September 1st has been set for the launch of the Thames/Cox Enterprises/ TCI joint venture – UK Living.Aimed particularly at women, the channel will focus on topics and advice ‘relevant to today’s woman’ – ie. cookery, homemaking, soaps and romantic films. Head of programming will be Liz Howell (ex GMTV). The main programme contributor will… Continue reading New Satellite Channel: UK Living
September 1st has been set for the launch of the Thames/Cox Enterprises/ TCI joint venture – UK Living.Aimed particularly at women, the channel will focus on topics and advice ‘relevant to today’s woman’ – ie. cookery, homemaking, soaps and romantic films. Head of programming will be Liz Howell (ex GMTV). The main programme contributor will… Continue reading New Satellite Channel: UK Living
Paul Curtis, former sales controller of MAS, will not be moving to the LWT/YTTV sales combine to take the position of group sales manager.
Paul Curtis, former sales controller of MAS, will not be moving to the LWT/YTTV sales combine to take the position of group sales manager.
ITV is within it rights to move News at Ten, according to legal advice given to the network. The ITV council will be presenting the details of a new re-packaged news service to the ITC shortly.
According to recent research conducted by accountants, Willott Kingston Smith, profits for advertising agencies have gone into steady decline, with operating losses per head reaching their highest to date.ADVERTISING AGENCIES Operating (loss)/pft per hd Jan ’92 150.2m Apr ’92 123.5m Jul ’92 98.1m Oct ’92 17.0m Jan ’93 -31.2m May ’93 -39.4m Reported in their… Continue reading Ad Agencies See Fall In Profits
Crafts magazines are springing up in abundance this summer, with the launch of Inspirations (GE Publishing) and Crafts Beautiful (Aceville) within weeks of one another.Inspirations, a monthly, full-colour A4 magazine, claims to have its eye on high profile crafts features, creative ideas around the home, flower craft and craft tips and ideas. John Lumb of… Continue reading Crafts In Abundance This Summer
The BBC held a programme strategy meeting yesterday, with suggestions that the Corporation should now concentrate on attracting audiences not currently served – particularly C and D social groups. Meanwhile, Mark Tully, India correspondent with the BBC, slated director general John Birt yesterday claiming that he has ruined everything the Corporation stood for, placing money… Continue reading BBC Reviews Strategy & Criticism
Based on the Channel 4 programme of the same name, Transworld Sport magazine is due for release on September 18, published by the International Publishing Group and available quarterly.Publisher of the title, Richard Davis, pointed out to MediaTel this week that although the initial print run is estimated at between 80-100,000 copies, it is hoped… Continue reading Transworld Sport Enters Market
BBC2’s coverage of the men’s singles final at Wimbledon makes it into the top thirty BARB programme rankings for week ending 4th July. Ranking the top thirty according to one showing only the final scrapes in at number 29 with 7.56m viewers.Compared to last year however, the BBC2 tennis event of the year shows a… Continue reading Wimbledon Scores For BBC2
