IPC Magazines has appointed Philppa Stuart to the new role of marketing director, advertising. She will be responsible for developing and implementing plans which market IPC Magazines and its sales proposition to the advertising industry. Stuart will report to Weeklies group advertisement director, Sly Grice.Stuart is currently a Board director of Motive, the media arm… Continue reading IPC Makes New Appointment
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. Feb-96 Feb-97 % Change ITV 117.74 121.81 3.46 C4 35.88… Continue reading TV Revenue – February
ITV’s coverage of Manchester United’s 4-0 victory over Porto at Old Trafford on Wednesday March 5 attracted a consolidated audience of 11.068 million, which is a TVR of 20. The previous night BBC1 broadcast the Newcastle/Monaco match, which was watched by 8.963 million, a TVR of 16. The difference in audiences was undoubtedly down to… Continue reading Programme Analysis: Live Football Matches W/E 09/03/97
The ITC’s February Programme Complaints and Interventions Report was published today.The ITV programme Monarchy – The National Decides has been the subject of a number of complaints to the ITC. The current affairs programme that considered the future of the Monarchy received 85 complaints from viewers. The majority of these criticisms concerned the style of… Continue reading Monarchy – The ITC Decided
Granada’s announcement on Friday that it was not interested in acquiring YTTV while its price was so high sent the Yorkshire broadcaster’s shareprice tumbling. It fell over 100p from 1280p to 1162.5p while Granada lost 17p to reach 956.5p. BZW’s buy of 19.5 million BSkyB shares from Pearson, Granada and Pathe did not seriously affect… Continue reading Sharewatch – W/E 14/03/97
John Major signalled at the weekend that he is ready and willing to engage in a televised debate with Tony Blair, leader of the Labour Party. While details have yet to emerge regarding the mechanics and date of the debate, senior broadcasters such as John Humphreys, Jeremy Paxman, David Frost and the Dimbleby brothers are… Continue reading Major Ready For TV Debate
Sky Television has now confirmed that it has won the rights to rugby union’s European Cup for the next five years. This gives Sky more live coverage of the game than any other UK broadcaster. Sky has been interested in acquiring rights to the coverage after ITV pulled out of a deal last year *BSkyB… Continue reading Sky Win Rugby Rights
(Updated at 3:52pm)John Major signalled at the weekend that he is ready and willing to engage in a televised debate with Tony Blair, leader of the Labour Party. While details have yet to emerge regarding the mechanics and date of the debate, senior broadcasters such as John Humphreys, Jeremy Paxman, David Frost and the Dimbleby… Continue reading Major Ready For TV Debate
The Financial Times increased its revenue over 1996 by 123% year on year to £16.5 million and increased ad revenue by 7%, Pearson announced this morning. The newspaper’s owner also announced that over the next five years up to £100m will be invested in extending the Financial Times and its brand internationally, opening new print… Continue reading FT Performs Well For Pearson
