Cinema admissions in October averaged 2.3 million a week which is a 14.2% year on year decrease, while total admissions for the month fell from 11.919m to 10.222m.The Nutty Professor topped the box office, taking £9.7m, but this year’s back-up films were unable to cope with continuing strong performances in the same month last year… Continue reading October Admissions Drop
www.cosmomag.comCosmopolitan magazine has launched a Website on the Internet. Featuring supermodel Cindy Crawford on the main index, the layout of the site is very appealing with bright colours and crisp stylised lettering.The main sections of the site are: Agony Advice Bachelor of the Month Your Weekly Astrology Cosmo Quiz Beauty Giveaway This Week’s Tips Cosmo… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Cosmopolitan
The ITC has said that it will be investigating United News & Media’s various interests in television and national and regional newspapers.The watchdog will carry out a public interest test to examine the “desirability” of promoting plurality in ownership in the broadcasting and newspaper industries; diversity of sources of information and opinions expressed to the… Continue reading ITC Investigates United’s Media Interests
Coronation Street has maintained its place at top of the ratings for the week ending 10/11/96, with Monday’s episode achieving 17.39 million viewers, helped along by the re-introduction of Tracey Barlow bringing fresh problems on her return to Weatherfield from London.As the soap war continues into the winter, Eastenders is hot on the tail of… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary We 10/11/96
Representatives from the PES, EBRS and EMS gave presentations concerning the present success and future development of their respective surveys at the MRG evening meeting held on Tuesday (19/11/96).Katherine Page, Director of RSL Media began by making clear the fact that the three surveys do have their own separate contexts and exist for different purposes,… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting: International Media Surveys
Agency estimates for October show that total revenue for Channel 4 and ITV reached £224.16m, an increase of 10.4% on last year. ITV revenue increased by to £175.16m whilst Channel 4 pulled in £49m.Amongst ITV franchises the two London companies had the biggest increases in revenue share across the network: Carlton’s increased by 0.85% points… Continue reading TV Revenue – October
ITV has signed a deal giving it coverage of the UEFA Champions League until the year 2000. The new three year deal gives ITV exclusive British rights to the newly extended Champions League for three seasons from 1997/98.ITV has screened the Champions League since it was created five years ago and has achieved audiences of… Continue reading ITV Keep Rights To Champions League
The Independnet Television Commission has issued a formal warning L!ve TV, the Mirror-owned cable channel, over repeated compliance failures which culminated in breaches of the ITC’s Programme, Sponsorship and Advertising Breaks Codes in September and October.The Commission believes that “undue prominence” was given to the Daily Mirror in a news item on the Duchess of… Continue reading Formal Warnings Issued Against Live TV
ITN and the ITV Network Centre, on behalf of the ITV companies, have agreed a new five-year contract for the provision of national and international news. The new contract will run from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2002, which includes a reduction price for 1997.ITV Network Director Marcus Plantin said, “This has been a… Continue reading ITV Signs New News Contract
A survey carried out by RSGB on behalf of Vogue magazine has said that the top quality monthly magazines are the key to successful cosmetic and fragrance marketing and that newspaper supplement/reviews emerged as weak performers.The main object of the research was to examine the dynamics of the cosmetic and fragrance markets, with 1,006 face-to-face… Continue reading Vogue Carry Out Research Into Quality Monthlies
