BBC1’s coverage of the World Cup final last night was watched by an average of 15.5 million people (28.4 TVR); ITV gained an average of 6.6 million (12.1 TVR), according to unofficial overnight viewing figures.Audiences for France’s 3-0 victory over Brazil peaked at 16.3 million (29.8 TVR) individuals for BBC1, and 7.0 million (12.8 TVR)… Continue reading BBC Wins In World Cup Final Viewing
The Radio Authority (RA) is to change the way it awards restricted service licences (RSLs) during the run up to the millennium. Anticipating a particularly high demand in December 1999, the RA has decided that the fairest way to award licences is by setting up a selection process and making awards on merit. Normally, RSLs… Continue reading Millennium RSLs To Be Awarded On Merit
Total broadsheet circulation for this period was down 1.6% to 5.7 million copies – a loss of 94,000 copies for January-June 1998. The only paper to show a significant increase in this period was, once again, the Financial Times.In the mid market the Mail titles continue to prosper at the expense of the Express titles.The… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – June 1998
ITV franchise holder Border Television has announced annual pre-tax profits down 26.9% to £2.01 million (previously £2.74 million) for the year ended 30 April 1998. Turnover at the group stood at £15.81 million, up 17% year on year. Earnings per share were 12.5p, down 25.6% on the previous year.Border reports that its share of ITV… Continue reading Border Profits Down To £2m
Peter Blackburn has been appointed as the president of the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA). Blackburn is chairman and chief executive of Nestlé. He replaces Simon Bullimore at ISBA and will hold the position for two years.The ISBA Council has also chosen Chris Searle as joint vice-president. Searle is the executive director of Bacardi-Martini.ISBA:… Continue reading ISBA Gets New Chief
Associated New Media’s This Is London website (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/) has won two awards at this year’s Yell UK Web Awards. The guide to business, news and entertainment in London scooped both Site of the Year and Best Online Publication from over 9,000 nominations.Martin Dunn, editor of This Is London, said: “This is a great honour, and… Continue reading This Is London Takes Yell Web Awards
ITV chief executive, Richard Eyre, is extolling the virtues of publicly-funded, public service broadcasting. He claims that the BBC is in danger of diluting its public service ethos, and that the Corporation should not be allowed to abandon its ‘high ground’ in pursuit of commercial competitiveness.Eyre has given a 20 page report to Chris Smith,… Continue reading ‘The BBC Is In Danger Of Diluting Its Public Service Ethos’, Says Richard Eyre
The Irish Times on the Web has received its second ABC //electronic audit for the period 3 March-2 April 1998. The website recorded 5,998,728 page impressions and 620,623 users.The site can be accessed at http://www.irish-times.com/.Subscribers can access the New Media Database by selecting “New Media” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.Irish… Continue reading Irish Times Website Receives 5.9m Impressions
Total national newspaper circulation was down by 3.1% year on year for the ABC period January-June 1998, from 27.8 million to 26.9 million. This represents a loss of 860,000 copies across the whole national newspaper market.Circulation for The Guardian is not included in these figures as the newspaper supplied ABC with data that was incorrect.… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – June 1998
ABC will be re-issuing the latest national newspaper ABC figures (June 1998) for The Guardian later this afternoon after an error in the data that was supplied to ABC by the newspaper.The Guardian‘s figures have therefore been removed from the Press database pending reissue.Subscribers can select National Newspaper ABC Breakdowns from the Press database to… Continue reading ABC Circulation Amendment For Guardian
