Scottish Television has today confirmed rumours New Scottish Satellite Channel Rumoured and announced plans for a new channel, Sky Scottish, to be broadcast as a joint venture with BSkyB from November 1st.The channel will initially operate on a two hour per day basis, focusing on news, sports and current affairs including 450 hours of original… Continue reading STV Announces New Channel
United News & Media this morning announced interim financial results which reveal profit before tax reached £151.9m, up 21.5%. Turnover also improved, increasing from £906m to just over £1 billion.In terms of United’s broadcasting interests strong performances by Anglia and Meridian helped lift the division’s profits by 75% and encouraging growth was also reported at… Continue reading United Sees Profits Rise 21.5%
Scottish Television today announced interim results for the six months ending 30 June 1996. A record profit before tax is confirmed, up 39% to £10.3 million with turnover up 15% to £52.2 million. Operating profit from continuing operations is up 22% to £8.8 million.Scottish Television says these figures result from a 7% improvement in advertising… Continue reading STV Announces Record Profit
John Beadell, chief executive of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, has left the organisation to become an independent consultant. No replacement has yet been found.He had worked at ABC for five years, during which time various developments were implemented including electronic auditing, Internet auditing, exhibition auditing and the simultaneous release of consumer magazine audits.…Mark Soden,… Continue reading ABC Chief Exec Leaves
The first weekend of the new autumn schedule has seen a lot of new shows appearing on the top thirty programmes list. The highest entry of the new batch of programmes is LWT’s London’s Burning, which was watched by 12.21 million people. The next best new programme was Heartbeat which achieved an audience of 12.14… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – New Autumn Schedule A Loss With Viewers
Cinema admissions in July averaged 2.29m a week – a 5% year-on-year decrease. This is despite Mission Impossible topping the box office with one of the strongest opening weekend records to date (£4.2m) whilst also becoming the fourth highest grossing film of the year. High performing films for July last year included Judge Dredd and… Continue reading July Sees Drop In Cinema Admissions
Troubled Sunday paper Sunday Business has apparently been saved from closure by Group 2000, the industrial equipment manufacturer. In June the fledgling paper was given 90 days in which to sort its finances out and find a new backer *Sunday Business Faces Restructure.…The Evening Standard will drop its cover-price to 10p today in an effort… Continue reading Newspaper News
The first issue of Minx is out on Thursday at the special price of £1.00. It claims its readers will ‘have a life’ and have aspirations other than wanting to read about ’10 Ways To Act Dumb Around A Smart Guy’ or ‘How To Dress A Stone Lighter’. In terms of editorial the writers have… Continue reading Minx – First Issue Review
A row has broken out between BSkyB and Carlton Select over the ad campaign being used by the Carlton cable channel.According to Janet Goldsmith, Carlton Select’s managing director, BSkyB withdrew the adverts from thirteen Sky channels because the campaign focused on the fact that Carlton Select is a cable-exclusive channel and was therefore a competitor… Continue reading BSkyB Pulls Carlton Select Ads
The Mirror Group this morning released six-month financial results which show that pre-tax profits have reached £39m, an increase of 2.9%. Turnover also rose, up 11.8% to £277.3m. These results were achieved despite a 35% increase in the price of newsprint. The Group says that revenues from L!ve TV had exceeded initial expectations while its… Continue reading Mirror Group Profits Rise By 2.9%
