The BBC’s Autumn season, at a total cost of £165m, includes 82 hours of new drama and 25 fresh comeday and variety shows.The comedy season includes Dawn French as a vicar in The New Vicar, by the writer of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Timothy Spall is in a Nice Day At The Office with… Continue reading BBC Autumn Season
Arcbuild ’94, readership research of the building industry, has been released. Building, The Builder Group’s title, came out as the best read title out of all the building workers identified, with a total average issue readership of 38%. The survey covers architects, surveyors, engineers, contractors and housebuilders. Second in the survey was Building Design, with… Continue reading Arcbuild ’94 Results
Research commissioned from Media Audits by The Independent in June, profiles readers of the paper using BARB Additional Panel data. This panel questions all respondents on the paper they read in the last seven days.Independent readers are said to prefer BBC to ITV and watch more Channel 4 than most broadsheet readers. 64.6% described themselves… Continue reading Profile Of An Independent Reader
Despite claiming that EMAP’s offer of 181p a share does not reflect the company’s “improving performance” (see results, Newsline yesterday), Trans World Communications has recommended EMAP’s £71m bid.Last week The Guardian Media Group, which owns 20% of TWC, failed in a High Court bid to prevent EMAP’s takeover, claiming it broke rulings restricting the number… Continue reading Trans World Gives In To Emap Offer
The future of the Media Partnership, the European advertising space buyer set up by WPP and Omnicom, looks uncertain according to a report in last weekend’s Independent on Sunday. The report suggests that Omnicom may pull out of the Partnership following a review of the venture.WPP is due to release its results on Wednesday with… Continue reading Omnicom May Pull Out Of Media Partnership
Comedy, a new monthly title from IPL Magazines, hits the newsstands today with a print run of 50,000 and a cover price of £2.20. The first issue includes features on Alexei Sayle, Tony Hancock and Leslie Nielsen.Ad Manager: Steve Meir (071 287 1271)Mono Pg: £3050Colour Pg: £4500
Independent radio group Trans World Communications has revealed pre-tax profits of £1.29m for the 6-months to June 30, an increase of more than 400% from last year’s £0.25m.
The Independent is claiming an increase of 30,000 in sales in its first week at 30p (was 50p).Sources suggest that The Times’ sales dropped marginally – by 5,000 copies,about 1%.
British film Four Weddings And A Funeral has grossed 20m at the UK Box Office, the first British film to do this and only the sixth in history. It is now the second most sucessful film of 1994 behind Mrs Doubtfire. 1. Mrs Doubtfire (12) £20.9M 2. Four Weddings And A Funeral £20.6M 3. Aladdin… Continue reading Four Weddings Breaks £20m
