Last night’s Champion’s League Final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich proved to be a ratings winner for ITV. According to unofficial figures released by the Network Centre, a peak audience of 18.8 million people watched United steal the match with virtually the last kick. The average audience for the match was 15.5 million.Last night’s… Continue reading Man Utd’s Cup Successes Boost ITV Figures
Total terrestrial revenue for April 1999 (including GMTV) according to agency estimates was £233.02 million. Both ITV and GMTV suffered losses in revenue, losing 2.4% and 9.5% year on year respectively. Channel 4’s revenue remained fairly stable during April 1999, and Channel 5’s total revenue grew by 22.6% year on year.LWT increased its share of… Continue reading TV Round-Up – April 1999
‘Making sure that we do market research right’ was the theme of last week’s evening MRG meeting at Leo Burnett – what market research standards are and why we need them.First up was Jennie Beck from the Beck Consultancy, who commented that the notion of transparency was increasingly replacing the idea of confidentiality – that… Continue reading MRG Meeting 18/05/99 – Making Sure That We Get It Right
Haymarket magazines, publisher of Marketing, Campaign and Stuff, has announced that it is to launch a new consumer magazine focused around the internet.The new title, called the net, aims to capitalise on growing public interest in the internet, and is due for launch on 18 June at an introductory cover price of £1.99, which will… Continue reading Haymarket To Launch New Internet Consumer Title
Venture Capitalist 3i has today announced a £14 million management buy-in of Paragon Publishing, which will fuel expansion of the publisher and spawn further magazine launches. Based in Bournemouth, Paragon publishes consumer magazines for users of video games, internet surfers and computer enthusiasts, and has 14 regular titles including Play, PowerStation, and 64 Magazine.3i has… Continue reading Paragon Publisher In Management Buy-Out
Revenue Total terrestrial revenue for April 1999 (including GMTV) according to agency estimates was £233.02 million. ITV’s total revenue was £161.5 million, a 2.4% drop since the same time last year. Channel 4’s revenue remained nearly stable at £50.77 million for April 1999 (April 1998: £50.79 million), and Channel 5’s total revenue grew by 22.6%… Continue reading TV Round-Up – April 1999
This week ITV decided to show another hour long edition of their second main soap Emmerdale. Usually this acts as a good ratings weapon against BBC1’s Eastenders, although this time the soap that suffered was Channel 4’s Brookside.Tuesday’s feature length Emmerdale centred on Rachel Hughes finally twigging that her boyfriend Graham is a complete lunatic… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 16/05/99
Investors appear to have been unimpressed with Carlton Communications interim results released yesterday, which reported losses of nearly £50 million due to its digital television interests (see Newsline). Carlton fell 21p yesterday to 531˝p. This morning, Carlton’s share price had dropped further to 520˝p.Independent Newspapers held its annual general meeting yesterday, during which it was… Continue reading Sharewatch
The value of digital radio, in terms of consumer benefit at least, was questioned by the panel of the inaugural MediaTel Media Question Time on Monday evening. Ginger Media Group’s Adam Bowie asked the panel whether they thought that radio broadcasters should offer free receiver equipment in the same way as BSkyB and ONdigital have… Continue reading Media Panel Split On The Value Of Digital Radio
Future Publishing, producer of home computing and video game magazines, has today announced that it is to seek a listing on the London Stock Exchange in June. The float is expected to be valued at around £500 million.In connection with the listing, a new company is being formed – The Future Network – which will… Continue reading Future Publishing Seeks London Stock Exchange Listing
