says a report published by Opinion Research Business on behalf of the Cinema Advertising Association.The report compared the impact of cinema advertising against television on the first showing of a new ad, using Virgin Atlantic’s cinema campaign targeting economy passengers.From a… Continue reading Research Reveals Greater Impact Of Cinema Ads
Carole Gregory is joining London News Direct 97.3 FM and LBC 1152 AM as regional sales manager. Gregory will be heading a new regional team based in Manchester.London News Radio/LBC: 0171 312 8578
