Loaded, IPC’s middle of the road magazine, has nearly doubled its circulation figures compared to last year. FHM, Emap’s equivalent to Loaded, also saw its circulation doubled which reflects the popularity of “new lad” magazines.According to speculation, Maxim, published by Dennis Publishing, was expected to have its circulation doubled but only saw an increase of… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Men’s Magazine Sector
The ITV companies and Channel 4 have said that they generally support the proposals in the Department of Trade and Industry’s consultation paper on ‘The Regulation of Conditional Access Services for Digital Television’.They do however strongly call on the Government to bring in the regulations swiftly to ensure that digital television is properly regulated from… Continue reading ITV Calls For More Digital TV Regulation
Within the gardening sector ABC figures released this morning show that most titles have experienced a decline in circulation. Garden Answers recorded the largest drop, down 17.9% to 138,356 copies, whilst Practical Gardening dropped over 14% to just over 62,000. Gardens Illustrated was the strongest title, with an increase of over 26% to over 48,000… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Gardening, Golf And Photography Sectors
With all but 4 titles recording a drop in their year on year Jan-Jun ABCs, it would seem that there is a slump in the TV Listings/Entertainment sector. The biggest percentage fall came from Dennis Publishing’s Home Entertainment which fell by 16.23 or 3,595 copies. The biggest fall in copies came from EMAP’s Premiere magazine… Continue reading January To June ABCs – TV Listings & Entertainment
Eva, IPC’s woman’s weekly, saw a significant decrease with its circulation. The publication has recently developed a new look and price *(Eva Is Revamped) due to this change. Apart from a 45% decrease from last year for OK Weekly, there was very little change in the women’s weekly sector.All new ABC figures are available to… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Women’s Weekly Sector
The Jan-Jun ’96 ABC figures which were released this morning show that, within the angling sector, circulation performances were generally poor. Improve Your Course Fishing was the strongest performer with an increase of 1.8% (or 1,050 copies) to 58,585, whilst Stillwater Trout Angler and Trout Fisherman showed decreases in circulation of 12.8% and 6.7% respectively.… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Angling, Boating And Children’s Sectors
The younger end of the market, after the closure of DC Thompson & Co’s Catch this year, has had mixed results. EMAP’s More! is the only one of it’s younger titles to have an increase but It’s Bliss is doing well with its first ABC of 322,063. Looks has had a fall of just 2.08%… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Young Women’s/Teenage Sector
The ITC has produced an additional section to the Code of Practice on Equipment Retuning for Channel 5’s Broadcasting Agreement. The short section extends certain parts of the current Code to cover work which prepares TV sets for the reception of the new channel.Copies of the revised code can be obtained from the following address:ITC… Continue reading ITC Revises Channel 5 Broadcast Agreement
Cable channel Live TV is covering this weekends Umbro Challenge, one of the more attractive of the pre-season football tournaments, featuring Manchester United, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Ajax of Amsterdam. Coverage runs from 12.30 – 5.30pm and 7.00pm – Midnight on both Saturday and Sunday.Live TV’s only previous excursions into sports coverage include serious international… Continue reading Live TV Gets A Slice Of The Soccer Action
Marketing, the Haymarket weekly, launched its net site last week (http://www.marketing.haynet.com/) amid a fanfare of self-promotional editorial in print – so we have given it a whole week before assessing its content and intentions.The site looks good, although the use of frames can cause frustrations when moving around – the more so given that some… Continue reading Website Of The Week: Marketing
