Linford Christie’s winning run in the 100m final at Stuttgart on 15 August boosted BBC1’s ratings to 11.5m viewers.This was the highest audience for any single BBC1 programme in its week except for Eastenders. During that week BBC1 claimed 33.2% of the total television audience, with ITV’s share dropping to 36.8% from over 40%.
The July revenue for ITV and C4 came in at £106.28m and £26m respectively, giving a combined total of £132.28m – a 0.1% fall on the same period last year.Channel 4 achieved a 19.66% share of revenue – down 0.27% points on last month, but still well above the 16.21% share being achieved in January.… Continue reading TV ROUND UP – JULY
The latest batch of Jan-Jun’93 ABCs show Vanity Fair recording a substant- ial year-on-year increase; Totals J-J’92 J-J’93 %Ch Vanity Fair 64,283 77,707 20.9 Tatler 71,371 69,678 -2.4 Vogue 183,535 178,729 -2.6 House& Grdn 146,546 141,196 -3.7 Wrld Intrs 70,670 63,256 -10.5 UK&Eire J-J’92 J-J’93 %Ch Vanity Fair 38,849 53,908 38.8 Tatler 54,295 60,611 11.6… Continue reading Latest Jan-Jun Magazine ABCs
The new autumn schedule for BBC2 was announced yesterday by Michael Jackson, controller of BBC2. The £70m schedule was described by Jackson as “rich in drama and strong in its range of entertainment and thought-provoking documentaries.”Drama is headed by 6 plays, which will star Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith and Rob Lowe. There is an adaptation… Continue reading BBC2 Autumn Schedule
The new autumn schedule for BBC2 was announced yesterday by Michael Jackson, controller of BBC2. The £70m schedule was described by Jackson as “rich in drama and strong in its range of entertainment and thought-provoking documentaries.”Drama is headed by 6 plays, which will star Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith and Rob Lowe. There is an adaptation… Continue reading BBC2 Autumn Schedule
Linford Christie’s winning run in the 100m final at Stuttgart on 15 August boosted BBC1’s ratings to 11.5m viewers.This was the highest audience for any single BBC1 programme in its week except for Eastenders. During that week BBC1 claimed 33.2% of the total television audience, with ITV’s share dropping to 36.8% from over 40%.
Media Vision Research has developed a service to provide detailed information on the viewing of pre-recorded videos, called VideoTrak.VideoTrak findings are based on data collected from the BARB panel. MVR encodes videos with a signal that is read by the people-meters in the BARB homes when a video is played. The system distinguishes between viewing… Continue reading MVR Videotrak
WPP, the advertising group which owns J Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather has announced its interim pre-tax profits.Profits have risen 13-fold to £24.1m and revenues rose 16% to £699.7m.
Carlsberg Export this week signs a deal with C4 to sponsor Italian Football. The deal worth about £1m will last one year and will tie the lager to 2 weekly programmes – Football Italia on Sundays and Gazetta Italia on Saturday mornings. WH Smith is to sponsor a new music series on Virgin 1215 called… Continue reading Radio And Television Sponsorship Latest
The European is to change its editorial to become more analytical and business focused. This follows 14 job losses last week.The marketing manager Carina Pierre told MediaTel that there will not be any dramatic changes, but a gradual change in emphasis. The front page has already been altered to include a listing of companies contained… Continue reading European Changes Style
