National NewspapersThe latest NRS AIR estimates for October to March show that national newspaper total readership is falling, down by 1.107 million readers year on year.News International’s Sun and Times have both increased readership however, recording AIRs of 10.415 million and 1.648 million respectively, up 7.15% and 3.63%. Associated’s Daily Mail recorded the biggest increase… Continue reading NRS Round-Up – October To March 96
http://www.scifi.com/‘The Dominion’, the Sci-Fi Channel’s Internet pages, is more of a science fiction resource than a cable television media site, featuring everything a sci-fi fan could want.There are eight sections to the site: What’s New: new features of the site including latest contests and special events Sci-Fi Feed: this is the main section related to… Continue reading Website Of The Week: The Sci-Fi Channel
The ITC has announced that Diamond Cable was the only company to apply for the local delivery franchise covering the Vale of Belvoir (Newsline 19/02).Diamond proposes to serve 4,545 homes by the end of the year 2000 and has bid the sum of £1. The ITC must now assess the business and technical plans put… Continue reading Diamond Applies For Cable Franchise
Flextech’s first quarter results show that pre-tax losses were £3.6m, an improvement on the same period last year which saw losses hit £4m. Turnover has also improved, rising from £7.4m last year to £9.9m this year.More details regarding Flextech’s latest channel, the Sega Channel, are also emerging. It will launch in July and carry 25… Continue reading Flextech Announces First Quarter Losses
Bell Cablemedia has reported a net loss of £19.5 million for the three months to March 31 1996; last year the same period reported an income of £1.2 million, but this was attributable to a £9.1 million gain from the Videotron flotation.Total revenue for the quarter was £15.8 million, an increase of 87% over the… Continue reading Bell Cablemedia Reports Loss Of £19.5 Million
A new middle market Sunday newspaper with an environmental slant called The Planet on Sunday is due to launch on June 16th.The paper, set up by Austin Mitchell from the Sunday Sport, will have an initial print-run of 600,000, have 48 pages and cost around 65p. It is believed that the launch fund of £500,000… Continue reading New Sunday Paper To Launch
Pre-tax profits at The Telegraph amounted to £6.6m for 1996’s first quarter compared with £8.7m for the same period last year.Total turnover however rose by 18.9% to £72.9 m and newspaper circulation revenue rose by £9.2m, reflecting the two recent cover price increases on The Daily Telegraph, the elimination of the weekend voucher schemes and… Continue reading Telegraph Shows Drop In Profits
The Daily Mirror’s sponsorship of Carlton’s new show Take Your Pick is the first to include a sponsor being verbally mentioned during a programme rather than just in the credits.Although branded sponsor mentions have not been seen before, ITC rules allow two mentions of a sponsor within game shows only. The rules therefore allowed The… Continue reading Daily Mirror Breaks New Sponsorship Ground
On-line information provider MAID has revealed pre-tax losses of £1.4 million for Quarter 1. This compares with a profit of £211,000 for the same period last year.Turnover was up 59% however to £4.5 million and new subscriber wins soared by 225% on Q1 1995. The Board believes that the results reflect the global expansion of… Continue reading MAID Turns Profit Into Loss
QualitiesApril saw the majority of the quality titles suffering a drop in circulation compared to last year. The Times however continued to improve, up by 3.79% or over 23,000 copies to 654,213 copies. The Financial Times was the only other quality daily to improve its monthly figure year on year, up by 0.46%, or 1,342… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – April
