According to agency estimates total TV ad revenue for September reached £184.71m, an increase of 2.29% year-on-year. ITV’s revenue remained reasonably static and reached £141.71m, while Channel 4 rose to £43m.Impacts were down across the board during September, with the largest drop being in the Housewives/Children category which fell by 11.4% year-on-year. ABC1 Adults experienced… Continue reading TV Round-Up – September
United News & Media is believed to be the front-runner in the bidding battle for control of Westcountry, the Plymouth-based ITV company.United is reported to have bid around the £75m mark, a greater sum than that offered by other contenders. The acquisition would give United a great deal of control in the southern UK TV… Continue reading United Heads Race For Westcountry
Further moves by the cable industry towards consolidation are expected by City analysts who predict that General Cable will be fought over by TeleWest and Cable & Wireless Communications, the company created last week by a merger between C&W, Nynex, Bell Cablemedia and Videotron *Cable Companies Merge.General des Eaux, a 40% holder in General Cable,… Continue reading Cable Consolidation Could Continue
Ogilvy & Mather has published an in-depth study called The Devil Is In The Details which examines what life might be like for business under a Labour government.Overall the study concludes that life under Labour will not be significantly different from life under the Conservatives. Broad economic policy will remain the same, but radical changes… Continue reading Ad Agencies Would “Suffer Under Labour”
SP Consultants, the BARB data analysis and software development company, has announced that Brian Davies will become its new managing director as from November 1.As reported on *Brian Davies Joins SP Consultants Mr Davies joins from Taylor Nelson AGB where he is commercial director of the AGB BARB bureau, with responsibility for the development and… Continue reading New SP Consultants MD Joins This Week
Warner Brothers’ new cartoon and entertainment channel WBTV may not launch on Friday as was originally scheduled *Sky Unveils More New Channels.The channel, part of the new Autumn launches which Sky 2, Sky Sports 3 and GSB were part of, was due to be carried via the Astra satellite which is part-owned by Rupert Murdoch.… Continue reading WBTV Launch May Be Delayed
The National Readership Survey for September has shown that, among the quality daily newspapers, the FT recorded the biggest increase in readership, rising over 10% to 776,000. The Daily Telegraph saw its readership slump by 9.16% and the Independent lost 66,000 readers. Among the Sunday qualities, only News International’s Sunday Times managed to grow its… Continue reading NRS Figures – September
The Financial Times supplement How To Spend It will be produced on a monthly basis from March next year. The title is currently available six times a year.For full pagination on current newspaper supplements, subscribers should click here.FT: 0171 873 3000
The only media company announcing financial results this week is ITV broadcaster Grampian, which will today announce interim results, while BSkyB will hold a company meeting on Friday.On Thursday the Electronic Telegraph will open the first ever live exhibition on the Internet, Virtex ’96. The virtual reality show will be open to visitors throughout the… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Rajar Q3 data released on Friday shows that BBC Radio now has a share of listening of 48.9%, giving it a slight lead over Commercial Radio which has a share of 48.8%.Virgin (AM) was the only National Commercial station to record a loss in its weekly reach while BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 3… Continue reading Rajar Q3 Released
