The Mirror Group and Independent Newspapers of Ireland, which together own 92% of the Independent and Independent On Sunday , have announced that they will increase the amount of funding for the two papers.The undisclosed sum is in addition to the extra £23m cash injection which was announced by the Mirror Group and Independent Newspapers… Continue reading Independent Gets New Funding
The BBC has spent around £200m on its winter schedule, it announced this week. Highlights include a dramatisation of Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, a new prison drama called Insiders and a time travelling police series The Crime Traveller starring Michael French from Eastenders.Christopher Lee will star in the six part Ivanhoe adaptation alongside Susan Lynch… Continue reading BBC Spends £200m On Winter Schedule
Revenue According to agency estimates total TV revenue for November came in at £212.84m, an increase of 11.41% year on year. ITV revenue also rose, increasing 12.29% to £165.49m while C4 rose 8.4% to £47.35m. The revenue ratio for November between ITV and C4 was therefore 78:22.LWT had the largest increase in revenue shares among… Continue reading TV Round-Up – November
Oftel, the telecoms regulator, yesterday published guidelines which it hopes will ensure fair access for all broadcasters to digital TV.Don Cruickshank, director general of Oftel, tried to allay fears of BSkyB dominating access to digital TV through set top boxes. These boxes are the means by which viewers both access digital transmissions and choose which… Continue reading Oftel Aims For Fair Digital TV
An American research company, Communications Industry Researchers, has carried out a survey which reveals that Netscape’s share of browser usage will remain at between 70-80% for the rest of the decade. In comparison, Microsoft’s rival Internet Explorer is not predicted to increase its share much above 20% by 1999.CIR says: “It is not that we… Continue reading Survey Reveals Netscape Browser Dominance
New PHD’s TV sponsorship and programming division Big Time is about to merge with Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO’s sponsorship outfit The Drum.This marks a further closening of ties between the two companies, since New PHD was created by a merger between AMV and PHD in May *AMV Creates Media Giant With PHD.…M&C Saatchi is creating a… Continue reading AMV And PHD In Further Merger
The Times continued to increase sales in November, recording a growth of 16.08% year on year. This growth far outstripped that of other titles in the sector: the Financial Times increased by 1.35% while the Guardian grew by 0.41%. The Independent‘s sales however continued to fall, dropping by 9.62%.Using year on year comparisons the Express… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – November
Raymond Russell Publishing will be launching What Fashion in March next year. The glossy monthly will be aimed at fashion-conscious women in their early twenties, cost £2.20 and have around 220 pages of features and photography spreads.…Future Publishing is rumoured to be planning a yachting title called Sailing Today for a spring launch.…The Irish Press… Continue reading Press Briefs
EMAP Elan is reported to be planning a new health and fitness magazine for the women’s market tentatively called Project Vitality.The title will initially launch as a 100-page supplement to New Woman magazine in the spring and if it is well received will then launch as a stand-alone magazine. This is a similar situation to… Continue reading EMAP Launches New Title
It is understood that Warner Bros will not now be launching its WBTV channel. The animation and family entertainment channel was due to launch in October but was delayed after a wrangle with Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB *WBTV Launch Delayed.The decision to scrap the channel however is thought to be more to do with internal arguments… Continue reading Warner Bros Channel Scrapped
