On the back of strong six month financial results Reed Elsevier has announced that it has bought Tolley Publishing, a supplier of business information to UK tax and legal markets, from United News & Media for £100m. Pre-tax profits at Reed rose 12% to £416m, with turnover increasing by 7% to £1.7 billion.It was known… Continue reading Reed Buys United News Subsidiary
Channel 4’s controller of arts and entertainment Stuart Cosgrove has increased his team of commissioning editors to create a new Entertainment Group, with Graham K Smith joining C4 as a commissioning editor for the new set-up.Smith has previously worked as a producer for both C4 and BBC2 and has been a director of production company… Continue reading C4 Creates New Entertainment Team
IPC Magazines’ Weeklies has announced the appointment of David Greene as circulation director for all IPC magazines. Mr Greene’s former role covered Weeklies and Southbank Publishing Group but now includes the Specialist Group.Linda Lancaster-Gaye, managing director of the Specialist Group, recognises the importance of the role: “The circulation mix in the Specialist Group is a… Continue reading IPC Extend David Greene’s Role
ITV is claiming that its viewers remained loyal to the special schedule it produced during the Olympic Games.According to its research, ITV increased its lead over BBC1 during peaktime for both weeks compared with the spring/summer average. In the second week initial data indicates a strengthening of ITV’s peaktime lead to 8 share points over… Continue reading ITV Claims Loyal Viewers
Six month financial results released today by Nynex CableComms show that net loss for the period was £35.5 million compared to a loss last year of £43.2m. Total revenue increased by a massive 93%, from £35.3m to £68.1m.Good growth was recorded in the company’s cable television business: revenue increased 74% to £29.2m, with the number… Continue reading Nynex Losses Decrease
BBC1’s decision to add an extra episode of Eastenders during the Olympics, looks to have been a success. 11.02 million people tuned in to watch the episode shown on Friday night at 8.30pm, which is very good for the summer. The first Monday night episode of Eastenders shown on April 11th 1994 attracted 12.56 million… Continue reading 11.02 Million Watch Extra Episode Of Eastenders
BMRB has signed a major contract to introduce Quantime software across all its data-processing operations.The contract is part of a five-year initiative put in place by BMRB in a bid to strengthen and improve its position in the agency league. The Quantime System will be fully integrated across BMRB’s research process, starting with questionnaire design,… Continue reading BMRB To Use Quantime
In a bid to look more modern, the retro cable and satellite channel, Bravo, has redesigned its logo. The channel has developed a more colourful logo to eradicate the view of it as a boring channel showing old films. It is rumoured that approximately £700,000 has been spent in the creation and marketing of the… Continue reading Modern Look For Bravo
The Atlanta Games successfully increased the size of the UK terrestrial television audience by attracting new viewers to television – particularly in the small hours. This is one of the findings of a report published today by CIA Medianetwork.CIA’s analysis of viewing figures across the whole duration of the last weekend of the Games (Friday… Continue reading Olympics Gives Boost To Total TV Audience
The Guardian’s weekly summer sporting review, Sport ’96, will become a permanent feature every Monday. The comprehensive sports round-up features well written and interesting articles by top celebrities and journalists.Interestingly, in a review *(Review: Sport ’96 (The Guardian)) of the supplement when it was released, Newsline quoted: “The one negative point is being only limited… Continue reading Sport ’96 Becomes Permanent
