The ABC //electronic certificate issued this month for the audit period of May 1998 shows that the website NME.com (see Newsline) maintains its position this month as the U.K’s top music site having delivered nearly 4 million page impressions to 135,000 users.Loaded’s website, Uploaded, has also seen an 18% growth in page impressions since January,… Continue reading NME.com Is The UK’s Most Read Music Site
The Guardian is preparing to launch a new football website, titled Football Unlimited (http://www.footballunlimited.co.uk), with the kick off of the new football season.The site is part of a new “unlimited” brand which the Guardian is launching, the rest of which it is planning to roll out this autumn. It is a step up from the… Continue reading New Guardian Football Website Kicks Off
Channel 5 has quadrupled the power to its transmitter in Croydon, which gives it the same broadcasting reach as its four terrestrial competitors. As a result, it has near doubled its average share of viewing in London.This power surge comes just before the kick-off of a £500,000 press and radio campaign due to start on… Continue reading C5 Gives Itself A Boost
Telewest’s interim results for the quarter ending 30 June this year, released this week, show that pre-tax losses fell £721,000 to £141.6 million, whilst sales rose by 25% to £266 million.Business and residential telephony turnover also displayed significant increases, 41% and 27% respectively. Telewest were unperturbed by a growth of “churn” – the proportion of… Continue reading Telewest Optimistic After Interim Results
The weekly reach of All BBC stations dropped by 0.3% to 26.6 million, whilst All Commercial’s reach increased by 0.5% to 28.6 million.Radio 1 experienced the greatest year on year fall in weekly reach, down 3.2%; its share of listening dropped by 0.2% points to 9.5%. All the other national BBC stations reported gains in… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR 1998 – National Stations
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is considering a change in its ruling on advertising slimming aids.The key elements of the draft proposals are that any effectiveness claims in such ads must be backed by evidence of efficacy and safety. Also, all slimming advertisements must be qualified by medical advice.Consultees on the proposed changes include the… Continue reading ITC To Consult On Slimming Ad Code
RAJAR results for Q2 show that overall, radio listening has dropped by 0.2%, and there have been some notable movements in the weekly reach of local commercial stations.Wyvern FM tore ahead of all the other stations with its increase in its weekly reach of 61.8%. 96.3 Q.FM also displayed a rather spectacular increase in weekly… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR Summary – Local Commercial Stations
Channel 5 has cut a new deal with the US National Football League (NFL). C5 will broadcast live coverage of American Football each week on the late night sports show Live and Dangerous, and show higlights on Saturday afternoons.Robert Charles, 5’s controller of sport, commented: “We are delighted to add another top class sport to… Continue reading Channel 5 Scores With NFL
Babes In The Woods is ITV’s latest attempt at a comedy that it hopes will bring in the viewers. With more hype than the Spice Girls and about the same amount of talent, Babes fizzled its way onto Thursday night. The first episode pulled in an audience of 7.99 million viewers (compared to 8.61 million… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 26/07/98
The Mirror Group has denied reports that it is backtracking on plans to relaunch the suspended Sporting Life paper this Autumn (see Sporting Life To Close).A Mirror Group spokesperson this morning told Newsline that any suggestions that the project was a ‘dead duck’ were totally untrue and that the Group is completely committed to the… Continue reading Mirror Group Denies Sporting Life Postponement
