TeleWest has revealed consolidated net losses of £68m for the 9-months to September 1995, an increase of 58% on the previous year. Revenue for the UK’s largest cable operator rose by 78% to £78.6m.Cable television revenue increased by 60% to £40.2m, largely as a result of a 54% increase in the number of subscribers to… Continue reading TeleWest Results
The Football League is to decide today whether or not to accept a deal from the Football Association covering the television rights to all Endsleigh League matches, FA Cup matches and internationals. The deal, which includes all television rights for the next four years, is worth £118.5m.If the deal is accepted the rights will be… Continue reading Football League TV Rights – Decision Today
IPC Magazines, which publishes TV Times, has joined the Cambridge interactive TV Trial and has begun to develop the world’s first interactive multimedia TV listings guide with the help of Online Media. IPC Magazines will be part of the Service Nursery which allows potential service providers to try out interactive TV to see whether it… Continue reading IPC To Launch Interactive TV Listings
The first unaudited circulation figures for the new magazines which launched this year have been released recently. Future Publishing which launched its Total Football magazine just one month before its rival, IPC’s Goal, seems to be just winning the circulation battle with an independent audit of 81,490 for the first issue. Goal magazine, however is… Continue reading Circulations – Total Football/Goal/Ikon/That’s Life
TNT and Cartoon Network have recently released the results of the third Pan- European Media survey, conducted by Simon Priest & Associates.The survey was conducted in seven European countries; UK, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Spain, Poland and Sweden and a total of 4200 people took part. 500 interviews with TNT & Cartoon Network receivers, both adults… Continue reading TNT & Cartoon Network Pan-European Survey
Commercial radio accounts for 10% of all advertising spend in Southern Ireland, this is more than four times the share it takes in the UK. There are three state owned commercial stations, two of which are national (RTE Radio 1 and RTE Radio 2 FM) and one local (RTE Cork 89FM), and 22 local commercial… Continue reading Irish Radio Market
Nynex CableComms, the UK’s second largest cable company, has revealed pre- tax losses of £78.5m for the 9-months to September 1995, this is an increase of 51% on the previous year. Revenues for Television doubled to £26.4m, although the penetration rate decreased from 19.5% to 18.9%. The churn rate, subscribers that do not renew their… Continue reading Nynex Results
A new survey commissioned by the Radio Times has found that 49% of all businessmen either currently use the Internet or intend to use it in the future. The survey was conducted by RSL and involved a sample of 197 businessmen and women.Businessmen who read the Radio Times are more likely to be using the… Continue reading Half Of All Businessmen Intend To Use The Internet
BSkyB’s Sci-Fi Channel is publicising its European launch with its own Web site, the Dominion.The site includes press releases on the European launch, details of cable availability, and schedules, as well as information on many of the programmes being broadcast – Lee Majors’ and Lindsay Wagner’s Bionic pages are particularly worth a visit.http://www.scifi.com
