The ITC is inviting applications for a local cable delivery franchise for Daventry and the surrounding areas, extending from the Rugby franchise to the Northamptonshire franchises. The area comprises around 29,000 homes; those not included in the existing Northamptonshire and Rugby franchises, and nine parishes of the South Northamptonshire District, including Bugbrooke and Gayton.Applications must… Continue reading New Cable Franchise For Daventry
According to the Sunday Business, yet another newspaper is to hit the newsstands. The Weekly Journal is relaunching under new ownership; previously owned by the Voice Group, the Journal will be aimed at black professionals as an upmarket alternative to The Voice.The Journal has been bought by a private consortium of black businessmen and women… Continue reading Black Newspaper To Launch
A new piece of technology developed by Pace Micro Technology could be implemented to solve the problem of having to retune millions of VCRs in order for households to receive Channel 5.The problem at the moment is that 60% of the population would receive the Channel 5 signal on a frequency which would interfere with… Continue reading Channel 5 Retune May Not Be Needed
The Nationwide has said that press rumours indicating that it has made an offer of £6 million to sponsor the Football League were ‘pure speculation.’The League is currently sponsored by Endsleigh Insurance. Endsleigh replaced Barclays Bank as sponsor in 1993 and the contract is now up for renegotiation.
The ITC has upheld complaints from viewers who bought a special Coronation Street video. Viewers felt that they were misled by the fact that the video was promoted as “only available on video” but that an edited version of the video was actually broadcast on ITV at a later date.Granada has sent a letter of… Continue reading ITC Upholds Complaints On Corrie Video And Girlie Show
Premier Radio has today issued a statement expressing its disappointment about the RAJAR figures for the last quarter (January to March 1996) which are released today. Full results are embargoed but will be available on MediaTel at 5pm today.Diane Gault, Head of Sales at the London Christian radio station Premier, said, “Although we are disappointed… Continue reading Premier Disappointed By RAJAR Figures
The 2nd annual advertising effectiveness conference, ‘Proof Positive’, took place yesterday at the Park Lane Hotel. The conference, organised by the IPA and Marketing, sought to explore ‘how to make advertising work hard – and be proved to work hard’.Tony Hillier, Director of PIMS Europe, spoke about the impact of marketing on business profitability and… Continue reading Proof Positive Conference Report
The latest Rajar results for Q1 1996 show that Viva!, London’s first radio station aimed at women has recorded too few listeners to appear on Rajar. Viva!, which launched in July last year has been beset with problems, including poor reception in some areas. Last year, Q4 1995, it managed a weekly reach of 1%,… Continue reading Viva! Disappears From Rajar Scale
Half yearly financial results released by Scottish Radio Holdings show that pre-tax profits have risen by 32% to £3.23m and turnover has grown by 57% to £13.33m.Within the group turnover from radio operations grew to £9.32m and profits from Morton Newspapers were up 80% to £673,000. 95% of radio turnover arose from broadcast revenues which… Continue reading Scottish Radio Profits Rise To £3.23m
Commercial Radio has taken £67.7million in the first quarter of 1996; this is the highest ever first quarter revenue and represents a growth of 20% on the first quarter of 1995. Commercial Radio revenue for the year to March 1996 was £281.4 million, a twelve month growth of 21%.Revenue from national advertisers has grown more… Continue reading Commercial Radio Revenue Grows 20% In Q1
