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
Channel 5 has announced that it has secured a deal with 20th Century Fox International TV for the UK terrestrial premieres of its recent major films releases. The deal will include premieres of such films as Independence Day, Mrs Doubfire, Speed, Hot Shots Part Deux and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.The deal was negotiated jointly with… Continue reading Channel 5 Sign Film Deal With Fox
Future Publishing has appointed Stephen Price as the new advertising manager responsible for FutureNet, the company’s website. He was previously director of sales and marketing at Screen International in Los Angeles.Future say that due to the ‘tremendous growth’ within this division, the London team is looking to recruit another three members to its ad department… Continue reading Future Appoints Ad Manager For Website
The latest ITC cable statistics for October 1st 1996, show that the television penetration rate has increased by 0.4% since October 1st 1995. The number of cable telephony lines rose to 2,015,134, with the total number of homes connected to any sort of cable delivered service reaching 2.3 million.Broadband cable became available to over 600,000… Continue reading Cable Penetration Increases For October
The Independent Television Commission has today announced that the licence fees payable by the ITV franchise holders will remain unchanged for the first quarter of 1997.This will disappoint many in the industry, especially YTTV, who have campaigned for a change in the way licence fees are calculated. Particularly irritating to some is the fact that… Continue reading ITV Licence Fees Remain Unchanged
The latest NRS figures released yesterday reveal that amongst the daily broadsheets the Times and FT were the only titles to register increased readerships. 12-month figures show that the Times‘s readership has gone up by over 12% year on year while the FT‘s has grown by over 8%. It was a similar picture in the… Continue reading Newspaper NRS Figures – October
Channel 4 has announced its Christmas schedule, which it says provides its traditional mix of the untraditional for a fortnight of alternative festive viewing. Following the trend of Christmas pasts, Channel 4 will again be showing an alternative to the Queen’s Speech. Rory Bremner will be impersonating Princess Diana in what the station says will… Continue reading Channel 4 Unveils Festive Crackers
Euromoney, the magazine publisher and conference organiser, has announced record interim profits for the year to September 30th 1996.Euromoney achieved pre tax profits of £25.5 million, which compares to £18.2 million for the same time last year. Cost cutting and improved cash margins are said to have contributed to the improved profits.Euromoney Publications: 0171 779… Continue reading Euromoney Announce Interim Profits
The Christian cable channel Ark2 has found itself a financial backer, believed to be from South Africa, to help ease its financial crisis. Ark2 was to have started transmission this week, but the transmission date was subsequently put back*Ark2 In Financial Crisis.A figure of £1.3 million is said to have been offered for Ark2 to… Continue reading Ark2 Gets Financial Saviour
