According to agency estimates total TV ad revenue for September reached £184.71m, an increase of 2.29% year-on-year. ITV’s revenue remained reasonably static and reached £141.71m, while Channel 4 rose to £43m.Impacts were down across the board during September, with the largest drop being in the Housewives/Children category which fell by 11.4% year-on-year. ABC1 Adults experienced… Continue reading TV Round-Up – September
United News & Media is believed to be the front-runner in the bidding battle for control of Westcountry, the Plymouth-based ITV company.United is reported to have bid around the £75m mark, a greater sum than that offered by other contenders. The acquisition would give United a great deal of control in the southern UK TV… Continue reading United Heads Race For Westcountry
… Mike Baker, currently Divisional Advertising Marketing Director at IPC with responsibility for all IPC titles, is to join TDI Advertising as Marketing Director, directly replacing Adam Poulter who left in July to join Cinema Media. Baker will join TDI in mid December and will have responsibility across their whole portfolio. It is not clear… Continue reading TDI And Cinema Media Appointments
The BBC and Flextech have outlined the range of channel concepts which will form the basis of their joint venture which was announced at the end of September *BBC Signs Deal With Flextech.The channel concepts are as follows: Showcase: from Pride and Prejudice to Fawlty Towers, spotlighting “the crown jewels of BBC comedy and drama.”… Continue reading BBC Release New Channel Details
Thanks to the continuing Ian/Cindy/David storyline Eastenders is still the most watched programme of the week. Over 17 million people tuned into the episode broadcast on Thursday October 17th. When second showing figures are added the total number of viewers exceeds 22 million, four million higher than Monday’s Coronation Street consolidated figure.Granada’s light entertainment programme… Continue reading Eastenders Still Tops
Young people are turning their back on computer games and returning to music, according to results of a new survey, Youth TGI 1996.Findings reveal that youth are now much more likely to buy pre-recorded music and read music magazines than they were a year ago and have greatly reduced the time they spend playing with… Continue reading Youth Shun Computer Games For Music
Kenneth Clark, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, this morning announced that interest rates would rise 0.25% to 6%. This is the first time there has been a rise for nearly two years. Mr Clarke said the move was designed to “maintain a firm grip on inflation.”
Revenue According to agency estimates total TV ad revenue for September reached £184.71m, an increase of 2.29% year-on-year. ITV’s revenue remained reasonably static, increasing 0.18% to £141.71m, while Channel 4 rose by 9.9% to £43m. The ratio between ITV and Channel 4 for September was 77:23.Overall among the ITV contractors there was very little change.… Continue reading TV Round-Up – September
Warner Brothers’ new cartoon and entertainment channel WBTV may not launch on Friday as was originally scheduled *Sky Unveils More New Channels.The channel, part of the new Autumn launches which Sky 2, Sky Sports 3 and GSB were part of, was due to be carried via the Astra satellite which is part-owned by Rupert Murdoch.… Continue reading WBTV Launch May Be Delayed
The National Readership Survey for September has shown that, among the quality daily newspapers, the FT recorded the biggest increase in readership, rising over 10% to 776,000. The Daily Telegraph saw its readership slump by 9.16% and the Independent lost 66,000 readers. Among the Sunday qualities, only News International’s Sunday Times managed to grow its… Continue reading NRS Figures – September
