The regional radio licence for Filey and Scarborough has been awarded to Yorkshire Coast Radio, having defeated its one competitor, All Music Radio. YCR, run by Toby Horton formerly of Radio Tyne Tees, aims to get a proportion of its regional material from Yorkshire Television and the Scarborough Evening News.
Running magazine has been sold to US publisher Rodale and will relaunch with the September issue retitled Runner’s World.. Publishing company, Morgan Grampian, is claiming 12 monthly pre-tax profits of £2.2m, with turnover falling by a mere 1.5% to £81.9m.. What Camcorder, published by WV Publications, is to increase its frequency from bi-monthly to monthly… Continue reading Magazines Snippets..
The Independent Television Commission has just released the latest figures for subscribers to broadband cable, claiming a rise of 168,000 in the last twelve months to 459,000. The take-up rate has also increased during this period, rising from 20.5% to 21.6% in the last quarter.The average broadband cable subscriber now pays £21.74 per month, according… Continue reading ITC Broadband Cable Figures Released
IPC Magazines has confirmed the forth- coming launch of Homes & Ideas, a new monthly home interest title due for release on September 9.The title, with an initial print run of 235,000, will be published by the Southbank Group, which also deals with Ideal Home, Homes & Gardens and Country Homes & Interiors. Managing director… Continue reading IPC Delves Into Home Interest
Running magazine has been sold to US publisher Rodale and will relaunch with the September issue retitled Runner’s World.. Publishing company, Morgan Grampian, is claiming 12 monthly pre-tax profits of £2.2m, with turnover falling by a mere 1.5% to £81.9m.. What Camcorder, published by WV Publications, is to increase its frequency from bi-monthly to monthly… Continue reading Magazines Snippets..
The ITC Annual Report 1992, out today, gives the following revenue figures for ITV, C4, S4C and TV-am: 1991 1992 %Change ITV 1,344 1,411 5 C4 250 242 -3.2 ITV/C4 1,594 1,653 3.7 SC4 3.5 3 -14.3 TV-am 74 75 1.3 TOTAL 1,671.50 1,731 3.6 MediaTel’s combined ITV/C4 revenue for 1992, based on agency estimates,… Continue reading ITC Revenue Figure
National Readership Surveys Ltd (NRS) has just released details of daily and weekly viewership of Teletext and Ceefax, giving top line data of January to March 1993. A summary of the net viewing is given below: All Adults 000’s % Unweighted Sample 9445 Estimated Pop. 15+ 45300 Net Ceefax BBC1&2 Used Yesterday 6725 15 Used… Continue reading Teletext & Ceefax Figures From NRS
Shares in the ITV television companies shot up yesterday following news that the Broadcasting Act is to be amended to allow the companies to bid for one another (Newsline 27/5). HTV shares increased by almost 10% to 50p (+4p) and Anglia rose 9 to 296p.Central is up 15 to 1888p and Carlton Television jumped by… Continue reading ITV Shares React To Activity
Ian Hay Davison has been appointed non- executive chairman of Newspaper Publishing having been a non-executive director of the company since 1986.
The ITV Network and Panasonic have just announced the completion of a 14 month sponsorship deal, worth up to £4m, to back ITV’s coverage of the 1994 World Cup in the USA. The contract will include associated off-screen below-the line activity between now and the World Cup.Sponsorship will begin this weekend when England plays Poland… Continue reading ITV & Panasonic Announce World Cup Deal
