The effects of the price war and newsprint prices have had their toll on the Telegraph’s results; the group’s pre-tax profit was £35.5 million, compared with £45 million in 1994.Newsprint prices rose 15% at the beginning of 1995, followed by a further 30% increase in the middle of the year. In the last quarter of… Continue reading Telegraph Hit By Price War And Newsprint Prices
The fourth episode of Coronation Street looks likely to be given a Sunday evening slot, it is emerging. The fourth episode is also now not expected to launch until the end of the year, slightly later than the autumn date first predicted.Coronation Street will then be the only soap opera to be broadcast at the… Continue reading Coronation Street On Sunday
A new regional newspaper for the Aberdeen area is due to launch in March; the Aberdeen & District Independent will be a free, full-colour tabloid with an initial distribution of around 100,000, concentrated in the city area. The newspaper will also go to several communities in the commuter belt.Two newspaper entrepreneurs, Keith Barwell and Bill… Continue reading New Aberdeen Newspaper To Launch
CIA MediaLab’s latest Sensor survey has revealed that 73% of Britain’s adults believe that teenage magazines should display reading age guidelines. The news follows the proposals to introduce a “parental guidance” system for teenage magazines from Tory MP Peter Luff, as the Home Office plans to issue a warning to magazine editors.The over-25s, not surprisingly,… Continue reading Support For Teenage Magazines’ Age Guidelines
At a press conference this morning HTV, the Welsh and western England television broadcaster, announced pre-tax profits of £12.1m for 1995, an increase of 66%.Earnings per share were up 54% to 10.5p compared with 1994’s figure of 6.8p; profit margins grew to 30% (1994:29%); and Harvest Entertainment (HTV’s rights activities section) showed an operating profit… Continue reading HTV Profits Up 66% To £12.1 Million
At yesterday’s Financial Times New Media and Broadcasting Conference, a leading European satellite broadcaster predicted a dramatic expansion in the number of television channels to be available in the next few years.Koos Bekker, chief executive of NetHold said that by the year 2000 there could be as many as 4,500 television channels available because of… Continue reading 4,500 Satellite Channels Predicted By 2000
BT has announced plans to launch its own mass market, dial-up Internet service at the end of March. The service, called BT Internet, will be aimed at residential and small business customers, and will compete with existing providers such as Demon Internet and Unipalm Pipex.There will be a one-off charge of £20, then a flat… Continue reading BT To Launch Own “Mass Market” Internet Service
Future Publishing will launch a new glossy magazine aimed at creative PC users. Computer Arts, launching on 6th June, will be bi-monthly for the first 3 months and will then go monthly. An initial print-run of approximately 60,000 is planned and the title will cost £5: not surprisingly the target market consists mainly of AB1’s,… Continue reading New PC Designer Magazine
The Radio Authority has announced that thirteen stations had submitted applications to run the Yorkshire regional radio licence by today’s closing date. As reported on Newsline (01/02/96) the licence is the second largest local radio licence outside London and will reach around 3 million adults.The applicants are: Arrow Broadcasting (Arrow FM, Nick Boakes, 0171 253… Continue reading Thirteen Stations To Compete For Yorkshire Radio Licence
The Radio Authority has advertised a new regional licence to cover part of the East Midlands, including Leicester, Nottingham and Derby. The licence will be FM, and should cover more than 1.5 million adults.The Authority will be taking into consideration applicants’ proposals to “cater for the tastes and interests of listeners in this region, and… Continue reading Regional Radio Licence Advertised For East Midlands
