Live TV, the new cable channel, has launched today. The new 24 hour entertainment and lifestyle channel is headed by Janet Street Porter and owned by the Mirror Group.Donna Bernard and Rhodri Williams presented the new morning show at 9am this morning; other presenters include Esther McVey from BBC1’s Good Morning and Shelley Webb, wife… Continue reading Live TV Launch
Today sees the launch of The Independent’s newly revamped Section Two; it is now in tabloid form, and covers “latest cultural trends.” The main section will cover news, home, foreign, business, sports and comment.Each day will also cover a specific topic, Mondays is Network and architecture Tuesdays, media and science, Wednesdays health, finance and law,… Continue reading Independent Section 2 Review
On the 27th July, Future Publishing are to launch yet another Internet magazine from their stable of computer titles. However, The.net Directory is a dedicated bi-monthly listings magazine, providing review-based site listings and will be split up into 8 different sections.Its first issue has 196 pages in a slender A4 format, and has a cover… Continue reading New Internet Titles
Unofficial overnight figures for yesterday’s World Cup Rugby show the ITV Network taking 61% share of total viewing for the England v Australia match, 6.3 million viewers; the New Zealand v Scotland match, which was on later, at 2.30pm, attracted 6.2 million viewers, a share of 49% of total viewing.BBC1, which was showing the England… Continue reading Rugby Viewing – 61% Of Viewing
The battle for MGM Cinemas is hotting up it emerged this weekend, according to the Financial Times. The US backed consortium, (in which the Philadelphia- based Reading company is the major shareholder, and Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is a member), has announced it is in exclusive negotiations for the cinema chain.The announcement means that the… Continue reading Carlton Bid for MGM – May Be Beaten By Virgin
Chrysalis, the media and music group whose interests include Heart FM in the Midlands, has announced a pre-tax loss of £2.5m for the six months to the end of February. The loss, which compares to profits of £32,000 last year, was partly blamed on investment costs.
Bristol-based radio group GWR has revealed an increase in pre-tax profits from £930,000 to £2.06m, for the six-months to the end of March. Turnover for the group, which recently launched a hostile takeover bid for Chiltern Radio, rose from £7.8m to £14.8m.Announcing the results Ralph Bernard, chief executive, said that of the group’s three broadcasting… Continue reading GWR Results
Classic FM has published research which looks at listening and buying habits of its key audience – the ‘housewife’.The research booklet claims that Classic FM reaches 4,060,000 housewives 16% of the housewife population. The booklet presents key findings through the Audits of Great Britain (AGB) Superpanel. Purchasing habits were measured using a bar code scanner… Continue reading Classic FM Research
Scottish Radio Holdings, whose stations include Radio Clyde, is to bid for West Sound Radio in Ayr. West Sound’s managing director, Joseph Campbell, told MediaTel he has been holding informal talks with Scottish Radio for some time about sale of West Sound’s licence and the possibility of merging their advertising interests.
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising have awarded top honors to the Daily Star and the Sunday Telegraph in the sixth ROP colour league tables.The Star scored 21.4 points in the dailies league, followed by the Daily Mirror on 20.6 and Today on 20.4.The Sunday Telegraph led the Sunday league on 22 points closely followed… Continue reading IPA Colour League Table
