Scottish Radio Holdings this morning announced final financial figures which show that pre-tax profits have risen 37% to £7 million, while turnover has increased 66% to £28m. SRH’s local newspapers contributed £1.5m to the group’s profits. Like for like ad revenue in the first two months of the new financial year also increased, rising 6%… Continue reading Scot Radio Profits Up 37%
National Heritage Secretary Virginia Bottomley has announced the appointments of David Boulton, Strachan Heppel CB and Susan Lloyd to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission. Their appointments will be for three years and they will become members of the new Broadcasting Standards Commission when the merger of the BCC and the Broadcasting Standards Council takes place on… Continue reading Appointment Briefs
The Mail On Sunday has put up its cover-price by 10p to 85p. The paper’s latest ABC, for October, showed that the title had a circulation of 2.168m, an increase of 6.62% year on year.Associated Newspapers: 0171 938 6000
Border Television has announced its financial results for the six months to October 31st 1996. Pre tax profits rose to £1.52m in 1996 from £1.1m in 1995 (this is a rise of 37%). Net profits rose to £0.95m from £0.69m in 1995.The good results have been attributed to the growth of television advertising revenues (4%)… Continue reading Border Interim Results
CIA Medianetwork today told Newsline that it expects to announce a detailed settlement plan tomorrow in a bid to settle its dispute with Laser once and for all.A source said that last week’s trade press reports that a settlement had been reached to pay Laser the disputed monies for 1995 and 1996 could not be… Continue reading CIA Close To Announcing Settlement
Agency estimates for October show that total revenue for Channel 4 and ITV reached £224.16m. ITV revenue increased to £175.16m whilst Channel 4 pulled in £49m.Impacts were once again down across all categories, with Housewives/Children experiencing the largest drop with 10.1% year on year. CPTs all showed large increases in October: as would be expected,… Continue reading TV Round-Up – October
The Managing Director of Melody Radio, Sheila Porrit, today denied weekend press reports that the station had been put up for sale. Sheila told MediaTel that the story that appeared in the Mail On Sunday was ‘a total fabrication’ and the company was not for sale.Melody Radio: 0171 584 0400
After 2 years of examination a working party comprising representatives from the Advertising Film and Video Producers Association (AFVPA), the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) have produced a new handbook setting out the best practice for the cost effective production of commercials, which replaces the 1987… Continue reading Producing Advertising Commercials – New Handbook
The ITC has announced that it is to investigate the practice of premium channel bundling in the Pay-TV market. A specific complaint has been made against the Disney Channel and its terms of supply will be looked at within the investigation.Under Section 2(2) (a) (ii) of the Broadcasting Act 1990, the ITC has a duty… Continue reading ITC Announces Investigation Into Premium Channel Bundling
United News & Media has increased its 19.9% stake in HTV to just under 30% in a move which will increase United’s share of total UK viewing to 5.5% and of ITV viewing to 18%.United paid £36.7m for the 8.7m HTV shares and the deal is seen by many as a defensive move to block… Continue reading United Raises Stake In HTV
