Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers’ preliminary results show the company has returned strong profits after two difficult years.Operating profits, before exceptional items, for the 52 weeks to March 29 this year rose 16% to 9.4 million. This growth came from publishing, up 16% to £6.6 million and from retailing, up 23% to £2.7 million.Advertising revenue across… Continue reading Portsmouth Profits
Sam Chisholm, BSkyB’s chief executive, has said that he will be leaving his post at the end of the year due to medical advice.He will be replaced by Mark Booth, JSkyB’s chief operating officer on January 1 1998. Chisholm, who is an asthma sufferer, was advised by doctors not to take on the next stage… Continue reading BSkyB Chief Executive To Quit
IPC Southbank Group has announced changes to the promotions department for Marie Claire and Marie Claire Health & Beauty.Sophie Elkan is now marketing and promotions executive for both titles; she previously worked in the advertorials department. Virginie Pernthaller has been appointed marketing and promotions assistant; she previously worked for Le Figaro in France.IPC: 0171 261… Continue reading Change In Promotions
Advanced Techniques Group Worldwide was opened as an independent company, under the J. Walter Thompson umbrella, in March. Yet, the company has already conducted an immense amount of valuable research and has broken even on its first year’s cost provision.It is no wonder then that James Walker, media development director of the research company, is… Continue reading Interview – James Walker, Media Development Director, Advanced
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Jet, the petrol station company, is sponsoring Nigel Mihell of Redgrave Racing as he competes in the 1997 Formula Renault Sport Championship.Jackie Sykes, Jet’s PR manager, commented: “the motor racing audience profile is tailored to our exact requirements and will provide us with high levels of visibility amongst opinion-formers and our existing customer base.”RTA PR:… Continue reading Jets Off To The Race
Peter van Gelder, managing director of Teletext, has been appointed as managing director of British Interactive Broadcasting. BIB is the joint venture between BSkyB, BT, Midland Bank and Matsuchita created to deliver digital interactive services to viewers via satellite *BSkyB Launches Digital Services Company.*Subscribers only
The ITC has published its Code of Conduct on the operation of Electronic Programme Guides, EPGs.EPGs are the services through which viewers are offered programme listings and choices. They will become more important as the number of programme services increases and the technology becomes more sophisticated.EPG providers are required, by the new Code, to ensure… Continue reading Electric Signals From ITC
The ITC’s May report into programme complaints and interventions covers the British National Party’s party election broadcast. 87 viewers complained to the ITC about the broadcast. A large number of these complaints concerned the content of the broadcast, including a sequence which questioned whether a multi-racial society was “what our war heroes fought for.”Each of… Continue reading ITC Recieves BNP Political Broadcast Complaints
The combined terrestrial TV revenue for May, according to agency estimates, came in at £193.31 million which is a drop of 3.83% year-on-year. ITV’s revenue fell 5.7% year on year to £148.81m while Channel 4’s rose 2.2% to £46.5m. The ratio between ITV and C4 revenue for May was 76:24. It is also estimated that… Continue reading TV Revenue – May
The Express will go on sale this week with a cover-price of 20p instead of its normal 35p. The offer, which is being backed by a radio ad campaign, will hope to maintain the recent growth in the title’s sales since it was relaunched in October.Source: ABCSubscribers can access the Press Planner by selecting “Press”… Continue reading Price Cut For Express
