Cable company Telewest Communications released its 3rd Quarter Results today. The results show that it has now achieved 34.2% household penetration, an increase of 1.7% on Q3 1996. Turnover has increased by 36.3% year on year to £282m, and the company has now claimed over one million customers.Residential telephony and cable television penetration have improved… Continue reading Telewest Serves More And Loses More
The French-based satellite channel Eurotica Rendez Vous has been deemed unacceptable under the terms of the 1990 Broadcasting Act. The ITC has recommended that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport gains a proscription order to ban the service in the UK.The Commission found that the channel repeatedly contains material which is beyond… Continue reading ITC Brands Pornography Channel Unacceptable
The Express launched a new business section aimed at small businesses this Monday. EX will be published weekly with the paper, every Monday. Its launch has an accompanying direct marketing campaign which will target small businesses.Express: 0171 922 2720
Bit of a turn up for the books this week as Thursday’s hour long episode of Emmerdale attracted an audience of 12.53 million, pushing Eastenders down to one of its worst positions in the chart for quite some time. That particular episode was only watched by 9.21 million, pulling the soap’s average score over three… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 19/10/97
Emap On Air will officially open its doors for business on 3 November. Emap On Air has responsibility for the sales and marketing interests of Emap Radio’s broadcast services which include nineteen radio stations across the UK and two television channels – The Box and Kiss TV. The company’s offices are based in Tottenham Court… Continue reading Emap On Air – Open For Business
Affinity Publishing will be launching a new magazine dedicated to the ancient Chinese practice of Feng Shui. Feng Shui for Modern Living will launch on 16 January with a UK print-run of 135,000. The bi-monthly will have a cover price of £2.95.…Emap Metro has confirmed that its movie title Premiere will no longer publish after… Continue reading Magazine Briefs
http://www.scrum.com/There are two problems with this site: a fantasy “Dream XV” section which does not allow you to pick your dream XV and sponsorship from Save & Prosper which is overbearing and annoying.The first “Dream XV” bugbear is the process of filling in a lengthy form which probes into all your financial details for the… Continue reading Website of the Week – scrum.com
By close of trade yesterday most media stocks had suffered a bigger drop than the FTSE all share index which was down 2.6% on the previous day.One of the worst hit was Capital Radio which fell 12.8%, a drop of 66p to 451.5p, while two other radio groups were also hard hit. GWR fell 7.8%,… Continue reading Media Shares Hit Hard In Stockmarket Nosedive
Vibe FM, the new dance station owned by Essex Radio Group, is set to launch on 22 November. It will broadcast across Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.Vibe FM: 01702 333 711
Southern Newspapers has signed a deal with Teletext which will allow its customers to advertise both in print and on the television information service.The combined advertising package, launched at the beginning of October, allows advertisers with Southern’s 91 titles across southern England and much of Wales to advertise on Channel 4 Teletext for an extra… Continue reading Southern Newspapers Joins Forces With Teletext
