RevenueCombined ITV/C4 revenue for March, based on agency estimates, came in at £174.54 million, an increase of 4.8% on last March. ITV only, at £132.962 million was up by 2.1% year on year, whilst the C4 figure, £41.575 million was up by 14.3%. This puts the ITV:C4 ratio at 76:24. Last March saw C4’s share… Continue reading TV Round-Up – March
Some topline data from the new POSTAR survey, launched on Tuesday, is now avilable:Average Gross 000s OTS/VAIs by size per week – Q1 Size OTS (Opportunities To See) VAI (Visibly Adjusted Impacts) % (of possible OTS) 6 Sheet 343 40 12 48 Sheet 332 68 20 96 Sheet 423 119 28 Coverage & Frequency National… Continue reading POSTAR Data Released
The Radio Authority has fined Piccadilly Gold (Manchester) £1,000 for breaching sections 90 (1)(a) and (2) (ii) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 and the Authority’s Programme Code. Both the Act and Code prevent licensees broadcasting any material which offends “… against good taste and decency…” and they also prevent “any abusive treatment of the religious… Continue reading Piccadilly Gold Fined By Radio Authority
The Government has announced that it will introduce amendments to the Broadcasting Bill which will relax the rules regarding cross-media ownership.The proposals, put forward by National Heritage minister Lord Inglewood, mean that there will be greater scope for cross-media ownership among local newspaper and radio stations. The development means that one company will be able… Continue reading Government Makes Amendments To Broadcasting Bill
The Radio Authority has offered the new Independent Local Radio licence on the AM (medium wave) bands for The Heads of the South Wales Valleys to Valley Radio Ltd, after studying proposals from three applicants.The licence is for a service which will roughly cover an area from Aberdare to Abergavenny, including Merthyr Tydfil, Tredegar, Ebbw… Continue reading New Local Radio Licence For South Wales Awarded To Valley
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McLean Consumer Publications is launching a new consumer-based holiday magazine entitled Holiday Shopper. The weekly title will begin publication on 23rd May and will cost £1.50. Holiday Shopper will have an initial print-run of 250,000.The Sunday Express has launched a new Sports section. Its first publication was last Sunday, the day before the Daily Express… Continue reading New Consumer Magazine To Launch
McCann-Erickson has completed the final element of its senior management restructure with the appointment of Ben Langdon as managing director and chief executive officer. Discussions between David Warden, chairman of McCann-Erickson, and Langdon, have been going on for nearly six months to bring the chief executive of Collett Dickenson Pearce (CDP) to McCann-Erickson.Optimedia has confirmed… Continue reading Agency Appointments
IPC Magazines has announced that it will be expanding its New Media Publishing department and has made several key appointments to facilitate this.Jonathan Newby is appointed New Media publishing director and will head up the expanded department. He was previously an associate publisher with the IPC Weeklies Group and then publisher within the Specialist Group.Colin… Continue reading IPC Magazines Expands New Media Department
Louis Sherwood, HTV’s group Chairman, has spoken out at the company’s AGM against the high licence payments of some ITV companies. He also called upon the ITC and the Government to announce soon what formula the they will use for calculating new licence payments.Mr Sherwood said: “In this fiercely competitive, multi-channel environment there is no… Continue reading HTV Chairman Attacks ITV Licence Payments
A group of media owners which is believed to include The Telegraph Group, United News & Media, Pearson and Loot are in discussions to launch an Internet service which would provide access to an advertising database site.Hugo Drayton, Marketing Director of the Telegraph, told MediaTel that the service would be run on similar lines to… Continue reading New Plan To Control Internet Ads
