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.
Abbott Mead Vickers has announced results for the year ending December 31. Pre-tax profits were up 0.6% to £4.75m, compared to £4.72m for 1992. The figure, which disappointed analysts, was held back by investment in the group’s design subsidiary, McBain Noel-Johnson, where profits fell from £2.1m to £1m.Abbott Mead Vickers had a record year for… Continue reading Abbott Mead Vickers Announce Profits
From 1 May, London Tonight, Carlton and LWT’s early evening news programme is to switch from an hour-long 6pm slot to a programme of two halves from Monday to Thursday, taking Home and Away’s early evening slot.The first half will begin at 5.10pm, followed at 5.40pm by the ITN News. Home and Away will occupy… Continue reading London Tonight Splits – Home & Away Moved
The Independent may become a private company if MGN’s takeover bid is successful. Shareholder documents have revealed that the consortium bidding for Newspaper Publishing, led by MGN, plans to hold an extraordinary general meeting on winning control of the newspaper, at which it will seek permission to register the company as a private one.The documents… Continue reading Independent Privatisation Plan
Direct marketing expenditure will continue to rise steadily over the next few years, according to the findings of a recent survey conducted by Datamonitor. Datamonitor forecasts that direct marketing expenditure will increase from £205m to £218m over the next 5 years and that telemarketing expenditure will rise from £75m to £108m.The survey questioned 200 marketing… Continue reading Direct Marketing Survey
Bauer’s TV listings magazine TV Quick is to undergo a revamp next week in an attempt to make it more like a women’s weekly. The editorial will include more beauty and fashion articles, together with pull-out recipes and real-life stories.The Jan-Dec’93 NRS figures give TV Quick a female profile of 58%. Only IPC’s What’s on… Continue reading TV Quick Revamp To Target Women
