Laser sales house has reorganised its management. Simon Pardon and Gary Knight, Laser’s executive sales directors, have both taken on new responsibilities. Knight is now commercial director, he will oversee a new commercial department, concentrating on licensing, merchandising and sponsorship.Pardon retains his original title, but has added London agency sales to his list of responsibilities… Continue reading Laser Changes Directors
BSkyB is planning to bring forward its plans for pay-per-view football matches in the face of possible competition from digital bidder Digital Television Network, according to trade press reports.DTN, the consortium led by International CableTel and backed by Merrill Lynch, is understood to have a large amount of cash set aside with which it will… Continue reading BSkyB Faces Battle For PPV Football
Cable channel TLC, owned by Discovery Communications, will be rebranded as Discovery Home And Leisure from 31 March.The move is aimed at dispelling confusion over what the channel represents. TLC was previously called The Learning Channel and it is believed that many adult viewers were put off from watching the channel because they thought it… Continue reading TLC To Be Rebranded
Following a recent price-cut promotion *Express Cuts PricesThe Express on Saturday put its price up by 10p to 30p last Saturday. It will remain at the 30p price this Saturday, although it will still be on sale for 20p in Scotland. The price is being reviewed on a weekly basis.The 20p edition had apparently given… Continue reading Express Price Cut Ends
Agency estimates put the total terrestrial television revenue for January at £166.65m. Of this, ITV brought in £128.15m, up 1.06% year on year, and Channel 4 came in at £38.5m, up 9.47%. Among the ITV franchises Carlton performed well with a year on year increase of 1.58% points to reach a share of 18.13%. The… Continue reading TV Revenue – January
The Independent Television Commission has received one application for the local cable delivery franchise for South Cumbria. South Cumbria Cable & Telecoms, a company backed by the US Cable Corporation, proposes to offer service to 61,500 homes in the area by the end of 2002. The company offered a bid of £21,525. The ITC will… Continue reading ITC Receives Application For South Cumbria Cable Licence
A new consumer travel magazine, Holidays has launched. The monthly full-colour glossy retails at £1.95 and is published by Exeter-based, Icon Publishing.With an initial print-run of 40,000, Holidays is aiming at AB adults who take at least one foreign holiday per-year. According to the publishers, this group spends in excess of £6 billion annually on… Continue reading Holidays For As Little As £1.95
A report carried out by Datamonitor concludes that the European CD hardware market will almost double over the next five years. By 2001 this market is expected to reach 16 million units, 24% of which will be accounted for by business purchases.The consumer sales sector currently accounts for 79% of sales, while education and business… Continue reading CD Market To Nearly Double By 2001
The number of homes which will require new aerials or aerial upgrades to receive Channel 5 have been underestimated by the channel, according to a report by the Confederation of Aerial Industries (CAI). The estimated total cost for householders is likely to reach £250m.The CAI, the aerial manufacturers’ body, estimates that around 3.4 million homes… Continue reading C5 Aerial Costs Could Reach £250m
