The release last week of Disney’s live action version of 101 Dalmatians and sci-fi movie Star Trek: First Contact has helped make this December’s first weekend takings the best ever.The top three box office films for December 13th to 15th all took a combined total of over £5 million, with 101 Dalmatians taking £2.36 million,… Continue reading 101 Dalmatians Knocks Spots Off The Rest
Cable Operator Telewest is rumoured to be buying a stake in youth cable channel Rapture.At present the channel’s only major backer is United News & Media and it is thought that Telewest’s offer of financial backing would lead to the channel being carried on one of its cable franchises.
The Cable industry has issued a statement regarding the OFT’s comments on BSkyB’s new ratecard. In the statement the Cable industry disagrees that no new evidence had been presented to the OFT and it says that the industry is seeking an opportunity to discuss the issues directly with the OFT.The cable companies believe that BSkyB’s… Continue reading CCA Respond To OFT BSkyB Ratecard Comments
www.lwt.co.ukThe LWT website has been launched on the Internet. The design of the site is very basic at present but there will further additions made to the site. The main sections of the site are: Gladiators LWT Action Talk TV Press Office Postcards The Gladiators section gives browsers detailed information on the Gladiators, the presenters… Continue reading Website Of The Week – LWT
The BBC has entered into talks with cable companies regarding the creation of eight new cable only channels. The new channels are being planned as part of a joint ventures between the BBC and cable operators Flextech and Discovery.The channels being considered include: Showcase – which will feature comedy and drama from the BBC archives.… Continue reading BBC To Set Up 8 New Cable Channels
ITV has re-signed two of its on screen sponsorship deals. Nestle is to continue sponsoring Potamus Park, while Lego Duplo is to carry on sponsoring Tots TV.Lego’s deal starts from January 6th and runs for 28 episodes and again from July 7th for 48 episodes. Nestle’s sponsorship runs from January 7th and lasts for three… Continue reading ITV Re-sign Two TV Sponsors
The bookmaker Ladbroke Racing is planning to launch an online TV betting service. The venture will be done through Two Way TV, the interactive television service Ladbroke recently purchased a 20% stake in, and could possibly involve bets being placed over the Internet.The move comes as betting shops and pools companies look for ways to… Continue reading Ladbroke To Start Online Betting
United News & Media had a fairly bad week on the stock market last week. At the start of the week the company’s share price stood at 663.5p before falling to 646p on Friday. Rivals Southnews had a slightly better week increasing from 446.5p on Monday to 450p on Friday.BSkyB didn’t fair too well this… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 13/12/96
J Walter Thompson has published details of a survey it had commissioned by Beck Consultancy into national daily newspapers. The survey was carried out in the London and South East area between Tuesday September 24th and Saturday September 28th and some of its findings were: The placing of advertisements in broadsheets make no difference as… Continue reading Right Sided Ads No Better Than Left
The national newspaper ABCs for November show that the Times is the most improved title on the market. The News International title showed a 16.08% increase in year-on-year to 783,638 copies. The Daily Mail has also continued to improve its 6-monthly ABC figure, up 13.28% to 2,083,309 copies.In was a similar picture in the Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper November ABCs
