The latest July to December ABCs to be released include: TITLE Jul-Dec’94 Jul-Dec’95 %Ch Actual Ch Hair Flair 53,454 62,930 17.72 9,476 Times Educational Supplement 111,887 117,050 4.61 5,163 Candis 476,400 477,545 0.24 1,145 BBC Good Food 438,715 425,098 -3.1 -13,617 The Gardener 34,280 31,776 -7.3 -2,504 These titles have switched their reporting periods from… Continue reading Latest Jul-Dec ABCs
Islington is to get a new weekly newspaper from this Friday, 1 March. Ham & High is launching the Highbury and Islington Express, a paid-for title to cover the borough of Islington. Each issue, with a 40p cover price, will have over 100 pages and will cover comprehensive local news, arts, sports, business and entertainment.Ham… Continue reading New Title For Islington
BBC1’s Sunday edition of Match Of The Day featuring the FA Cup match between Manchester United and their local rivals Manchester City has attracted an audience of 10.85 million viewers and a consolidated share of viewing of 56%. This is 0.9 million more viewers than the only other football match to feature in the top… Continue reading United vs City Derby Attracts 11 Million
BT has announced plans to launch its own mass market, dial-up Internet service at the end of March. The service, called BT Internet, will be aimed at residential and small business customers, and will compete with existing providers such as Demon Internet and Unipalm Pipex.There will be a one-off charge of £20, then a flat… Continue reading BT To Launch Own “Mass Market” Internet Service
Future Publishing will launch a new glossy magazine aimed at creative PC users. Computer Arts, launching on 6th June, will be bi-monthly for the first 3 months and will then go monthly. An initial print-run of approximately 60,000 is planned and the title will cost £5: not surprisingly the target market consists mainly of AB1’s,… Continue reading New PC Designer Magazine
The Radio Authority has announced that thirteen stations had submitted applications to run the Yorkshire regional radio licence by today’s closing date. As reported on Newsline (01/02/96) the licence is the second largest local radio licence outside London and will reach around 3 million adults.The applicants are: Arrow Broadcasting (Arrow FM, Nick Boakes, 0171 253… Continue reading Thirteen Stations To Compete For Yorkshire Radio Licence
The fourth episode of Coronation Street looks likely to be given a Sunday evening slot, it is emerging. The fourth episode is also now not expected to launch until the end of the year, slightly later than the autumn date first predicted.Coronation Street will then be the only soap opera to be broadcast at the… Continue reading Coronation Street On Sunday
A new regional newspaper for the Aberdeen area is due to launch in March; the Aberdeen & District Independent will be a free, full-colour tabloid with an initial distribution of around 100,000, concentrated in the city area. The newspaper will also go to several communities in the commuter belt.Two newspaper entrepreneurs, Keith Barwell and Bill… Continue reading New Aberdeen Newspaper To Launch
CIA MediaLab’s latest Sensor survey has revealed that 73% of Britain’s adults believe that teenage magazines should display reading age guidelines. The news follows the proposals to introduce a “parental guidance” system for teenage magazines from Tory MP Peter Luff, as the Home Office plans to issue a warning to magazine editors.The over-25s, not surprisingly,… Continue reading Support For Teenage Magazines’ Age Guidelines
At a press conference this morning HTV, the Welsh and western England television broadcaster, announced pre-tax profits of £12.1m for 1995, an increase of 66%.Earnings per share were up 54% to 10.5p compared with 1994’s figure of 6.8p; profit margins grew to 30% (1994:29%); and Harvest Entertainment (HTV’s rights activities section) showed an operating profit… Continue reading HTV Profits Up 66% To £12.1 Million
