Despite losing Christmas Day to the BBC, ITV is claiming a 100% record of winning every week in peaktime across 1994.In w/e 25/12 ITV’s peaktime share was 40.6%, compared to 39.1% for BBC1, and overnight estimates for the final week of 1994 give ITV a 2% lead over BBC1 – 40% to 38%.Further information:Carol Millward,… Continue reading ITV Claims 100% Victory In Peaktime Viewing
New licensee Gemini Radio has launched in the Exeter and Torbay region, taking over from Devonair which lost the licence last year. Gemini broadcasts two separate services on the FM and AM band. The FM service is aimed at the 15-40 age group, with a music based format from the 1970s-1990s, while the AM service… Continue reading Gemini Radio Launches
The debate over how the European Union should protect its broadcasting industry from US imports will continue today in Brussels.With strong backing from the French, a plan was drawn up towards the end of last year to enforce more strictly the measures which require that at least 50% of programmes screened by European broadcasters are… Continue reading TV Debate Continues In Brussels
GWR, one of the UK’s largest radio groups, has suffered a setback in its plans to enter the Polish radio market. Inforadio, a 24-hour talk and news station in which GWR has a 33% stake, has been refused a license by Poland’s broadcast media licensing authority.GWR has been forced to invest abroad because it already… Continue reading GWR Polish Plans Halted
Conflicting and confusing reports have come out of Charlotte Street over the Xmas period with regard to Maurice Saatchi’s position at the company. The boardroom coup which resulted in Mr Saatchi being ousted both as chairman and board member came just before Xmas, and today was said to be the deadline for a decision as… Continue reading Saatchi Update
The Scottish Daily Express has linked up with Thomas Cook to launch Katie Wood’s Wonderful World of Holidays Game from January 9 for 18 days. 1.5 million game cards have been distributed, and Thomas Cook holiday vouchers can be won. The promotion has TV and radio support. Katie Wood is one of Scotland’s leading travel… Continue reading Scottish Express Launches Holidays Game
Gallup’s annual end-of-year poll for the Daily Telegraph shows people looking forward to 1995 with a mood of “cautious pessimism” – 30% believe 1995 will be better than 1994; 38% think it will be worse. This is not as gloomy a picture as the survey indicated in the mid to late 1970s and early 80s.69%… Continue reading Gallup Poll Points To “Cautious Pessimism”
MGM, Britain’s largest Cinema chain, has been put up for sale by its French owners, Credit Lyonnais. There are already reported to have been around 30 expressions of interest in the chain, with Steven Spielberg rumoured to be one of the interested parties. Any interest from the UK would have to come from one of… Continue reading MGM Put Up For Sale
A report from the Institute of Directors (released December 28th to the press) says that directors’ confidence in the economy has fallen back to 38%, its lowest since December 1992, mainly due to political uncertainty.53% of respondents were still optimistic about their own companies’ prospects – down slightly from 56% in October – and almost… Continue reading Directors’ Confidence Lowest For Two Years
Classic FM has revealed it attracted more than 300 advertisers in 1994, 30% of which were new to radio. The highest level was from the financial sector, accounting for 18% of the stations advertisers.
