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Bringing its recent investment in new media to $10m, WPP Group has entered into a corporate partnership with Media Technology Ventures (MTV) – a US investment company specialising in information and entertainment technology start-ups. Other investors in MTV include Motorola Multimedia Group (broadband communications and cable modems provider), STET (telecommunications holding company), Justsystems Inc (applications… Continue reading WPP Partners Interactive Investment Company

According to the latest CIA MediaLab survey, Good Housekeeping is the brand that adults would most like to see being turned into a TV show. This comes as the ITC is considering relaxing its rules on “masthead programming”: at the moment a TV show can be turned into a magazine but a magazine cannot be… Continue reading Support Shown For Good Housekeeping TV Show

September’s cinema admissions show a 22.4% decrease year-on-year, averaging 1.85 million per week. This brings the third quarter average to 2.62 million per week, a 1% increase on last year. The monthly total for September was 7.925 million.Top grossing film of the month was once again Independence Day, taking £7.7m, followed by a relatively strong… Continue reading September Cinema Admissions Fall

Northcliffe’s Plymouth Evening Herald and Gloucester Citizen this month won admittance to the IFRA Colour Club, the international body which sets technical standards for all aspects of newspaper production.Northcliffe’s titles are the first English newspapers to be admitted to the body. This year there were 71 applications from 22 countries. A spokeswoman at the regional… Continue reading Northcliffe Titles Win Accolade

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

… Mike Baker, currently Divisional Advertising Marketing Director at IPC with responsibility for all IPC titles, is to join TDI Advertising as Marketing Director, directly replacing Adam Poulter who left in July to join Cinema Media. Baker will join TDI in mid December and will have responsibility across their whole portfolio. It is not clear… Continue reading TDI And Cinema Media Appointments

The BBC and Flextech have outlined the range of channel concepts which will form the basis of their joint venture which was announced at the end of September *BBC Signs Deal With Flextech.The channel concepts are as follows: Showcase: from Pride and Prejudice to Fawlty Towers, spotlighting “the crown jewels of BBC comedy and drama.”… Continue reading BBC Release New Channel Details

Thanks to the continuing Ian/Cindy/David storyline Eastenders is still the most watched programme of the week. Over 17 million people tuned into the episode broadcast on Thursday October 17th. When second showing figures are added the total number of viewers exceeds 22 million, four million higher than Monday’s Coronation Street consolidated figure.Granada’s light entertainment programme… Continue reading Eastenders Still Tops

Young people are turning their back on computer games and returning to music, according to results of a new survey, Youth TGI 1996.Findings reveal that youth are now much more likely to buy pre-recorded music and read music magazines than they were a year ago and have greatly reduced the time they spend playing with… Continue reading Youth Shun Computer Games For Music