According to BARB overnight figures, Comic Relief achieved an average adult TVR across the evening of 14, compared to ITV’s 11. At its peak BBC1 achieved adult TVRs of 25 for its showing of ‘One Foot in the Grave’ (22.30), which is an increase of 4 TVRs on Children in Need’s peak of 21. The… Continue reading Comic Relief
..Tindle Newspapers announces the buyout of the Recorder Group of free newspapers….. Keith Barwell’s Herald & Post Group buys two more TFN titles, the Bedford and the Milton Keynes Herald & Post….. The Rugby & Leamington Evening Telegraphs to reveal revamped editions including four extra pages of news….. Chief executive of the newspapers division of… Continue reading Regional Snippets..
Saturday saw The Times replace its Review section with The Times Magazine, described by the paper itself as having a “strikingly original design and format.”Readers expecting a glossy supplement similar in style to the Sunday Times Magazine would have been disappointed. Like the review section it has replaced it is stapled newsprint, slightly smaller than… Continue reading Times Magazine Launch
During his speech at TV93 in Monte Carlo yesterday, chief executive of the ITV Network Centre, Andrew Quinn revealed that the network has commissioned 18 drama productions for the Autumn 1993 season, the first to be planned and scheduled under the new centralised network structure.Amongst the dramas commissioned are Maxwell, the life story of a… Continue reading ITV Dramas Lined Up For Autumn
As predicted yesterday Andrew Quinn, chief executive of the ITV Network Centre has announced that Dick Emery will be director of market strategy at the Network Centre. His appointment now completes the senior management line- up at ITV.Also at TV93 in Monte Carlo, Quinn revealed that Dawn Airey will take over as Controller of Network… Continue reading Quinn Confirms Appointments At TV93
During his speech at TV93 in Monte Carlo yesterday, chief executive of the ITV Network Centre, Andrew Quinn revealed that the network has commissioned 18 drama productions for the Autumn 1993 season, the first to be planned and scheduled under the new centralised network structure.Amongst the dramas commissioned are Maxwell, the life story of a… Continue reading ITV Dramas Lined Up For Autumn
As predicted yesterday Andrew Quinn, chief executive of the ITV Network Centre has announced that Dick Emery will be director of market strategy at the Network Centre. His appointment now completes the senior management line- up at ITV.Also at TV93 in Monte Carlo, Quinn revealed that Dawn Airey will take over as Controller of Network… Continue reading Quinn Confirms Appointments At TV93
Bill Emmott has been appointed editor of the Economist and will take up the position at the end of this month. The magazine, which is 150 years old, has just passed the 500,000 circulation mark.
Classic Bike Guide, published by Myat MacFarlane, is increasing frequency from bi-monthly to monthly from the April edition.
New research carried out by the Billet Consultancy, based on TV contractor revenue over the last ten years, has led the company to speculate that in order to survive in what it suggests is a stagnant market, TV sales operations will have to merge. It estimates that the first of these mergers will take place… Continue reading ITV Sales Operations To Merge?
