BSkyB has announced nine month financial figures which show profit before tax rising 71% to £178 million, turnover up 30% to £736 million and total subscribers now at a record level of 5,349,000. These results coincide with news that BSkyB and Virgin are in talks regarding a new cable and satellite channel and the announcement… Continue reading BSkyB Announces £178m Profit And Plans For More Channels
The new CIA Sensor survey carried out by BMRB for CIA MediaLab reveals that 41% of people believe that the quality of BBC programmes has declined in the last few years, compared with 33% in 1995. Other results show that 22% of adults questioned said that they would read a national newspaper devoted entirely to… Continue reading Poll Reveals 41% Believe BBC Quality Is Declining
The second issue of new business paper Sunday Business sold 101,589 copies, a source at the paper told MediaTel. The first issue sold over 145,000 copies.It has also emerged that the paper’s ad director Dorothy Cumpsty has quit the title. No replacement has been found yet. Amid continuing speculation that the title will fold, it… Continue reading Sunday Business Circulation Drops
Irish independent radio stations are continuing to increase their listenership according to the latest J.N.L.R/M.R.B.I Interim Report published this week. The survey shows that nation-wide 53% of listeners tuned into the independent stations each weekday compared to 36% for Radio 1 and 29% for 2FM. For the same six month period last year, the independent… Continue reading Survey Shows Rise In Listenership For Independent Radio Stations
RevenueCombined ITV/C4 revenue for March, based on agency estimates, came in at £174.54 million, an increase of 4.8% on last March. ITV only, at £132.962 million was up by 2.1% year on year, whilst the C4 figure, £41.575 million was up by 14.3%. This puts the ITV:C4 ratio at 76:24. Last March saw C4’s share… Continue reading TV Round-Up – March
Some topline data from the new POSTAR survey, launched on Tuesday, is now avilable:Average Gross 000s OTS/VAIs by size per week – Q1 Size OTS (Opportunities To See) VAI (Visibly Adjusted Impacts) % (of possible OTS) 6 Sheet 343 40 12 48 Sheet 332 68 20 96 Sheet 423 119 28 Coverage & Frequency National… Continue reading POSTAR Data Released
The Radio Authority has fined Piccadilly Gold (Manchester) £1,000 for breaching sections 90 (1)(a) and (2) (ii) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 and the Authority’s Programme Code. Both the Act and Code prevent licensees broadcasting any material which offends “… against good taste and decency…” and they also prevent “any abusive treatment of the religious… Continue reading Piccadilly Gold Fined By Radio Authority
The Government has announced that it will introduce amendments to the Broadcasting Bill which will relax the rules regarding cross-media ownership.The proposals, put forward by National Heritage minister Lord Inglewood, mean that there will be greater scope for cross-media ownership among local newspaper and radio stations. The development means that one company will be able… Continue reading Government Makes Amendments To Broadcasting Bill
The Radio Authority has offered the new Independent Local Radio licence on the AM (medium wave) bands for The Heads of the South Wales Valleys to Valley Radio Ltd, after studying proposals from three applicants.The licence is for a service which will roughly cover an area from Aberdare to Abergavenny, including Merthyr Tydfil, Tredegar, Ebbw… Continue reading New Local Radio Licence For South Wales Awarded To Valley
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Figures released by the Cinema Advertising Association this week showed that there were more than 36.5 million cinema admissions in the first quarter of 1996, the highest figure since 1975. First Quarter Average Cinema Admissions Highest Since 1975.. Box office totals have now been released for the period.The single biggest film of the quarter was… Continue reading Seven Is Biggest Film Of First Quarter
