Revenue According to agency estimates, total terrestrial television revenue for February (including GMTV) came in at £176.35 million. Of this, ITV brought in £120.83 million (down 0.8% year on year), Channel 4 £41.12m (up 9.3%), Channel 5 £9.53m and GMTV £4.87m (down 9.8%).Among the ITV franchises there was very little change year on year, though… Continue reading TV Round-Up – February
Margaret Beckett, President of the Board of Trade, has appointed David Edmonds as director general of telecommunications watchdog Oftel. Edmonds was previously a director at NatWest Group.He replaces Don Cruickshank, who announced his resignation last year (subscribers see Cruickshank Steps Down From Oftel), and will take up the position on April 1.Commenting on the appointment,… Continue reading New Head Of Oftel Appointed
Chris Evans’ media group Ginger Media has teamed up with GWR Group to create Digital One, a digital consortium which will bid for the only national commercial digital radio licence advertised by the Radio Authority today (see earlier Radio Authority Advertises National Digital Licence story).Quentin Howard, head of GWR’s Digital Division, will become Digital One’s… Continue reading GWR And Ginger Create Digital Consortium
Lesbian lifestyle title Diva has decided to change its frequency from bi-monthly to monthly from April onwards.The magazine’s publishers, Millivres, claim that from an initial print-run of 8,000 Diva‘s circulation has risen to over 30,000, with rapid expansion overseas and a ‘healthy’ increase in ad revenue.The title will also get a facelift along with new… Continue reading Diva Goes Monthly
The Radio Authority today placed an ad in the FT for the first and only national commercial digital radio multiplex.The licence is granted for a period of twelve years and some of its capacity is reserved for broadcasting the three existing national commercial stations. Remaining capacity may accommodate a range of new national services, the… Continue reading Radio Authority Advertises National Digital Licence
Chris Oakley, a board director of Mirror Group, will be leaving the company to join the Yorkshire Post Group as chief executive. Oakley was responsible for Mirror’s regional and Scottish newspaper operations.The Yorkshire Post Group was previously owned by United News & Media before being bought by Candover as part of United Provincial Newspapers (subscribers… Continue reading Mirror Group Director Leaves For Yorkshire Post
The Radio Authority will be conducting a public interest test into EMAP Radio’s proposal to take over Melody 105.4 FM (subscribers see Emap Buys Melody Radio). This is because EMAP already broadcasts Kiss 100 FM in the Greater London area.As part of the test the Authority is seeking comments on how the takeover would affect… Continue reading Radio Authority Launches Public Interest Test Over EMAP Move
The PPA, ISBA and IPA launched their joint magazine and newspaper supplements readership survey this morning. The Quality of Reading Survey (QRS) has been designed to give advertisers more detailed information on reader behaviour over the ‘life’ of a magazine or newspaper supplement.The core of the QRS is a measure called Page Exposures (PEX). PEX… Continue reading Quality of Reading Survey Launched Today
Test match cricket and most World Cup games are expected to become ‘unprotected’ by a change to the legislation that currently states they must be broadcast for free to terrestrial viewers. An advisory group appointed to assist Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Chris Smith in making the revisions published its recommendations on Friday.The committee, which… Continue reading Free TV Sports Coverage Revised By Government Committee
According to agency estimates, total terrestrial television revenue for February (including GMTV) came in at £176.35 million. Of this, ITV brought in £120.83 million, Channel 4 £41.12m, Channel 5 £9.53m and GMTV £4.87m.
