A number of institutional investors will be ‘positively abstaining’ from the vote to approve a controversial plan by Conrad Black to sell an 11% stake in loss-making Canadian publisher Southam to the Telegraph. A number of institutions see this latest move as confirmation of their concerns over Black’s stewardship of the newspaper group. As a… Continue reading Telegraph Shareholders Protest Vote
24% of viewers believe BBC1 is biased towards the Conservative party, compared to just 13% fifteen years ago according to a recent ITC survey. A further 14% believed the same bias is true of BBC2.
Fleetway Editions is set to launch a comic version of the popular Sega games character, Sonic The Hedgehog. Enter: Sonic the Comic, due for release on May 29.With a print run of 400,000, the new fortnightly title will be Britain’s first comic devoted to computer characters, covering the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and other… Continue reading Fleetway To Launch Sonic The Hedgehog
Irish publisher Independent Newspapers has halved its stake in MGN to just over 1%, having recouped an estimated £1m profit from the sale.
Irish publisher Independent Newspapers has halved its stake in MGN to just over 1%, having recouped an estimated £1m profit from the sale.
Y&R’s review of the new ITV franchise holders (Newsline 7/4) includes comparisons of performance with regard to local news programming – all three promised greater emphasis on this area.In the first six weeks of the new franchise period Meridian appears to have matched the viewing levels of its predecessor, Coast To Coast; Carlton’s London Tonight… Continue reading Regional TV News Review
Increased activity from media, motoring and travel advertisers in the first quarter of 1993 pushed up outdoor advertising panel prices significantly, according to the latest Concord Outdoor Rates Forecast.Actual year-on-year price increase for the 1st quarter’93 was 8.9%, 7.6% above predictions made at the beginning of the year. The surprising increase has been attributed to… Continue reading Concord – Second Quarter Rates Forecast
Increased activity from media, motoring and travel advertisers in the first quarter of 1993 pushed up outdoor advertising panel prices significantly, according to the latest Concord Outdoor Rates Forecast.Actual year-on-year price increase for the 1st quarter’93 was 8.9%, 7.6% above predictions made at the beginning of the year. The surprising increase has been attributed to… Continue reading Concord – Second Quarter Rates Forecast
TV Times magazine has conducted a survey into viewers’ attitudes to the depiction of violence on television, finding that 85% of those questioned believe TV companies do not monitor violence adequately. A further 59% think there is a link between screen and real-life violence.ITC research conducted last month, however, found that only 11% of ITV… Continue reading Survey Probes TV Violence
BBC director-general,John Birt intends to meet all 23,000 of his staff in one day sessions to discuss the future of the BBC. Public responses to the Government Green Paper on the subject close at the end of this month.
