According to the Independent Carlton Communications and International CableTel, the cable company, are planning a joint bid to run all three commercial digital TV licences.The companies are apparently in talks with Flextech, the cable and satellite programme group, to reach a programming deal. A large part of this is believed to centre on the BBC/Flextech… Continue reading Carlton To Bid For Digital Services
The national newspaper ABCs for December show that the Sunday market has got both the highest and the lowest results. The Sunday Telegraph has seen the most marked leap in sales. The paper saw an increase of 35.76% year-on-year. In real terms 1,266,624 copies of the Sunday Telegraph were sold last December. The Express on… Continue reading National Newspaper December ABCs
It is estimated that eight out of the top ten programmes screened on Christmas Day were shown on BBC1. Only Fools and Horses had 18.7 million viewers while EastEnders came second with 15.9 million. Jurassic Park, another BBC1 offering, was third with 14.5 million people watching. ITV’s highest ranked programme was Coronation Street at seventh… Continue reading BBC Claims Christmas Viewing Victory
Heart 106.2 FM has a new sponsor in the shape of the Carphone Warehouse. The mobile phone retailer will sponsor the London station’s traffic and travel bulletins for the next two years in a deal thought to be worth around £750,000.Heart: 0171 468 1062
Radio group GWR has launched a £3.9m takeover bid for Wyvern FM, the Hereford-based station. The move coincides with the completion of GWR’s takeover of Classic FM.Due to the fact that GWR’s 102.4 Severn Sound FM overlaps with Wyvern’s audience, a public interest test will be carried out on the takeover by the Radio Authority.… Continue reading GWR To Buy Radio Wyvern
According to trade press reports VNU Business Publications and Emap Computing are planning to launch monthly IT magazines in early 1997. Emap is apparently relaunching Lan Magazine as Network World while VNU is working on an as yet unnamed project which would directly compete with the new Emap title.
According to agency estimates total TV revenue for November came in at £212.84m, an increase of 11.41% year on year. ITV revenue rose to £165.49m while C4 rose to £47.35m.Impacts were down by between 7%-8% across the board for November and CPTs correspondingly rose, with most categories experiencing an increase of around 20% year on… Continue reading TV Round-Up – November
Luke Johnson, chairman of PizzaExpress, has made a large investment in Tom Rubython’s Sunday Business newspaper and will become its chairman.Mr Johnson is understood to be taking a stake of around 25% in the paper which is currently owned almost wholly by a consortium of British business men. Although the paper has faced serious financial… Continue reading New Chairman For Sunday Business
The latest NRS figures for November show that the Times recorded the biggest year on year increase amongst the whole national daily newspaper market. 12-month figures reveal that the News International title has grown its readership by 16.92% to reach 1.942 million.Amongst the daily broadsheets the Guardian increased 5.63% to 1.312 million and the FT… Continue reading Newspaper NRS Figures – November
CLT UK Radio Sales has appointed Tim Bleakley as sales controller of Talk Radio. He joins from TSMS where he was account director.… Kate Lynch, head of research at Leo Burnett, is leaving the company’s London office in March to join the Leo Burnett operation in Chicago.CLT UK Radio Sales: 0171 436 6363Leo Burnett: 0171… Continue reading Appointment News
