ITV is believed to be currently negotiating with BSkyB the rights to the Endsleigh League football. The agreement is understood to allow BSkyB and the BBC continued coverage of the Premier League and ITV shared coverage of Endsleigh football with BSkyB. ITV is hoping for a share of the rights to to FA Cup football.ITV… Continue reading ITV & BSkyB Football Agreement?
ITV’s coverage of the European Champions League is proving more popular than the BBC’s coverage of UEFA Cup. ITV’s coverage of Blackburn Rovers against Rosenborg drew an audience of 7.88 million while BBC1’s Liverpool match against Spartak Vladikavkaz only attracted an audience of 6.55 million. Sky Sports coverage of Manchester United’s match only managed 0.828… Continue reading How Does He Do That? Holmes Gets More Viewers Than Himself
Kellogg’s has announced it is to sponsor Simply the Best CITV, a one-off week long celebration of 40 years of Children’s ITV running the week beginning 16th October.The week will feature current day and archive shows from different genres of programming; drama, entertainment and fact/fun. The week’s programming will consist of five one hour programmes… Continue reading Kelloggs To Sponsor 40 Years Of CITV
The BBC has issued an official response to the Government’s White Paper on Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT). The Corporation is demanding a more dominant role, and has announced that it wants total control of one of the six new digital frequencies (Multiplexes) which will provide the technology to create 20 extra television channels.Director General –… Continue reading BBC Response To Digital Proposals
CIA Medianetwork have conducted research into ITV viewing figures. According to CIA’s research, figures show that last month (1 to 25 September) ITV took a 37.8% share of all viewing – a marked improvement since ratings began to fall in February and up from 35.6% in July and 35.3% in August.ITV’s top shows are not… Continue reading ITV Claws Back Ratings
The new Establishment Survey (June 1995) shows an increase in net households across all regions for the period. The highest increases come in the North West and Yorkshire where the number of households increased by 152,000 and 144,000 respectively. Overall the Network figure is up 895,000 to 23,071,000.With regard to the number of households connected… Continue reading Establishment Survey – Net Homes Increase Everywhere
Rupert Murdoch, speaking yesterday at the News Corporation AGM said that within a year all of News Corporations’ newspapers will be on the Internet; they are investing millions of dollars into their on-line services. He said that on-line services are “spreading like a rash throughout the globe.” He warned however that this is a new… Continue reading Murdoch Predicts Internet Future
The management team at Maiden Outdoor have mounted a second buyout, providing an exit for its original institutional investors. In April 1993 Maiden was the subject of an MBO when the company was acquired from the family, for the sum of £21m. As a result of this buyout, Maiden will be totally owned by its… Continue reading Maiden In Second Management Buyout
BBC Television has signed a five year output deal with DreamWorks SKG, the new studio formed by Stephen Speilberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.Under the deal, BBC TV will acquire the television rights to all live action and animated feature films produced by the company and released in cinemas between 1996 and 2000.Both animated and… Continue reading BBC Signs Spielberg Film Deal
The Scottish newspaper market is currently undergoing major changes with the sale of Thomson titles and the introduction of Scottish orientated nationals.Trade estimate figures for August show that of the main fifteen newspaper titles available in Scotland five increased their circulations year on year; the Daily Mail, the Times, the Daily Star, the Guardian and… Continue reading Scottish Newspaper Market
