Sky TV has today announced that over 400,000 subscribers, all previously non movie subscribers, have taken up the new Multi Channel package.The majority of these new subscribers have also taken one or more of Sky’s premium channels – Sky Movies, The Movie Channel, or Sky Sports.Increased demand has meant that more than 100,000 dishes were… Continue reading M-Channel Package Increase Dish Sales
A new ratecard for the Granada/Border macro region, North by Northwest, will be available within the next two weeks.According to Peter Lilley, Client Sales and Support Director, the new region has been created “to enable one transaction, one price and one payment to cover both stations,” and should encourage greater use of Border by any… Continue reading Granada/Border Deal
An approach made by Premier Media to take over the film and television interests of the Rank Organisation has been rejected. Premier Media is a consortium led by Michael Grade, chief executive of Channel Four Television, and the offer was said to be in the region of £400m.HESELTINE INTERVENTION IN ITV TAKEOVERSTrade and Industry Secretary… Continue reading Rank Rejects Takeover Approach
QVC Network yesterday increased the strength of its takeover bid for Paramount by securing $1bn worth of equity investment from Cox Enterprises and Advance Publications. QVC’s current bid stands at $9.6bn.
Marcher Coast FM and Marcher Gold will shortly be running a month long ad campaign for Satellite Decoder Systems, the company which sells unauthorised decoders for Sky TV subscription channels. It would appear that whilst it is illegal to manufacture, hire, distribute or use the pirate decoders, it is not illegal to advertise them.CALL TO… Continue reading Radio Ads For Illegal Decoders
Asian broadcaster Sunrise Radio, which won one of the London franchises granted last month has appointed IRS as its national sales house. Sunrise previously held a licence covering West London only, and holds others in Leicester and Bradford.OLYMPIC BID BOSS JOINS PICCADILLYThe Chairman of Manchester’s Olympic bid, Bob Scott, has become Chairman of Piccadilly Radio.
Asian broadcaster Sunrise Radio, which won one of the London franchises granted last month has appointed IRS as its national sales house. Sunrise previously held a licence covering West London only, and holds others in Leicester and Bradford.OLYMPIC BID BOSS JOINS PICCADILLYThe Chairman of Manchester’s Olympic bid, Bob Scott, has become Chairman of Piccadilly Radio.
The audience for the England v Holland World Cup qualifier on Wednesday is put at 15 million. That is 1.5m less than last Saturday’s Benn/Eubank fight, and 3.4m below ITV’s record sporting audience for England v Republic Of Ireland during qualification for the 1990 World Cup in Italy.Overnight Ratings Data for this week’s match appeared… Continue reading Soccer Audience
The Chairman of the Radio Authority, Lord Chalfont, has spoken out against the BBC’s decision to launch a 24-hour news and sports network. Lord Chalfont feels that changing Radio Five narrows the range of programmes for the public and reduces programming options for the third national commercial station to be advertised by December.REGIONAL LICENCES Sole… Continue reading CHALFONT CRITICISES RADIO FIVE PLANS
IPC is claiming launch issue sales of at least 362,000 for Homes & Ideas, and says that its research points to high sales for its own Ideal Home, and for House Beautiful in October.Referring to threatened legal action by House Beautiful’s publishers, National Magazines, South Bank Publishing Group MD, Colin Reeves-Smith, comments: “We have every… Continue reading Homes And Ideas – First Issue Sales
