QUALITIESThe Times’ circulation continues to reap the benefits of a reduced cover price; the newspapers’ 6-monthly ABC for September to February was up by 19.1% year-on-year to 448,962. This was its highest 6-monthly figure since 1988. The Times’ monthly figure for February was up by 12,000 (2.6%) on January, to 468,174.The only other quality daily… Continue reading National Press Round Up – February
The ITC received 4,463 complaints in 1993, an increase of 24% on 1992’s complaints. The cancellation of Take The High Road generated most complaints, around 450. (This is now restored to most ITV regions). The majority of complaints were concerning scheduling alterations.Other programmes which resulted in a significant number of complaints included The Good Sex… Continue reading TV Complaints Up 24%
According to GfK’s latest Satellite Monitor, for January 1994, the total of Satellite Dish Ownership (Direct to Home) as at January 22, was 2.496m dishes. This represents an increase of 30,000 since the December estimate.The estimated total satellite dish churn (de-installation or non-use of satellite equipment) for 1993 is 200,000. 10% appears to be a… Continue reading Satellite Dishes Up 30,000
Mirror Group Newspapers has released pre-tax profits of £131.9m for the year to December 1993, this compares with a loss of £88.7m for the same period in 1992. Turnover was £476.1m, compared with £466.1m in 1992. MGN chairman, Sir Robert Clark, said “1993 was a year of success and transformation for MGN.”MAI PROFITSMAI, the media… Continue reading MGN Profits
Channel 4’s new Spring season programmes, on which £49m has been spent, brings an alternative to the World Cup Football on ITV and BBC. There is a range of programmes by and for women, from First Sex, a magazine series on women’s issues, to Lynda La Plante examining men’s obsession with guns in Men Only,… Continue reading Channel 4 New Season
Saatchi & Saatchi have announced results for 1993. The pre-tax profits were up to £19.2m, from a heavy loss in 1992 of £595.1m. Trading profit for the UK was £9.5m in 1993, compared to a loss of £1.8m the year before. The company said that the revenue for 1994 is expected to be lower than… Continue reading Saatchis Back In Profit
The combined ITV/C4 revenue figure came in at £183.32m, an increase of 8.5% on the same month in 1993. The individual revenues for ITV and C4 were £111.64m and £26.6m respectively, an 81:19 split.In terms of contractor shares of revenue, the best performance came from Central, improving its share by 1.54% points on last year… Continue reading Television Round-Up – January
Zenith Media’s March edition of UK Television Forecasts to 2003 expects the UK economy to grow in real terms by 3.4% in 1994; total advertising expenditure is expected to increase by 3.7% and television revenues by 4.8%. This has been raised since the last projection, in August.Channel 4 is expected to increase revenue in 1994… Continue reading Zenith Television Forecasts
Mirror Group Newspapers will tomorrow announce results for 1993. According to reports in the Times and Sunday Times, profits are expected to be around £70m.
