Cable & Wireless today released interim results for 6 months to September 30th. Pre-tax profits rose by 9% to £673 million, which includes the £61 million profits arising from the flotation and part disposal of AsiaSat.Turnover of the company and its subsidiaries increased by 9% to £2.942 million, whilst turnover including share of associates went… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Interim Results
Agency estimates for October show that total revenue for Channel 4 and ITV reached £224.16m, an increase of 10.4% on last year. ITV revenue increased by 11.5% to £175.16m whilst Channel 4 pulled in £49m, which is a smaller rise of 6.9%: this puts the ratio between ITV and Channel 4 at 78:22. LWT had… Continue reading TV Revenue – October
Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Mail titles, is reported to be planning an Internet venture which would launch consumer Web sites carrying a heavy volume of targeted advertising.Associated Electronic Publishing was unavailable for comment but further announcements are expected by the end of the year. The company is also apparently claiming that it will be… Continue reading Associated Set For Online Ads
Liberty Broadcasting Company has announced that its new London radio station, 963 Liberty Radio, will begin transmission on Friday 29 November with a raft of famous-name presenters.Richard Skinner, Simon Bates, Anna Raeburn, Bruno Brookes, Penny Smith, Annabell Giles, Zoe Ball, Carol Keating, Emma Forbes, Sally Meen and Russell Grant have all been signed up to… Continue reading 963 Liberty Radio Launch Date Announced
Mirror Television has, along with Capital Media Group, bought a 50% stake in Blink TV. Blink TV is a new large-screen entertainment system for use in concert venues around the country. The screens are already installed in Wembley and Newcastle arenas, with Birmingham NEC and Sheffield Arena soon following.The venture between Mirror Television and Capital… Continue reading Mirror Launch Blink TV
Future Publishing’s .Net magazine and the Financial Times have joined forces to create Doing Business On-line, a 32 page supplement designed and written to offer practical advice on how businesses can take advantage on the Internet.An initial print run of 460,000 has been set aside for the supplement which will be inserted in Wednesday December… Continue reading FT And .net Launch Internet Supplement
Future Publishing is to launch it’s first film related title called Total Film . The magazine, primarily aimed at male 18-30 readers, concentrates on mainstream feature and action-adventure movies and will have an intial print run of around 110,000 copies.Future has been expanding its core business over the past 18 months and already has a… Continue reading Future To Launch New Film Title
Contrary to trade press reports, the long-awaited daily sports title Sport First will not be launching in January. Editor Bob Harris told Newsline that though the publication was editorially ‘sound’, financial and print arrangements were unsatisfactory and would need to be significantly improved before a launch date was announced. Mr Harris said that negotiations were… Continue reading Sport First Hopes For Launch Next Year
The Christian cable channel Ark2 will have to delay its launch since it has failed to secure enough money to cover its costs.The channel was due to broadcast in October * Christian Cable Channel To Launch and then this was postponed until November 25 which now also seems unlikely. It is not clear whether the… Continue reading Ark2 In Financial Crisis
Media Audits, the advertising consultancy, is to launch a new service early next year to help direct response advertisers get better value from their TV ad campaigns.The new service will link response levels with advertising spots and will be based on a pool of information on clients’ DRTV campaigns including channel, spot duration, transmission time,… Continue reading Media Audits Launches DRTV Evaluation Service
