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Abbott Mead Vickers, the UK advertising group, showed substantial increases in its interim results compared to the first half of 1995. Profit before tax has increased by 35% to £4.70m and turnover is up by 16% to £159.06m. Operating profit has also increased by 27% to £4.59m.The group believe the increases were helped by the… Continue reading Substantial Increases For AMV
The Department of Trade and Industry has agreed to a Channel 5 transmission request which will mean an extra 4 million people will be able to receive the new channel.Channel 5 will now be able to use a redundant transmission channel, channel 35, on which to broadcast to those homes which otherwise would receive interference… Continue reading C5 And DTI Reach Agreement
Electronic Telegraph, the online equivalent of The Daily Telegraph, launches Fantasy Football League Online 96/97 on September 19. The online league is based on the print version but is more visual and interactive. Users choose a squad of 17 players and are allowed a fantasy budget of £55 million. Managers can select the team’s colours… Continue reading Telegraph Launches 96/97 Fantasy League
The Guardian’s New Media Lab will launch a new Internet magazine entitled Shift Control on October 4. Updated weekly, the site will look at culture, arts and lifestyle with material specifically designed for the Internet. Also featured is By Products, a satirical animation which will be updated daily.Shift Control is being sponsored by Whitbread and… Continue reading Guardian Launches Shift Control
United News & Media is believed to have received up to twenty expressions of interest in its regional newspaper business, United Provincial Newspapers, which was put up for sale last month *United Set For Regional Sell-Off. Tony O’Reilly’s Independent Newspapers and Trinity International, the regional newspaper group, are thought to be front-runners in any competition… Continue reading Significant Interest In UPN Titles
According to a report in Sunday Business Channel 5 may have to reduce the advertising revenue forecasts it made to shareholders.It is believed that forecasts of £100m in ad revenue will have to be reduced to £40m after advertisers raised questions about the quality of programmes being offered. As a result of this, shareholders, which… Continue reading C5 May Need To Revise Ad Revenue Forecasts
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising has released its second ISBA members tracking study, which looks at the IPA effectiveness initiative and attitudes to advertising as an effective business tool.The key findings of the research include: consumer advertising still dominates the marketing mix with 87% of the sample rating it to be very important (up… Continue reading IPA Publishes Tracking Study
IPC has announced that Linda Swidenbank will be the new publisher of Essentials and Woman & Home. Currently publisher of the gardening and photographic titles within the Science and Special Interest Group, Swidenbank first joined IPC in 1989 as assistant publisher on Woman’s Realm, Woman and Me. Her appointment will be effective from October 28.…The… Continue reading IPC And AA Appointments
The raft of financial results announced last week caused moderate share price changes amongst the newspaper and television markets.The main news was the announcement of a joint venture between BSkyB and Scottish Television alongside STV’s report of record profits *STV Announces Record Profit. This put STV shares ahead by 3p to 702.5p on Thursday –… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 13/9/96