According to recent reports, Carlton Television is planning the launch of a subscription based movie channel on digital terrestrial television. A spokesperson from Carlton could not comment on the issue but it is believed the company will apply for a licence to the ITC for one of the 20 channels available when digital television is… Continue reading Movie Channel For Carlton
Qualities September ABCs released on Friday show that among the daily quality newspapers the Times has performed the best, further narrowing the gap between itself and the Daily Telegraph. The News International title increased its circulation by 18.9% to 810,493 copies in comparison to the Telegraph which grew 1.25% to just over 1 million copies.… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – September
There was little excitement in the media markets last week with most companies experiencing only normal fluctuations in share prices.At the start of the week there was disappointment with United News & Media’s failure to make a move on HTV, resulting in a 10p drop in HTV’s price to 374.5p. United fell 5.5p to 659.5p.Pearson… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 11/10/96
Bill Gates, the Microsoft technology tycoon, and Rupert Murdoch may take advantage of recent changes on the rules for cross-media ownership *(Government Makes Amendments To Broadcasting Bill) with the launch of a new newspaper entitled Equal. According to sources, the British newspaper is planned for launch on March 1 1997 and will be available twice… Continue reading Murdoch/Gates Newspaper Venture
Future Publishing is launching a new technology magazine entitled T3 later this week. As reported in August *(New Magazines), the magazine is priced at £2.95 and has an initial print run of 65,000. A spokesperson from Dennis Publishing confirmed that last week’s launch of Escape magazine was postponed. The revised launch is scheduled for this… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Gwenan Davies and Sophie Reeves have been appointed as assistant publishers at IPC magazines. Gwenan will be working with Jackie Newcombe on Woman, Woman’s Own and Eva.Sophie will report to Sandy Gale working on Chat, Woman’s Realm and Woman’s Weekly.IPC Magazines: 0171 261 6575
Over fifteen million people tuned into London’s Burning on 29th September to see firefighter John Hallam plummet to a fiery grave. An audience of 15.72 million viewers and a consolidated share of 64%, helped to make the show the second most watched programme of the week behind Monday’s edition of Coronation Street.The new series of… Continue reading 15 Million See Hallam’s Flame Extinguish
Independence Day took £25 million during August helping box offices to have their busiest month this decade. The Hollywood blockbuster achieved 4.93 million admissions during the first week of release (w/c 9/8) and broke UK box office records by grossing £6.9 million in the first 3 days.Average weekly admissions for August were 3.69 million and… Continue reading August Cinema Admissions – Independence Day Breaks All Records
The Capital Radio news and current affairs programme, The Way It Is, has been dropped. A spokesperson from the station could not comment on the reason for the decision but it is believed that its replacement, Drivetime Showtime, is Capital’s alternative way for conveying news.Drivetime Showtime, hosted by David Jensen, is a news based programme… Continue reading Capital Axes The Way It Is
Telewest Communications, together with various cable operators, are launching a common set-top box for digital cable television next year. The move could be a direct assault on BSkyB which is launching its own digital service next year. Earlier this year, cable companies voiced their opinions on BSkyB’s dominance in the market *(BSkyB Escapes Monopoly Investigation)… Continue reading Cable Companies Stiffen DTV Competition
