Flextech has announced that it completed the disposal of a group of subsidiaries owned by IVS cable holdings limited (IVS) for £62.6 million, to KPN Kabel. Flextech owns 91.7% of IVS and will receive £59.3m in cash.The IVS subsidiaries hold licences to provide cable television and cable telephony services for four franchises in the UK… Continue reading Flextech Announces Sale Of Cable
Viewing figures for the first full week of transmission of the Disney Channel show that the channel has started well. The channel was watched for an average of 33 minutes for the week ending 8th of October by Individuals 4+, this was 2.3% share of Astra viewing, an average daily reach of 9.4% and an… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 08/10/95 – Disney Do Well
There have been rumours in the trade press that Gruner & Jahr are set to launch a new woman’s weekly title.The magazine, provisionally titled Gala borrowing its name from a recent G&J launch in Germany, is going to be a celebrity gossip weekly and will follow the formula of the French title Voici. It is… Continue reading New Title For G&J?
According to the latest CIA Sensor, £99 million has been wasted on inefficient direct response campaigns on television so far this year.Results from the Telephone Response Report have shown that during 1995, on average 23% of calls generated by direct response television were either disconnected or unanswered. When taken as a percentage of overall direct… Continue reading £99m Wasted On Direct Response TV Campaigns
ITV is to launch a drama sponsorship package which will include top rating drama such as Cracker, Prime Suspect, Emma and The Man who Made Husbands Jealous.A total of 16 dramas including a new Morse special, the new Sharpe mini series and Poldark are on offer making the package the biggest seen on British television.… Continue reading ITV Drama Sponsorship ’96
TCC, formerly known as The Children’s Channel, is set to launch a new magazine for its young viewers. The magazine, Get Stuff! (All You Need To Know About TCC) will be launched within the next two weeks, but it will not be distributed through newsagents. Rather it will be sent out to subscribers via cable… Continue reading TCC Launches New Magazine
The Radio Advertising Bureau have appointed Peter Warren as the new non- executive chairman, replacing Neil Robertson who left in June after three and a half years service.Mr Warren has spent ten years as as Chairman of Olgilvy and Mather UK, and is a member of the IPA Council as well as Chairman of the… Continue reading New Chief At RAB
Yesterday saw the release of the Sections’95 Weekend Newspaper Section Readership Research which was conducted by the Beck Consultancy for Express Newspapers, Leo Burnett and C.O.I.Iain McLellan began with a short introduction into the purpose of the study. He said that the newspaper market was a different place compared with 2-3 years ago and ad… Continue reading Sections ’95 – The Results
The ITC has received one application for the lcal delivery franchise for Southport and the surrounding area.The applicant company is TeleWest Southport Ltd. The application proposes to offer service to 80,000 homes by December 2000. Its cash bid is £1000.ITC: 0171 255 3000
Two years on from the start of the price war among the quality press, in September 1993, the longer effects can now be seen.The overall effect on the daily quality market has been an increase of over 250,000 copies. The Daily Telegraph, the market leader with a 39% share (September’95 ABC) has maintained its leadership,… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – September
