The combined ITV/C4 revenue for February, based on agency estimates, came in at £149.96 million, an increase of 11.8% year on year. The ITV only figure was £117.49 million, up 9.5% on the ITV only figure for February 1994; Channel 4’s figure was £32.48 million. This is an ITV:C4 split of 78:22, an improvement for… Continue reading TV Revenue – February
Richard Dunn resigned last night as chief executive of Thames Television. His departure was expected after the appointment of Greg Dyke as chairman of Pearson Television, Thames’ parent company.
According to trade press articles this morning, David Lees, client sales director of Metro Radio has been appointed as sales director of Talk Radio UK following Alec Kenny’s resignation two weeks ago.Julie Harrison, Resarch Manager of Talk Radio could neither confirm or deny the appointment, but did stress that there has been no internal announcement… Continue reading New Talk Radio Sales Director
John Klue, director of the Outdoor Advertising Association, has resigned to concentrate on his media and marketing business consultancy, Eureka!. Richard Holliday, head of sponsorship at LWT replaces Klue.
IPC Magazines has announced a buyer for its My Guy, My Guy Monthly and now! titles, which it ceased publication of this month. Frank Hopkinson, the current group editor is to buy them. Frank will leave IPC at the end of March and will from then publish the magazines in his own right. The titles… Continue reading My Guy Group Has A Buyer
The head of Rupert Murdoch’s News International, Gus Fischer, resigned last night unexpectedly. No explanation was given as to reasons for leaving, in a formal statement issued by News International. Press reports today however, suggest that the move was caused by a growing incompatibility with Murdoch.
Premier, the upmarket TGI Report for 1994 is now available. Based on the research period Jan-Dec 1994, with a sample size of 5,779 AB adults, the new Premier survey has a ‘Business People’ addition for the first time.Premier asks detailed questions on the occupation of respondents, making it possible to create a ‘Business People’ definition… Continue reading Business Addition To Premier TGI
QualitiesAmong the quality titles, the Daily Telegraph recorded the highest increase in monthly figures, up 4.2% year on year to 1,057,777, although this was a decrease on its January figure. All the qualities bar the FT recorded decreases on their January ABCs; the FT however, was up 4.3% to 291,204. The Times, although its monthly… Continue reading National Press Round Up – February
Reed Elsevier has today announced final results; pre-tax profits were up 16% on last year for the overall group. The UK section, which includes IPC Magazines, was up 12.4% year on year. Shares are up 26p today to 745p.
Total TV viewing is up by 2.9% for the week ending 5/3/95. This is up 2.9% on the same week last year, but down 1.7% on the previous week’s figures. ITV/C4 viewing is up by 0.8% on last year, but ITV on its own is down 0.4% on last week.The top none-soap opera programme on… Continue reading TV Summary Report
