C4 Chairman, Sir Michael Bishop, has accused ITV of blatantly underselling C4 airtime between 1989 and 1992, as it became clear that C4 would be selling its own space from 1993. He questions the difficulty ITV appeared to have selling C4 airtime, considering the fact the channel was achieving nearly 20% share of viewing on… Continue reading ITV’s C4 Sales Effort Criticised
Michael Heseltine, the Trade and Industry secretary, has given the go- ahead to the sale of The Observer to the Guardian and Manchester Evening News, hence avoiding a Monopolies & Mergers enquiry. Jonathan Fenby will take over as editor of the paper next week.
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
Rugby Union has signed a £600,000 contract with Scottish Provident to sponsor ITV’s coverage over the next two years.
US pay- television company, Flextech, has taken a 39% stake in The Family Channel, headed by Pat Robertson and due to launch on Astra on September 1. The deal has been valued at £3m, with sources within the company predicting that the channel will be profitable within its first 18 months. Shares in Flextech rose… Continue reading Flextech Takes Stake In Family Channel
Northern & Shell’s March launch, OK! magazine, has shown considerable sales potential and will change from a monthly to a fortnightly later this year, it has been revealed. The publishing company is claiming first issue sales of 350,000 copies with the May edition following close behind it.Already in competition with celebrity magazine, Hello, which has… Continue reading OK! Doubles Its Chances
April estimates of TV revenue came in at £149,440,000 an increase of 6.7% on the same period last year, aswell as a 6.8% improvement of last month’s total. ITV’s revenue showed a month on month increase of 7.6% compared to Channel 4’s 3.3% rise; revenue for each stands at £122,970,000 and £26,480,000 respectively. Channel 4’s… Continue reading TV Round Up – April
ITV has introduced a new ‘God’ strand into its Sunday morning schedule which will include prayer requests and on-air ‘confessionals’. The programme , due to begin transmission in the autumn, is an attempt to boost the popularity of religious output and will take the form of a magazine show.”This initiative is the result of widespread… Continue reading ITV Sunday Schedule Strengthened
If the Milk Marketing Board is disband- ed in 1994 the future of the Milk Race could be in danger, losing its main sponsor of almost thirty five years. Organisers of the race are hoping to organise a replacement before the end of June.
US pay- television company, Flextech, has taken a 39% stake in The Family Channel, headed by Pat Robertson and due to launch on Astra on September 1. The deal has been valued at £3m, with sources within the company predicting that the channel will be profitable within its first 18 months. Shares in Flextech rose… Continue reading Flextech Takes Stake In Family Channel
