Future Publishing have closed Rugby Magazine just four months after it had received a relaunch. The closure is being attributed to the high number of Rugby related magazines that are currently on the market and the fact that sales did not increase substantially enough.… launching just in time to pick up Rugby Magazine’s readers, Inside… Continue reading Future Cease Publication Of Rugby Magazine
According to research carried out by Grey Advertising, women want advertising to drop its outdated stereotypes toward them. The research found: 96% of women say they want to be appreciated as individuals in their own right, with 70% saying that it is very important. 32% dream of having someone to help them do the domestic… Continue reading Women Tired Of Stereotypical Advertising
The DTI has published the long-awaited guidelines on digital television which gives broadcasters access to the set top boxes. The rules are said to allow access on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory means, once they are available on the market.There is still a final consultation period that is carrying on until December 11th with the Government… Continue reading DTI Publishes Further Details On Digital Television
95.8 Capital FM will be moving Chris Tarrant’s Breakfast Show to a new start time of 6.30am with effect from January 6 as part of its New Year programme schedules.The Breakfast Show will continue to broadcast until 10am when Steve Penk will move into a new mid morning slot between 10am and 1pm from his… Continue reading Tarrant’s Breakfast Show Extended
The sale of the BBC’s domestic and foreign transmission service reached the final stage yesterday when four UK and US groups handed in their final bids. All offers for this, the BBC’s first privatisation, are believed to exceed £200 million.The four bidders are International CableTel, a consortium led by Securicor, Mercury Asset Management and Castletower… Continue reading BBC Sell Off Attracts Final Bids
The Sun and the Daily Mirror revealed today the Christmas television schedules, as the battle between the terrestrial channels continues.BBC1 starts the fight on Christmas Eve premiering the film Super Mario Brothers while for the same time ITV can only come up with Protocol, and later on in the evening Top Gun both films shown… Continue reading Christmas Schedules For 1996
Admissions Cinema admissions have been varied so far this year, with January and February starting 1996 off well by each recording figures of just over 12 million. The best month of the year so far however was August which saw an overall increase of 23.87% on the same month last year with a figure of… Continue reading Cinema Round-Up – January To October
Unofficial overnight figures for last night’s screening of ITV’s detective drama Inspector Morse show that it achieved a peak audience of 14.29 million viewers, with an average audience of 13.59 million between 8pm and 10pm.BBC1 had How Do They Do That?, Points Of View, Nine O’Clock News, Budget Response and X-Files up against Morse and… Continue reading Inspector Morse Overnights
Channel 4 is set to open up sponsorship opportunities for its most popular programmes. It will mean that programmes such as Brookside, Friends and Frasier will able to carry a sponsor for the first time. Up until now few programmes have been available for sponsorship on the channel, the Film on Four season being the… Continue reading Channel 4 Opens Up Sponsorship Avenues
Roger Gane has resigned as Executive Director at RAJAR Ltd. He will leave his post early next year to become International Media Research Director for the IPSOS Group, the parent company of RSL, who hold the RAJAR research contract. A successor is currently being sought.Of his move, Roger told MediaTel today: “I have very much… Continue reading Roger Gane Leaves RAJAR
