According to new figures released by the Cable Communications Association, 1996 will see record levels of cable construction, with another 2.7m homes to be built past, bringing the total to around 9 million homes by the end of the year, or 45% of all homes in the UK.The cable industry is set to invest £6… Continue reading 45% Of UK To Be Cabled By End Of 1996
Combined ITV/C4 revenue for December, based on agency estimates, came in at £155.94m, a decrease on last December’s total of 0.6%. The ITV only figure was £119.22m, a decrease of 3.7%; Channel 4 however, at £36.7m was up by 11.3% on last year. The ITV:C4 ratio for December was good news for Channel 4, at… Continue reading Television Revenue – December
The ITC/Channel 5 hearing continues today; New Century Television, the BSkyB backed consortium this morning alleged that the ITC’s call to C5B to clarify its funding was as good as an invitation to alter their plan. Also, claimed Patrick Neil, New Century’s QC, when C5B added the £100m extra, they “assumed” support from their shareholders… Continue reading New Century And UKTV Put Case Against ITC
The top television programme for boys aged 6-11 is Rick Mayall and Adrian Edmondson’s Bottom, a past the 9pm watershed comedy; this is according to new research from MBS Media.Among boys and girls Neighbours is the overall favourite TV programme, followed by Eastenders, Home and Away and The Bill; Bottom is in fifth place. For… Continue reading Boys Like Bottom – New Research
In the High Court this afternoon the QC for the ITC rounded on the criticisms of the ITC’s award of the Channel 5 license.He matched each point with an argument to refute it. The ITC was accused of accepting an increase of £100 million in C5B’s funding plan: the argument against this was that the… Continue reading Latest In High Court Channel 5 Challenge
Abbott Mead Vickers plc has acquired Fishburn Hedges Boys Williams Holdings, a communications company that specialises in consultancy, PR and design for the financial and corporate sector.AMV paid £4m in cash, with four additional payments at a later date dependent on performance. Fishburn Hedges’ client list includes British Gas, Eagle Star, NM Rothschild, Barclays, The… Continue reading Abbott Mead Vickers Acquires Fishburn Hedges Boys Williams
The latest cinema admissions figures, for November, show that average weekly admissions fell to below 2 million, a decrease of 5.2% on last year, to 1.98 million. October’s average admissions were 2.69 million.The total number of admissions was 8.498 million. Although this figure must be helped by the release of Goldeneye at the end of… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Fall Below 2M In November
Rumours are still abounding that GWR and ITN are in talks with Reuters about the possible purchase of London News Radio; the management-led buyout team collapsed recently. Reuters refuse to comment on the rumours. ITN is believed to be interested in protecting its Independent Radio News franchise, and GWR is interested in radio expansion generally.…… Continue reading London News Radio Rumours Persist
The special hour-long edition of Yorkshire television’s Emmerdale, broadcast on 02/01/96 beat BBC1’s edition of Eastenders which started half an hour later at 7.30pm. The rural soap pulled in 13.36 million viewers compared to 12.22 for Eastenders. There is no consolidated share of viewing available for Emmerdale because Central Scotland broadcasts Emmerdale at a different… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – Emmerdale Beats Eastenders Lambs Down
The Media Research Group has announced that it is to hold a series of evening meetings to re-present some of the best papers from the MRG Conference held in Barcelona in November.The first meeting, to take place on Wednesday 24 January will see Jennie Beck presenting “Sections 95”, the Weekend Section Readership Research conducted for… Continue reading MRG Evenings Relive Barcelona
