Magazine and retail representatives have agreed to develop a set of guidelines in response to Parliamentary criticism about teenage magazines.The guidelines will be drawn up initially by editors, publishers and retailers and will seek to establish benchmarks for both editorial content and retail display of magazines for young people.At a meeting with Home Office Minister… Continue reading Code To Be Developed For Teenage Magazines
TV RevenueCombined ITV/C4 revenue for January, based on agency estimates, came in at £161.98 million, an increase of 6% on last January’s figure, and up 3.9% on December. ITV’s share was 78%, or £126.8 million; C4 took £35.2m, or 22%. This represented a better month for ITV; in December C4’s share of revenue had crept… Continue reading Television Round-Up – January
Practical Photography is relaunching on 12 March (April edition). The new-look title aims to spice up the market with new sections and more news and fashion information, including interviews with top photographers.It is also hoped that the magazine will get away from its current techy image and be much more classy: it will have a… Continue reading Practical Photography To Relaunch
It is rumoured that Virgin Group is in negotiations with CinVen to sell some of its smaller cinemas.A spokesman confirmed that Virgin had been approached regarding selling some of its smaller cinemas inherited from its takeover of MGM, but would not give any further details.Speculation indicates that around 80 of the 120 cinemas would be… Continue reading Virgin May Sell Cinemas
There is press speculation that Nynex and TeleWest, Britain’s two largest cable operators, are set to merge in a deal worth £2 billion. This was provoked by the apparent flurry of meetings between share-holders of both companies in the US. A spokesman for Nynex would not comment on the rumours.…Another press speculation is that Carlton… Continue reading Nynex And Telewest In Merger Rumours
The Department of Trade and Industry has given its consent to Northcliffe Newspapers to acquire Aberdeen Journals, following an enquiry by the Monopolies and Merges Commission.The MMC concluded that the transfer of the papers is not against the public interest. The MMC believe “that it is in Northcliffe’s commercial interests to preserve the independent approach… Continue reading Northcliffe Newspapers Cleared To Acquire Aberdeen Journals
Broadband cable TV subscribers increased by over 400,000 throughout 1995, an increase of 45%. The number has increased threefold over the past three years to a new total of 1.33 million.The ITC’s latest cable statistics, for the last quarter of 1995 show that over 6 million homes have now been passed; this means penetration is… Continue reading Cable Subscribers Treble In Three Years
The Belfast News Letter, the Irish News and the Sunday Life were among the titles which won awards for their sales success at a recent awards ceremony organised by the Newspaper Society.The Belfast News Letter was the winner of the Northcliffe Trophy, the top award for newspapers achieving consistent year-on-year growth over the past three… Continue reading Irish Titles Scoop Newspaper Awards
The number of British households with satellite TV dishes grew by 438,000 in 1995 to a total of 3,369,000, according to the latest figures released by GfK Marketing Services. This compares to a growth of 465,000 during 1994.As usual, December was the strongest month for dish sales, with the market boosted by Christmas. Dish ownership… Continue reading Dish Owners Grow By 77,000
Channel 5 Broadcasting has announced the appointment of Corinne Hollingworth as Controller of Drama.Corinne joins C5B from BBC TV where she has produced two of the BBC’s most successful dramas, EastEnders and Casualty. She is currently Executive Producer on EastEnders and has been a Producer on Casualty since 1993.Corinne Hollingworth said, “I’m looking forward to… Continue reading Channel 5 Appoints EastEnders Producer
