The slump in the TV Listings/Entertainment sector which was reported in the Jan-Jun ’96 period has slowed down this period with only four titles showing a drop in circulation. The biggest year on year percentage loss was suffered by Home Entertainment magazine with a decrease of 31.4% or an actual loss of 7,857 copies on… Continue reading Jul-Dec ’96 ABC Figures: TV Listings & Entertainment Magazine
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It was generally a bad six months for the golf magazines, with ‘Golf World’ the only publication to record an improved figure on the same period in 1995, up just 1.35%. The main loss was experienced by ‘Fore!’, down 8.33%.The changes leave ‘Golf World’ 12,140 ahead of it’s nearest rival ‘Golf Monthly’, as opposed to… Continue reading July – December 1996 ABC Figures – Golf Sector
Emap’s FHM has achieved an extraordinary rate of growth over the last six months, with ABC figures showing an increase of 217%. Its popularity has been growing steadily over the past couple of years, but today’s results will certainly help to re affirm FHM’s editorial policy. James Carter at Emap explained the titles rocketing success… Continue reading Jul-Dec ’96 ABC Figures: Men’s Monthly Sector
For the first time in five years the Radio Authority has increased its application fees for local radio licences. This is as a result of the increasing costs of processing applicationsThe price increase will effect all those applications which must be received by the Authority after 1 April 1997. The applications fees for a full-term,… Continue reading Local Radio Licence Application Fees Go Up By Up To 100%
August 1996-January 1997 ABC figures showed that the Independent lost 28,658 copies year on year, a drop of 9.82%, to 263,075. This is its lowest ever six-month ABC figure. Its Sunday title fared the worst among the whole sector with a drop in sales of 12.36% – again, this is the worst ever six-monthly figure… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – January
BAD PERFORMANCE IN SECOND HALF OF 1996The second half of 1996 proved a poor one for the football magazines. In particular ’90 Minutes’ and ‘Soccerstars’ returned significant minuses, both down over 30%. Title Jul 95 – Dec 95 Jul 96 – Dec 96 Actual Change % Change 90 Minutes 68,961 43,005 -25,956 -37.64 Four Four… Continue reading July – December 1996 ABC Figures – Football Sector
Corporate Money has announced the 25 City PR firms of 1996. The league table is compiled on the basis of the value of deals made last year in the area of bids, mergers, demergers and disposals advice.Brunswick took first place in the deals’ league, having advised on a total of 40 deals last year with… Continue reading Top 25 PR Firms
According to the latest July – December figures by far the best performance came from Internet magazine with a year on year increase of 22.7%. Amongst other titles in the sector reporting only Computer Buyer, Computer Shopper, PC Gamer and PC Pro show increases.The worst performances came from Amiga Format and CD Rom Today, both… Continue reading Computer Magazines July – December 1996 ABC Figures
David Jason makes a welcome return to ITV this week with the new series of A Touch Of Frost soaring straight into the top ten with an audience of 16.75 million. ITV drama is continuing to grow in standing, with Frost merely following up the progress which London’s Burning made in its last series. The… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 09/02/97
Television subscriptions will become a more important source of income to the UK’s television industry than advertising by the year 2000. This is the conclusion of a report from Datamonitor.The report, IT in UK Media 1996-2001: Moving Towards Holistic Systems, estimates that subscription revenue, including pay-TV and video-on-demand, will increase in the television industry by… Continue reading Pay TV Set For Rapid Growth
