Amra, the largest single buying unit for the regional press, has radically expanded its structure by appointing three new board directors and two new associate directors in a drive for new business for the medium.With immediate effect Karen Atkinson, Lisa Bourne and Jeff Lawrenson will join the board of Amra, taking the total to seven.… Continue reading New Appointments And Restructure For Amra
ITV’s new programme schedule for the spring and summer will consist of new dramas, entertainment specials, youth shows, major factual ‘event’ programming and a new look to daytime afternoons.Three ‘event’ dramas are the highlights of ITV’s drama portfolio: Poldark, a two-hour costume drama set in Cornwall; The English Wife, a murder mystery set in France;… Continue reading ITV Announces New Programme Schedule
Some more July-December ABC figures have been released. Total ABCs Jl-Dec 95 HomeStyle 83,396 Jane Asher’s Cookery & Craft 128,127 Zeina 40,905 Windows User 33,078 Play 25,424 Net User 18,369 Improve Your Sea Fishing 22,463 Geographical Magazine 20,007 Encounters 29,622
Hard-rock magazine Raw folded last week, five months after it was relaunched as a new-look fortnightly. The title, which had a core readership of young males, had been steadily losing circulation: its last ABC was 25,431, J-Jun 95, compared to 27,594 for the same period in 1994.Rumours that EMAP Metro, which published Raw, is planning… Continue reading Raw Magazine Closes
Presenting the ITV Network Centre’s Review of 1995 Leslie Hill, Chairman of the ITV Association, said: “Last year ITV celebrated its 40th anniversary by being confirmed as the UK’s most popular television channel.” This is confirmed by ITV ending the year with an 11% lead over BBC1.During the year ITV’s top ten programmes all attracted… Continue reading ITV Claims Top Spots For ’95
The latest CAA Advertising Admissions Monitor figures show that January’s average weekly admissions rose by 29.2% compared to January 1995, with a figure of 2.83 million.January’s total monthly admission figure stands at over 12 million, far outreaching January 1995’s figure of 9 million.The impressive January figures were undoubtedly helped by a batch of very popular… Continue reading January Cinema Admisssions Soar
Financial figures released today by media group Pearson show a 23% rise in pre-tax profits, from £298m in 1994 to £365m in 1995. Earnings per share also rose from 40.4p to 47.1p.The record pre-tax profits were boosted by capital gains of £131m on BSkyB and the Information section (which includes newspapers) showed an increase of… Continue reading Pearson Profits Rise To £365m
BSkyB has said that more than 600,000 homes watched the pay-per-view coverage of the Bruno vs Tyson fight on Sunday morning.This means that more than 14% of BSkyB’s subscribers paid £9.95 to see the fight in Britain’s first ever pay-per-view event. Recent Tyson fights in the US have not exceeded 6% of the subscriber base.… Continue reading BSkyB Claims Pay-Per-View Success
The latest Rajar figures to be released for Q4 1995 show that Commercial Radio’s share of listening has fallen below 50% to a 49.7% share, after two periods in 1995, Q2 and Q3 when it was above 50% for the first time. However, weekly reach, at 64% is higher than ever before; the previous best… Continue reading Commercial Radio Share Drops To Below 50%
Commercial radio’s total advertising revenue in 1995 grew by 22.7% to £270.2 million. The final quarter of 1995 took £77.6m which is the highest ever quarterly revenue taken for Commercial Radio.Within this sustained growth, revenue from National advertisers continues to grow more rapidly – growth across 1995 was 28.1%. Latest figures from the Advertising Association… Continue reading Radio Revenue Up By 22.7% In 1995
