Revenue According to agency estimates, total TV revenue for February reached £159.81m, up 4% on the previous year. Of this, ITV came in at £121.81m, up 3.46%, and Channel 4 brought in £38m, up almost 6% year on year. This puts the ITV/C4 ratio at 76:24.Carlton boosted its revenue by almost 2% points year on… Continue reading TV Round-Up – February
MTV is going to broadcast its first ever travel programme, MTV’s World Tour on 14 April 1997. Debuting with six, half-hour episodes this globetrotting weekly series aims to reinvent the classic travel show format, with each episode designed to reflect the genuine and uncensored travel experiences and aspirations of young people.This is the first programme… Continue reading Go On Tour With MTV
Cable & Wireless Communications plc has announced the formal terms of the Offers to be made for Bell Cablemedia plc and NYNEX CableComms. The terms of the Offers are as follows:Each BCM ordinary share will be equivalent to 0.69389 CWC ordinary shares.Each NYNEX CableComms UK ordinary share will be equivalent to 0.330714 CWC shares.The Offers… Continue reading C&W Formalise Deal
Mohammed Al-Fayed has threatened to shut-down Liberty Radio, the London station he launched last November *963 Liberty Radio Launch Date Announced. A report in The Sunday Times claims that the Harrod’s chairman has told the Radio Authority that he will take drastic action unless it permits him to use more powerful transmitters or a more… Continue reading The End Of The Line For Liberty
Ulster TV reported financial results for the year ended December 31 1996, which showed that pre-tax profits reached £9m (up from £8.2m last year) on the back of turnover up from £34.2m to £34.5m.Ad revenue however only increased by 2.4% to £33.2m, compared with television operating profit which increased 9.4% to £7m. UTV said that… Continue reading UTV Disappointed With Ad Revenue
WPP Group has introduced a stock option programme for all its people around the world with the first grants being made this month. WPP plans to make annual grants of fair market value stock options to all full-time people in the Group with two years service who work in wholly-owned operating companies. This will enable… Continue reading WPP Announces Share Option
By the closing date for applications, the ITC had received one application for the local delivery franchise of Ayr.The applicant is Ayrshire Cable and Telecoms Ltd, a company backed by the US Cable Corporation and its affiliates, McNicholas Construction Ltd, Metro Group Ltd and Morgan Cable Ltd. The application proposes to offer the service to… Continue reading On Ayr
Scottish Radio Holdings plc has bought the entire share capital of Montrose Press Review.MRP is based in the town of Montrose on the east coast of Scotland and prints and publishes five local weeklies: Montrose Review , Brechin Review, The Leader, The Northern Leader and Kincardineshire Observer.Scottish Radio Holdings: 0141 306 2242
According to agency estimates, total TV revenue for February reached £159.81m, up 4% on the previous year. Of this, ITV came in at £121.81m and Channel 4 brought in £38m.Carlton boosted its revenue by almost 2% points year on year to gain an ITV market share of 17.76% while Meridian had the next biggest increase,… Continue reading TV Revenue – February
Paul Bay, has left Leo Burnett to join M & C Saatchi as international media director. Bay takes over from David Green and will be responsible for strategic planning.M & C Saatchi: 0171 543 4500
