There have been further upheavals in the Evening Standard‘s sales department, with new sales head Sue Minnikin instigating a restructure. As part of this Christine O’Doherty, a sales controller, and Richard Wilson, client sales manager, as well as three sales executives, will be leaving the department. It is understood that five new staff will be… Continue reading Appointment News
Homes without computers can now go on-line by switching on the TV. A new gadget, about the size of a satellite receiver, connects a TV to a telephone line and allows viewers to surf the Net through their TV sets. The service is being provided by NetChannel, which is packaging the Internet service into ‘channels’… Continue reading Web Round-Up – W/E 25/07/97
http://www.fwi.co.ukThe beeb brought us “scorewatch”, now strap yourselves in for “blightwatch” from this week’s Website of the Week, Farmers Weekly Interactive.To gain access to the site one must register with an online form. This is, as usual, a traumatic experience which should only be tackled over coffee. All sites using this technique are as bad,… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Farmer’s Interactive Weekly
A report from Continental Research suggests that digital television will be installed in two million homes in the UK by 2002. 50% of these households will have Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) with the other half tuning in to digital satellite programmes.DTT is due to launch in July 1998 while digital satellite will probably go ahead… Continue reading Latest DTT Predictions
Sport First , the daily sports newspaper which has been trying to launch since last year, is gearing up for a launch within the next few months.The six-day per week four-colour broadsheet, edited by Bob Harris, is aiming to raise around £4.5m through a placing document with stockbroker I A Pritchard. The title, if and… Continue reading Sport First Gears For Launch Again
It has been confirmed that Sunday Business has gone into receivership. The title, which has not published for the last two weeks, has been put into the hands of David Sapte of accountancy firm Begbies, which is confident that a buyer can be found.The newspaper, which had been claiming a growing circulation, was hit two… Continue reading Sunday Business Goes Into Receivership
It is estimated that The Lost World, the sequel to Jurassic Park, grossed £5.66m on its opening weekend. While this beats the opening figure achieved by Jurassic Park, which was £4.87m in 1993, it failed to match Independence Day which took £6.9m in its first three days last year.Subscribers can access the Cinema Database by… Continue reading Lost World Cashes In
Agency estimates put the combined ITV/C4 revenue for June at £184.2m, while Channel 5 brought in £9.7m which is an unwelcome fall from May’s figure of £11m. ITV’s revenue was put at £140.2m while C4’s was £44m, up 3.1%.It was the London broadcasters which experienced the greatest year on year changes among the ITV contractors,… Continue reading TV Revenue – June
Reuters, the international news and information group, has released its interim results. They show that revenue was down 2% to £1,409 million, for the six months to 30 June 1997.Operating profit was down 5% to £297 million.As a result, earnings per ordinary share fell 3% to 14.2p.The drop in revenue and operating profit has been… Continue reading Revenue Down At Reuters
For the first time, data on children’s spending habits has been collected as part of the Family Expenditure Survey. The survey, carried out by the Office For National Statistics, has found that children between the ages of 7 and 15 spend, on average, £8.40 a week.All spending by children was covered, including items bought with… Continue reading Kids Are Rolling In It
